2001 ACM Programming Contest

The Boston Region preliminary round of the North East North America Division of the ACM International Programming Contest. will be co-hosted by Holy Cross this year.

Schedule of events at Holy Cross

8:30 - 9:45am:
checkin, get assigned rooms and terminals, practice at your terminal using your contest account. (8:30am - 9am we will be setting up so expect delays if you are this early.)
9:45am - 10:00am:
VERY short meeting in Faculty Lounge, Swords 346 (also accessible through Swords 352) solely to introduce the people running the contest and answer questions. In theory, everything you really need to know will be in the handouts which you have read. The meeting will end at 10:00am SHARP with problems being handed out, after which teams will go to their terminals.
10:00am - 3:00pm
the contest proper. After the contest starts, the contestants can run hpcm_get to set up their problem directories.
about noon:
catered lunch Please eat OUTSIDE the computer labs.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
final meeting to announce winners in Faculty Lounge
DO NOT eat in the computer labs. The food in the Faculty Lounge is for you guys: eat, drink, and work hard. You can eat in the halls if you must.

Teams may use Swords 307 or RoomTBD to hold meetings or as a quiet work area.

The judge can be seen in Swords 323.

We will put a scoreboard up in Swords 219.