HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING CONTEST
Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Multiple Sites
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The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) conducts programming contests for college students that focus on algorithmic programming solving. The NCNA region’s new high school contest (HSC) is a programming contest specifically designed for high school students having some programming experience. Teams of three, representing their school, work to solve the most real-world stimulating problems, fostering collaboration, creativity, innovation, and the ability to perform under pressure. Through training and competition, teams challenge each other to raise the bar on the possible. Quite simply, the ICPC is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest organization in the world and the HSC is its newest offering. More about ICPC.
The HSC of the NCNA region for the 2024-25 school year includes schools from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, Kansas, Ontario, and Manitoba. The best-performing teams from each state/region will receive awards and bragging rights.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE!
aaWe will provide the problem set, rules, accounts, links to the online Contest Management System (CMS), access to region-wide orientation, documentation, and assistance during the contest and closing ceremonies.
First, sites are established. These can be schools or colleges that host teams during the contest. These sites are proctored. It is possible to have Micro-sites that host a small number of teams. Second, coaches register teams to sites. Teams can practice for the contest using the links below. Teams should start using the KATTIS site as that will be used for the contest. Finally, during the contest day, coaches bring in the teams to the site for the contest.
Teams have fun at the contest, test and expand their skills, network and make new friends, explore the local area, and take back lots of experience, memories, and awards! Compete with other teams from the state and also from the North Central North America region of the ICPC.
Here is some information to get you started. We will update this site over time to provide additional information and links to the CMS (Kattis) and Zoom.
| CONTEST REGISTRATION | |
| Instructions for Site Directors | Link |
| Instructions for Coaches | Link |
| Registration Link (Deadline: April 22, 2024) | Link |
| Contest Sites (Google Map) | Link |
| Contest Environment | Link |
| Contest Team Guidelines | Link |
| Contest Website Link | Link (This will be updated) |
| CONTEST JUDGING SYSTEM (KATTIS) | |
| Kattis Tutorial | Link |
| Instructions for Contestants on Submissions | Link |
| PRACTICE FOR CONTEST | |
| Sample Contest Guide & Practice Contest Questions | Link |
| An Old High School Contest | Link |
| Another Practice Contest | Link |
| STATE SITES & QUERIES | |
| Iowa (contact simanta dot mitra at icpc dot global) | Link |
| Nebraska (contact chuck dot riedesel at icpc dot global) | Link |
| North Dakota (contact joseph dot latimer at ndsu dot edu) | Link |
| General Queries (contact hsc dot ncna at gmail dot com) | |