University of Calgary

📌  Main Address

📌  Contest Location

You can look for rooms and parking lots using the campus map here 

📌  Parking

Information on parking can be found at the link here.  

• Lot 10 has a flat-rate fee of $11/day and is about a 10-minute walk from both the Engineering complex, where we will host the check-in on Friday night and the banquet on Saturday. 

• Lots 21 and 22 are a bit farther from Engineering and University District but are quite close to the contest location. These lots are also $11/day on weekends and Friday after 5 pm.

📌  Check-In Time and Location

Check-in will take place on Friday November 7th from 4:30-5:00 pm in SSE ENG 207. Contestants and coaches will be given t-shirts to wear during the contest.

📌  Contest Schedule

Both the practice contest on Friday and the main contest on Saturday will be hosted in the Math Sciences building. Note that this is the same building as last year. The Friday practice and the Saturday contest will be held in the lab MS 521. 

Breakfast, lunch and snacks during the Saturday contest will be offered in the 4th floor lounge, MS 461. On Saturday, the classroom MS 571 is reserved for the exclusive use of the coaches and to store coats and bags during the contest.

Friday, October 30

Saturday, October 31

📌  Practice Time

The official practice time will be Friday from 7:00-9:00 PM. Practice will be held in MS 521, the same room as the main contest. The regional judges will operate their servers and contestants will be given a few practice problems that parallel the format of the actual problems on Saturday. All teams are required to attend. This gives you a chance to get familiar with the systems, tools, and debugging techniques prior to the contest. It also allows us to ensure that there are no errors in how teams are set up, that everyone can submit to the system, and so on. 

There will be no official practice time on Saturday before the contest. The contest runs from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and is sometimes slightly extended for fairness purposes. Teams are required to wear the official contest shirts during the competition, which will be distributed at check-in.

📌  Computing Environment

Each team will be provided a workstation with a Linux configuration akin to the environment used for the ICPC world finals. You can check the specifications here. We will be using the Kattis online judge for the contest. The official programming languages supported for the contest are C, C++, Java, Kotlin, and Python 3. 

📌  Allowed Materials

You may bring in any paper materials that were printed prior to the contest. You will also be able to access the standard documentation for the official contest languages. No other aids will be permitted. 

📌  Hotel

Travelling teams will be responsible for finding their own accommodation. There are hotel options in the University District (close) or near Banff Trail Station (cheaper), plus options for AirBnB in neighbourhoods nearby.

📌  Food/Menu

We will be providing dinner on Friday night, breakfast, lunch, snacks and coffee, and dinner on Saturday night. You are also welcome to bring your own food, beverages, and snacks. Food is not permitted in the computer labs, but you are welcome to take a break and eat in the 4th floor lounge at any time during the contest. 

If you have special dietary requirements, please let us know by October 25th by writing to cpc@ucalgary.ca and we will do our best to accommodate. 

We will be wrapping up the contest with a pizza party and board games on Saturday evening from 5-8 pm. Feel free to bring any board games you would like to share. The location will be BI 186, where the solutions and awards will be presented.

📌  Contact Information

If you have questions, you can reach us at cpc@ucalgary.ca. 

Payment can be made by cash or cheque (information sent by request) or by e-transfer to psc.uofc@gmail.com. Receipts can be issued on request. Information on fees and registration deadlines can be found on the official ICPC website (https://rm.na.icpc.global/).