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The Contest
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM/ICPC) is the largest programming contest among university and college students in the world. This contest was initiated 25 years ago by ACM and seeks to engage academics and the information technology industry in shining the spotlight on the next generation of computing professionals and scholars, and to encourage the development of and to recognize excellent team work, programming skills, and problem-solving talent.ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), funded in 1947, is the world's first educational and scientific computing society
The contest is a two-tiered competition among teams of students representing institutions of higher education. Teams first compete in the regional contests held around the world from September to November each year. The winning team from each regional contest advances to the ACM/ICPC World Finals, normally held the following March to mid-April. Additional high-ranking teams may be invited to the World Finals as wild card teams.
Last year 2700 teams from 1079 universities of 70 countries participated in the regional contests around the world (see the details). 64 teams from 22 countries advanced to the World Finals in Vancouver, Canada, among which 14 teams were from Asian countries.
82 teams participated in Tehran contest last year and two teams from Sharif University of Technology (SUT) and Ferdowsi University of Mashad advanced to the 2001 World Finals . The team from SUT was awarded a prestigious silver medal and ranked 9th overall and 2nd among all Asian teams. See the final standings.
Tehran Site
For the third year, Sharif University of Technology will be hosting the ACM/ICPC regional contest as one of the 8 sites in Asia. Other sites are Dhaka in Bangladeh, Kanpur in India, Hakodate in Japan, Shanghai in China, Taejon in Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan.The Tehran contest is scheduled to be held in SUT during 7-8 November 2001 (Aban 16-17, 1380). We are expecting about 80 teams of university students from Iran and countries in the west of Asia and the Middle East.
The winning teams of Tehran contest will automatically advance to the 26th ACM/ICPC world finals to be held in Hawaii, USA, in March 20-24, 2002. ACM and IBM will bear part of the travelling expenses (up to US$4000) for each advancing team.
Limits on the Number of Teams
There is a limit of two teams from each university, and a limit on the total number of teams that we can accept (about 80). Universities that had a team with rank below 15 in last contest, can register more teams with our prior approval.Registration Steps
Coaches should register their teams. Please follow these- Register your teams as early as possible at ACM/ICPC site. Follow the registration link. The names of the team members can be finalized later.
- Pay your registratino fees.
- Send (or fax) the receipt of registration fee payment (this must be received by the first deadline to use the discount fee). Additional team registrations is allowed after early registrations are complete.
- By the final deadline, send us an official letter from your university officials containing the names of the participating team members (students and their coach). It is recommended that one coach is assigned for teams from one university.
- Finalize your Internet registration (names, addresses, etc.) by the mentioned deadline.
Registration Fees
The registration fees for each team is as shown below:| Teams | Sept. 13, 2001 (Shahrivar 22) |
Oct 22, 2001 (Mehr 30) |
| From Iran | 250,000 Rial | 350,000 Rial |
| From Abroad | Free | Free |
Registration fees should be paid to account number: 727.65 Bank Markazi Iran in the name of the Sharif University of Technology.
Travel Fund
There is no travel fund available for any team.Accommodation
There is no accommodation available in the university at the time of contest. Iranian teams should take care of their own accommodations.We can help them with hotel reservations, if needed. We will make hotel reservations for foreign teams.
Deadlines
Sept. 13 (Shahrivar 22):
Deadline to use the discount registration fee for local teams.
A copy of the payment receipt should be received by this date.
October 11 (Mehr 19)::
Deadline for registration of local teams at the ACM/ICPC office.
All documents must be received by this date.
Registration may be closed after this deadline.
October 22 (Mehr 30):
Online registration of ALL teams
should be complete by this date.
October 1 (Mehr 9):
Participation confirmation for foreign teams.
Most foreign teams would need visas for entering into Iran. These
teams should prepare well in advance and send us all visa correspondence by
Oct 1.