The 2001-2002 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
Sponsored by IBM
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN REGION
Bucharest October 20th, 2001
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering from the POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest had the honor to organize the 2001-2002 ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest.
There were 62 programming teams registered, from Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia. In the Southeastern European Region were accepted 46 teams.
The first place was awarded to:
Andrei Gheorghe |
Florin Ghetu |
Mugurel Andreica |
Valeriu Iorga - coach
from the POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest 2, Romania, with 5 problems solved and a penalty of 484 points.
The second place was awarded to:
Georgi Mangov |
Kristiyan Haralambiev |
Miloslav Sredkov |
Stanislav Ovcharov - coach
from the Sofia University “St Kliment Ohrinski” , Bulgaria with 5 problems solved and a penalty of 679 points.
The third place was awarded to:
Adrian-Nicolae Carcu |
Ciprian Cana |
Janos Szasz |
Radu-Lucian Lupsa, Coach |
from the Babes-Bolyai University Cluj Napoca, with 5 problems solved and a penalty of 767 points.
The fourth, the fifth, and the sixth place were awarded, respectively, to:
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering |
Taras Schevchenko Kiev National University |
Technological University of Podillia |
The teams were required to solve 8 programming problems in 5 hours using one of C or Pascal programming languages. There were 5 team with 5 solved problems, 5 teams with 4 solved problems, 8 teams with 3 solved problems. Most of the teams only solved 2 problems. We consider that the set of problems was difficult enough.
The computers the contest was run on were IBM-PCs Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, 733MHz, 10.2 GB HDD, interconnected through a network and running Linux and Windows NT. They were provided by FORTE Computers.
The site of the contest was the main hall of the "Rectorat" building, POLITEHNICA University.
The evaluation of the results and the scoring were based on the Personal Computer Programming Contest program (PC2) v7.6, developed at the Computer Science Department, Sacramento, California State University. The use of PC2 allowed a smooth run of the contest and facilitated the activity of judges and runners.
The 46 teams totaled a number of 138 students. There were more than 40 staff members and more than 50 volunteers who contributed to the organization and run of the contest.
The first three teams received prizes consisting of software kits of Visual Age C++ Professional 4.0 for OS/2 and Windows NT C and C++ Compilers Version 3.6.5 for OS/2 and Windows NT, Great Circle .
The first four teams, judges and contest management team received presents from IBM.
Contest Schedule
HOUR : East European Time (GMT+2)
Thursday October 18th: Arrival and Check-in
12:00 - 20:00 Teams arrive and report to the Site Coordinator
(Building R, room Senate Room)
Friday October 19th: Contestants’ Meeting
8:00 - 12:00 Teams arrival and Check-in
14:00 Opening Ceremony, AN 010 - Building Rectorat
Speakers:
Nicolae Tapus, Contest Director
Ioan Dumitrache, Rector of POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest
Cezar Ionescu, Vice Rector of POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest
Laurentiu Oftez, Director System Sales Manager of IBM Romania,
Valentin Cotarta, General Director of Research and Education Ministry
Lorina Negreanu, Chief Judge
Cristian Giumale, Judge
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 16:00 Briefing with faculty advisors, students and volunteers
Review the rules
Introduction to the practice session
16:00 - 19:00 Practice Session
Saturday October 20th Big Day – The contest !
09:00 - 09:30 Check-in at contest site
09:15 - 09:30 Briefing with faculty advisors
10:00 - 15:00 CONTEST
19:00 Award Ceremony – Banquet
Sunday October 21st
08:00 - 18:00 Sightseeing Tour of Bran Castle and Sinaia
The contest budget was raised using funds from IBM and local contributors.
FORTE Computers provided the hardware infrastructure and technical support.
Ministry of National Education through POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest helped us with the accommodation for Romanian Students.
The companies REL Computer, HP Romania, BCR, CISCO Romania, Corner Soft Technologies, Motorola, JVM Technologic EXIM, ORACLE Romania, Microsoft Romania, contributed with financial support.
