The Mad Programming Race --- Schedule of the day
Date and location

Saturday, 04 November 2000

Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island
in Tyler Hall, 9 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881

You will find indications to the registration area (and the coffee & donuts) at the entrance of the lobby.

9:00 : The participants arrive at Tyler Hall

  • Confirmation of pre-registrations;

  • Last-minute registrations (up to capacity of the computer lab);

  • Coffee and donuts (for early comers);

  • Distribution of badges and information relative to the competition;

  • Explanation of the rules of operation;

  • Assignment of one workstation to each team;

  • Distributions of the problems for the competition (one copy per team).
10:00 AM: The competition begins

  • Official start of the programming period for all participants;

  • Study rooms and EnVision computer lab (Tyler Hall);

  • Free coffee throughout the competition.
Lunch time

Lunch is not provided, so please bring your own. Participants may choose to keep programming during lunch time if they desire.

6:00 PM: It's over!

Official end of the programming time. Programs submitted after this time will be rejected by the corrector.

6:30 PM: Party time!

Free pizza and soft drinks should arrive about that time.

Prizes for the top teams

Prizes will be distributed to the winners and top teams on Monday, 06 November (exact time and location yet undecided)


Organizing Team at the University of Rhode Island : jean-yves hervé (401) 874-4400

Julie Goodside (401) 874-5864

Lorraine Bérubé (401) 874-2701


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