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Please
note that the contest date was shifted one day earlier. All the dates
on the website (including this page) have been updated accordingly. We
Apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. - RCD&SD, Oct12,
2008.
2008 Call for Participation
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest

Arab & North Africa Eleventh Regional Contest

Arab Academy for Science and Technology

Alexandria, Egypt

22-24 November 2008

The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
is organized and conducted annually by the Association of Computing
Machinery (ACM). Started in 1970s as a local contest somewhere in
Texas and then having grown exponentially in the number of
participating universities each year.
In 2007/2008, 6700 teams from 1821 universities in 83 countries
competed for the bragging rights of being the World's Programming Champions.

The ACM programming contest provides college students an
opportunity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem solving and
computing skills in addition to a chance to meet with fellow
students from other Universities in the region.

The contest is a two-tiered competition among teams of students
representing institutions of higher education. The winning teams
of this year's regional contests advance to the World Finals which will be
held in Stockholm, Sweden, April 18-22, 2009.

The ICPC Arab and North Africa Regional Contest
is a regional contest that started in 1998 and have witnessed
significant participation in the past few years. Forty four teams have competed
in The 2007 ANARC Tenth Regional Contest
hosted by Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Egypt.
The last few years included
teams from: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunis, United Arab
Emirates, and Yemen.
Outline of the Event
The 2008 Arab and North Africa Eleventh Regional Programming Contest is
organized this year by The Arab Academy for Science and
Technology, Alexandria, Egypt. The event lasts for three days.

Participants should arrive to Alexandria no later than the afternoon of Saturday
22/11/2008. The registration will take place on Saturday. The
official opening ceremony will be held on Sunday 23/11/2008. A
technical session going over the rules of the contest will take
place in the evening followed by a practice contest.

The contest will take place on the morning of Monday 24/11/2008.
During the contest, a lunch buffet will be provided.
The awards ceremony will take place on Monday night.
An optional social event including a trip to Cairo is planned for Tuesday 25/11/2008.
Contest Format
The contest lasts for five hours. Teams will be given a set of
eight to ten problems to try to solve in JAVA, C or C++ using a
single computer.
Check this page
to get an idea of the problems
used in past contests and how to get students ready.

Contestants may bring reference materials such as books and
manuals. Machine-readable resources, computers, mobile phones,
electronic devices are not allowed in the contest hall.

Solutions are judged during the contest by running them on some
secret test cases. The contest judges are solely responsible for
determining the correctness of the submitted solutions; their
decision is final. Teams are ranked according to the most problems
solved. Teams who solve the same number of problems are ranked by
the least total time.
Check this page for details on scoring and ranking teams.

Each participant will receive a certificate of participation.
Furthermore, IBM and local sponsors normally donates awards for
the winning three teams.
Team Eligibility
A team consists of three contestants. Contestants must satisfy the
following conditions:


Contestants must be willing and able to compete in the World
Finals.

Each contestant must be a student enrolled in a degree program
at the sponsoring institution and registered for the current term
with at least half-time load.

Students who have competed in two ICPC finals or five ANARC
regional contests are not eligible.

In addition, a contestant must have either been born in 1985 or
later; or first began post-secondary studies in 2004 or later. A
student who doesn't meet any of these two conditions may petition.
See website for more details.

Each team designates a team coach (preferably not a contestant,
preferably a faculty member) who will be the team representative
and point of contact.

Check out the 2008 Eligibility Page for more details
on eligibility.

For 2008, each institution may participate with a maximum of two teams. A
third team may be registered but approval is not guaranteed.
Expenses and Registration
The registration fee for this year is US$100 per team.
This fee covers the team's coach, three contestants, and one reserve.
The registration fee for anybody else is US$200 per additional person.
This registration fee allows for the
participation in the contest seminar and practice session, and all
activities and meals offered during the contest. The registration
fee must be paid in cash at the registration desk on Saturday
22/11/2008.
Useful Links
For more information about the 2008 ANARC in Alexandria, Egypt; visit
ANARC's 2008 website.

For more information about the regional contest in general, visit
the ANARC permanent website.

For more information about the international contest, visit
the ICPC website.


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We look forward to seeing you in Alexandria.



Ossama M. Ismail, PhD

2008 ICPC/ANARC Site Director

Arab Academy for Science & Technology

email: s...@icpc-anarc.org

Tel. & Fax: +20 3 562 10 22




Ziad H. Najem, PhD

2008 ICPC/ANARC Contest Director

Kuwait University

email: r...@icpc-anarc.org

Tel. +965 968 31 52












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