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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 in xxx.

Registration

Schools Registered at UNC (2009):

Agenda:

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:

Map of Chapel Hill
This map shows Sitterson Hall, parking locations, major streets in Chapel Hill, and the location of several area hotels.

Directions from points East

• Take I-40 West to Exit 273-A, Highway 54 West toward Chapel Hill (2nd ramp; pass under the bridge first).
• Follow Highway 54 West for approximately 4.5 miles. The road will be renamed a couple of times but keep going on the same road until you reach the stoplight at South Columbia Street (in the center of campus). At South Columbia Street (a one way street at this point), turn right. Sitterson Hall is the third building on the right.

Directions from points West

• Take Interstate 85 North, then take Interstate 40 East. Exit from the highway at Exit 266.
• Turn right at the top of the exit ramp. You will be on Highway 86 South and you will stay on this road for 4.2 miles. The name of the road will change -- from N.C. 86, to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, to Columbia Street -- but there will be route signs saying "86" all the way.
• You will drive through a major intersection for Franklin Street, Chapel Hill's main street which marks the border between UNC's north campus and the town.
• After passing through this intersection, you will pass through one set of lights for a pedestrian crossing, then at the next set of lights (Cameron Avenue), the road you are on (at this point called Columbia Street) becomes a one-way street and you can only turn left or right. Sitterson Hall is on the one-way section of Columbia Street very close to this intersection.

Directions from points North

• Take Interstate 85 South to Durham, N.C.
• Take Exit 174-B (a left exit) onto Highway 15-501 South. There will be a sign for Chapel Hill at the exit. Continue on this highway for several miles.
• You will cross over Interstate 40 and almost immediately you will enter Chapel Hill. Highway 15-501 South will fork shortly after this; take the left fork to stay on Highway 15-501 South and continue until you reach Highway 54 West. (the sign says UNC-Chapel Hill). Take this exit.
• When you reach the bottom of the exit ramp you will be on Highway 54 West (which at this point is also called South Road). Continue on this road through three stoplights. At the fourth stoplight (South Columbia Street, a one way street), turn right. Sitterson Hall is the second building on the right.

Parking:

Lodging:

Food:

Breakfast will be Bagels, donuts and fruit!

Lunch will be sandwiches.

A buffet dinner will be held following the contest -- approximately 5:10pm.

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

Contact: Professor Kevin Jeffay (jeffay at cs.unc.edu)