Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest

2009 Regional Contest Information

Regional competition is the first tier of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The Mid-Atlantic Region covers southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and North Carolina. For more information, see the Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest's Homepage or The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Contest Director: Susan Rodger

Pictures

Pictures from 2008 contest

More Pictures from 2008 contest

Contest Standings

Current Contest standings and documents

Contest Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009

The top teams in the region will advance to the ACM World Finals will be held in Harbin, China in February 1-6, 2010.

Registration

You must register through the main Mid-Atlantic site, Radford .

Schools Registered at Duke (2009) (as of Oct 13) (26 Teams):

Agenda:

8-8:45 Breakfast/Register
8:45-9:30am Welcome/Info Session
9:30-10:30am Practice
11:00-12:00 Lunch
12-5:00pm Competition
5:00pm Dinner, announce site winners

Contest Environment (still updating)

The machines for the contest are PCs running Linux Centos operating system. The default window manager is Gnome. KDE is also available. After logging in, you will start up the PC2 system. Handouts will be provided.

Programming Languages for the contest are Java (JDK 6.0), C and C++.

We will provide an online link to the Java api and the C++ STL.

Eclipse will be allowed this year, but no other IDE.

Directions:

The Contest will be held in the Department of Computer Science's wing of the Levine Science Research Center

Directions from I-40

Take I-40 to 15-501 North towards Durham and Duke. When 15-501 splits, take the fork to Duke University. From 15-501, turn right onto Highway 751. Turn left at the first stoplight onto Erwin Road. Turn right on LaSalle St. See below about parking.

Directions from I-85

Take I-85 to 15-501 South (in the North West corner of Durham). Take the exit to Moreene Road. Turn left towards Duke. Turn left onto Erwin Road. Turn right on LaSalle St. See instructions below for parking.

PARKING

Once on Lasalle, you can park anywhere on the street, unless there is a handicapped sign or restricted 24 hours a day sign. At the end of Lasalle, turn to the right and there are more spots on the street. If you park on Lasalle, walk down Lasalle street the same direction. (If you went to the end of Lasalle and turned right to park, then you need to go back to where Lasalle ends.)When you get to the stop sign, cross the street and turn to your left. The LSRC building is through the small parking lot on your right, the large building down the hill. Go down the stairs toward this building. The contest is in the left side of the building. Please check-in in B101, the large auditorium.

Lodging:

Brookwood Inn
2306 Elba Street
Durham, NC 27705
919.286.3111

Reasonable price. A 10 minute walk to the LSRC.

Red Roof Inn
5623 Chapel Hill Blvd.
Durham, NC 27707
919.489.9421
800.843.7663

Cheaper, Near the intersection of I-40 and 15-501.

Duke Tower Condos
807 West Trinity Avenue
Durham, NC 27701
919.684-4444 x302
919-417-1832
www.DukeTower.com
La Quinta
4414 Chapel Hill Blvd.
Durham, NC 27707
919.401.9660
800.531.5900

Off of 15-501, between I-40 and Duke, 10 minute drive.

Comfort Inn University
3508 Mount Moriah Rd
Durham, NC 27707
919.490.4949

Near the intersection of I-40 and 15-501.

Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
3001 Cameron Blvd
Durham, NC 27706
800.443.3853 reservations only
919.490.0999

Very expensive, greater than $200 per night. About a 20 minute walk to the LSRC building.

Food:

Breakfast will be Bagels, donuts and fruit!

Lunch will be sandwiches.

A buffet dinner will be held following the contest -- approximately 5:10pm. The menu will consist of Taco Bar.

But for those of you who are here longer, there are many good restaraunts around.

Pictures from previous contests at Duke

pictures from 2007 contest 10/27/07

pictures from 2006 contest 10/28/06

pictures from 2005 contest 11/12/05

pictures from 2004 contest

pictures from 2001 contest 11/10/01