A 5-hour team programming competition in C, C++, or Java, during which the competitors must solve a number of problems of varying degree of difficulty (there will be several easy problems).

Saturday, November 10, 2000, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at the University of Rhode Island
Room 126, Tyler Hall, 9 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, Rhode Island

Consult the Schedule page for more detailed information on the 2k1 edition.

• 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.

More information on the Race is available on the Rules and Info/FAQ pages

$5 per participant.
Early registrants (before November 01) will get a free MPR 2001 T-shirt

The T-shirt of the race costs $5 and will be sold 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 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 U.R.I. 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, tel: 874-2701;
• 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, November 12, 2001 (time and place to be announced).