An 8-hour programming marathon in C, C++, or Java, during which the competitors must solve a number of problems of varying degree of difficulty.

Saturday, 04 November 2000, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, at the University of Rhode Island
Tyler Hall, 9 Greenhouse Road.
The room number will be posted on the "Schedule page" before the day of the competition.

• Each team should be composed of 2 to 4 students;

• All participants should be currently enrolled in a University or College in the State of Rhode Island;

• A least one member of each team should be an undergraduate student.

$5 per participant

The T-shirt of the race costs $5 and will be available on the day of the race. Just please let us know when you register if you wish to purchase the T-shirt, so that we can order the proper number.
The graphics for the T-shirt of the 2000 Edition have not been finalized yet. You can still have a look at last-year's T-shirt.

The text of the problems is available both in french and in english (the competition having originated in Québec). By default we will assume that all teams at the URI site want the english version. If your team prefers a french version of the problems, please let us know in advance.

The teams can register with:

• Ms. Lorraine Bérubé, Secretary, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Tyler Hall, 9 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881;
• jean-yves hervé, Room 252, Tyler Hall, jyh@cs.uri.edu, tel: 874-4400
• Julie Goodside, Room 136, Tyler Hall, Julie Goodside 874-5864

From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM: Pizza and sodas will be served after the competition.

Prizes will be distributed to the winners and top teams on Monday, 06 November 2000 (time and place yet to be defined).