| Q1: |
Only students are
allowed to code? Can
Professors also code?
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A1:
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All members in a team
can code.
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| Q2: |
Do we need to attempt
all 3 problems? Can we
choose only one problem?
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A2:
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Each problem is
handled independently. You
can register one or more
problems.
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| Q3: |
How many people form a
team?
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A3:
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For each team, the
number of team members is
not restricted.
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| Q4: |
How can we send our
solver to you? via Email?
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A4:
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We will set up an FTP
server. All submissions
should be done via ftp. The
detailed requirement for
submission will be announced
later.
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| Q5: |
Is it possible to work
on a different platform,
such as on the Windows OS?
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A5:
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It depends on each
problem. Almost all
submissions will be
evaluated on the Linux
platform. You may develop
your tool under Windows OS,
but you must port it to
Linux before submission.
Otherwise, your submission
will be considered as
failure.
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| Q6: |
Could we cite a paper
that is accepted but not
published yet?
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A6:
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The contestants can
refer to a paper that is
accepted but not published
yet. Typically, the
contestants need not to
submit any document to
describe their algorithm.
The contestants only need to
submit their program code.
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| Q7: |
What needs to be
submitted for each problem?
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A7:
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Basically, the
contestants should upload
two files: (1) a binary
executable file; and (2) a
README file (a text file to
describe how to run your
program). However,
depending on the problems,
you may be asked to submit
additional files for the
evaluation.
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| Q8: |
How can we upload the
files for a contestant
problem?
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A8:
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After you make the
registration, you will
receive the instructions
(including the registration
number and the password) for
uploading the files.
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| Q9: |
Are the monetary
awards only for the
students?
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A9:
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Yes. The recipients of
monetary award must be
students.
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| Q10: |
What is alpha and beta
test submission?
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A10:
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Before your final
program submission, we
provide an alpha test and a
beta test for your programs.
The alpha and beta tests
help you verify the
correctness and performances
of your programs which will
be executed in our
evaluation environment. We
will provide you the
evaluation results of each
test. Based on them, you can
further improve your
programs before the final
program submission.
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| Q11: |
Can the advisor be the
primary contact?
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A11:
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It's okay. Please put
the message that "The
advisor will be the primary
contact" in the Remark field
of the registration form.
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| Q12: |
What programming
languages can we use?
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A12:
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Basically, the
contestants can freely use
any programming language
(unless there is a
limitation in the problem
description). However, the
contestants themselves must
make sure their binary codes
can run on our test
machines.
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| Q13: |
Are only students
allowed? Or may be engineers
from industry?
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A13:
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The contest is open to
any multi-person team
worldwide. However, the
monetary awards are only for
students. In other words,
the recipient of the
monetary award must be a
student. If a team is formed
only by industry engineers,
the team cannot receive the
monetary award.
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| Q14: |
How can I use the TSRI
machines?
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A14:
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We will create an
account on the TSRI machines
(Linux CentOS) for each team
to develop and verify its
programs. However, for
security issue we will need
the IP addresses of the
machines that you will use
to get access to the TSRI
machines. Note that you can
provide us more than one IP
address. Please fill your IP
addresses into the IP
Addresses field of the
registration form of your
team.
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| Q15: |
Do we need to use the
TSRI machines to develop our
program?
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A15:
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The topic chairs will
use the TSRI machines to
evaluate the programs. To
ensure the consistency, you
are encouraged to use the
TSRI machines to develop your
program. However, even if
you do not use the TSRI
machines to develop your
program, you still can
upload your program for the
alpha test, beta test, and
final test.
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| Q16: |
If we do not submit
files in the alpha test, are
we still qualified to submit
files for the beta test?
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A16:
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Yes. Even you do not
submit files in the alpha
test, you can still submit
files in the beta and final
tests. The alpha and beta
tests are only for your own
references. The contest
awards will be given based
on the evaluation of your
final submissions.
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