To qualify for the World Finals, the coach and all team members must be fully registered at the ICPC Registration System BEFORE competing in a regional event that advances teams to the World Finals. Incomplete registration or circumvention that leads to incomplete or false data are grounds for immediate disqualification.
LanguageThe language of the Contest is English. All written contest materials will be in English.
Team CompositionA representative of the sponsoring institution of higher education, typically a faculty member, must serve as or designate the team coach. The coach certifies the eligibility of contestants and serves as the official point-of-contact with the team prior
to and during contest activities. A team may only have one coach.
The coach must fully register teams in the
ICPC Registration System no later than October 30th, 2010 (for Indonesian teams) and
November 10th, 2010 (for foreign teams). A team is not eligible to compete in the regional contest until the regional contest director has accepted the team in the web registration system. Teams failing to comply with any of these requirements will be
ruled ineligible to compete. Only registered reserves may be substituted for contestants. Such substitutions must be entered in the ICPC Registration System by the regional contest director before the contest begins.
Each team consists of three contestants who are eligible to compete in the ICPC World Finals as described under Advancing to the World Finals in the Regional Rules. The team's contestants must satisfy the following eligibility rules.
Contestant Eligibility Rule - Please refer to the
Eligibility Decision Tree to more easily determine eligibility.
Basic Requirements
- A student must be willing and able to compete in the World Finals.
- A student must be enrolled in a degree program at the sponsoring institution with at least a half-time load. This rule is not to be construed as disqualifying co-op students, exchange students, or students serving internships.
- A student may compete for only one institution during a contest year.
- A student who has competed in two World Finals is NOT eligible to compete.
- A student who has competed in five Regional Contests is NOT eligible to compete.
- A student who meets the Basic Requirements and FIRST began post-secondary studies in 2006 or later is eligible to compete.
- A student who meets the Basic Requirements and was born in 1987 or later is eligible to compete.
- A coach may petition the ICPC Eligibility Committee to extend the Period of Eligibility for a student whose full-time studies have been interrupted or extended. This includes military or civilian service, illness, work/studies, or personal reasons.
- The coach must demonstrate that such an extension would not provide an unfair advantage to the team.
- A petition will be approved routinely if the student meets the Basic Requirements and has not completed more than the equivalent of eight semesters of full-time study as of the date of the regional contest.
- To make such a request, the coach must petition the ICPC Eligibility Committee at least three weeks before the regional contest.The ICPC Eligibility Committee will render a decision within five business days.
All team members must attend all contest activities as specified by the regional contest director. The coach is expected to attend or be available by phone during contest activities. Failure to attend any of the designated contest events will result in automatic disqualification and forfeiture of any prizes.
Team Reference Document (Notebook) new!Regarding the Reference rule on the Final round please be advised to consider some points below:
- Team can only have some materials in the contest room which are limited into :
- A Team Reference Document with the following criteria:
- The reference can contain up to 25 pages of reference material, printed on single-sided, letter or A4 size paper, with pages numbered in the upper right-hand corner.
- It may contain code listings, algorithms, hints, or any other necessary notes.
- Each team member could have a copy of Team Reference Document.
- Team may also have blank papers, milimeter-bloks and stationary such as pen, pencil, eraser and ruler along side with the references.
- The contestant may bring English Dictionary (no electronic dictionary) as well.
- No other materials can be allowed to be in the contest room (books, etc).
- A Team Reference Document with the following criteria:
- Contestants ARE NOT ALLOWED to bring:
- Any digital materials (eg. e-books, softcopy codes, etc)
- Any storage devices (eg. flash disks, external hdds, etc.)
- Any other electronic devices (eg. PDAs, calculators, notebooks, etc.)
- Any communication devices should be turned off during contest.
A problem is solved when it is accepted by the judges. The judges are solely responsible for accepting or rejecting submitted runs. In consultation with the judges, the Regional Contest Director determines the winners of the regional contest. The Regional
Contest Director and judges are empowered to adjust for or adjudicate unforeseen events and conditions. Their decisions are final.
Teams are ranked according to the most problems solved. For the purposes of awards, or in determining qualifier(s) for the World Finals, teams who solve the same number of problems are ranked by least total time. The total time is the sum of the time consumed
for each problem solved. The time consumed for a solved problem is the time elapsed from the beginning of the contest to the submittal of the accepted run plus 20 penalty minutes for every rejected run for that problem regardless of submittal time. There is
no time consumed for a problem that is not solved.
It is the responsibility of the Regional Contest Director to specify any additional tie-breakers. Tie-breaker policies must be announced to contestants before the contest begins.
If irregularities or misconduct are observed during the contest, team members or coaches should bring them to the attention of the contest officials so that action may be taken as soon as possible.
After the conclusion of the contest and the results have been made public, coaches may file complaints or appeals as follows:
- Within 1 days
The coach may file a complaint by sending an email containing a text message with no enclosures to the Contest Manager. The Contest Manager will forward the complaint to the Regional Contest Director, Super Regional Director, and Director of Regional Contests, copying the coach. - Within 2 more days
The RCD shall respond to the complaint. - Within 1 more day
The coach may file an appeal by sending email to the Contest Manager who will forward the appeal to the Appeals Committee copying the coach and RCD. - Within 2 more days
The Appeals Committee will investigate the circumstances of the appeal and notify the coach and RCD of their decision.
- The results of the regional contest are not final until the complaints and appeals process has run its course.
- Only coaches may file complaints and appeals.
- An appeal must be based on one or more of the following circumstances: violations of the Rules, misconduct by teams, or gross misconduct by contest officials with the intent to do harm.
- The decisions of the judges are final. Specifically, a decision on a problem submission MAY NOT be appealed.
- The Appeals Committee overturns decisions only under extraordinary circumstances.
- The decision of the Appeals Committee is final.
- No additional finals invitations will be given to remedy to a complaint.
- All complaints will be acknowledged.
Advancing to the World Finals
Teams qualify to advance to the World Finals through Regional Contests and by satisfying all rules posted in The Rules of the ACM-ICPC World Finals. Specifically:
To qualify for the World Finals, the coach and all team members must be fully registered at the ICPC Registration System BEFORE competing in a regional event that advances teams to the World Finals. Incomplete registration or circumvention that leads to incomplete or false data are grounds for immediate disqualification.
Only one team from a given institution may advance to the World Finals. Team members will be provided free one-year memberships in ACM at On-Site Registration. No team member on the qualifying team may have competed as a contestant in two previous World Finals.
The coach of a qualifying team is the point-of-contact prior to and during World Finals activities. The coach must complete certification at the Team Certification Web Site within five (5) business days of notification. Qualifying teams will be issued an invitation by email and postal mail within one business day of completing certification.
Qualifying teams requiring visas must initiate the process of applying for visas within 10 business days of being issued an invitation. Teams failing to comply with any of these requirements will be ruled ineligible to compete in the World Finals. Upon completion of these requirements, a qualifying team will be advanced to the World Finals.
A team advancing to the World Finals will be comprised of the same three members as when it qualified. In the event that a team member is unwilling, unable or unfit to compete in the World Finals, the coach must notify the ICPC Manager in a timely manner. A team member who is unwilling or unfit to compete in the World Finals will be disqualified from further ICPC competitions. The team member may appeal disqualification to the Appeals Committee.
At on-site registration, participants must provide picture ID (passport, drivers license, etc). Contestants must show proof of enrollment at the university during the term of the regional contest at which they qualified. A letter on university stationary with the signature of a university official accompanied by an English translation is sufficient.