Participation in the contest was free of charge. Also, the buffets, the banquet, and the tour of Bran and Sinaia were free of charge.
Upon registration, each participant received a contest folder containing: a contest badge, a set of the contest rules, a contestant's guide for PC2, a timetable, a map of Bucharest. During the Award Ceremony, Certificates of Participation or Recognition were given to all participants and volunteers. Everybody was very excited upon receiving the certificates, especially the volunteers, thus proving that the ACM idea of offering certificates was highly appreciated.
The day before the Opening Ceremony, IBM Romania organized a press conference attended by more than 40 journalists from the Romanian mass-media. Many press releases were issued, both before and after the contest. Several newspapers published announcements or presentations of the event. National Romanian TV, PRIMA TV, and other broadcast companies transmitted information about the contest in their main news program.
The members of the Steering Committee were:
Contest Director, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department
Rector of “Politehnica” University of Bucharest
Vice Rector of "Politehnica" University
Director System Sales Manager of IBM Romania
General Director of Research and Education Ministry
Chief Judge of the Contest
The members of the judging team were:
|
Lorina |
Negreanu |
Chief Judge |
Politehnica University of Bucharest |
|
Cristian |
Giumale |
Judge |
Politehnica University of Bucharest |
|
Virgil |
Palanciuc |
Judge |
Politehnica University of Bucharest |
|
Dragan |
Milicev |
Judge |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering |
|
Vladimir |
Mesyura |
Judge |
Vinnytsia State Technical University |
|
Michael |
Medvedev |
Judge |
Taras Schevchenko Kiev National University |
|
Krassimir |
Manev |
Judge |
American University in Bulgaria |
|
Stanislav |
Ovcharov |
Judge |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
|
Valdimir |
Nikolov |
Judge |
Technical University - Varna |
|
Euripides |
Petrakis |
Judge |
Technical University of Crete |
|
Anastas |
Misev |
Judge |
Institute of Informatics PMF Skopje, Macedonia |
We would also like to express our thanks to ACM and to IBM Corporation, FORTE Computers for providing us with the hardware infrastructure, to the Romanian Society for Informatics, to the Romanian Chapter of ACM, to POLITEHNICA University, and to the local contributors: REL Computer, HP Romania, BCR, CISCO Romania, Corner Soft Technologies, Motorola, JVM Technologic EXIM, ORACLE Romania, Microsoft Romania for their generous support for the ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest.
Our thanks also go to Mr. Laurentiu Oftez and Ms. Sofia Zainea from IBM Romania, and Cristian Constantinescu from FORTE computers, Aurel Stanescu from REL Computers for their continuous support to the developing of the contest in excellent conditions.
We also want to thank to the network management team and contest administrators lead by Razvan Rughinis, Radu Niculita, Octavian Purdila from the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Politehnica University.
Last, but not least, we would like to thank all the volunteers who helped run and organize the contest. Special thanks to Ana Varbanescu and Anca Molnos. Without the help of all these people and organizations, it would have been impossible to make this event happen.
As proposal, the next edition of the ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest will be held at the Computer Science and Engineering Dept., “POLITEHNICA” University of Bucharest, ROMANIA.
The decision of site for Southeastern European Region for next edition will be taken by Contest Headquarter in March 2001.
Prof. Nicolae Tapus
Regional Contest Director
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Rank |
Team |
University Name |
Country |
Solved |
Penalty |
|
1 |
UPB 2 |
University POLITEHNICA Bucharest |
Romania |
5 |
484 |
|
2 |
SU 1 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
5 |
679 |
|
3 |
UBB1 |
Babes-Bolyai University |
Romania |
5 |
767 |
|
4 |
ETF Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering |
Yugoslavia |
5 |
840 |
|
5 |
Kiev |
Taras Schevchenko Kiev National University |
Ukraine |
5 |
858 |
|
6 |
OpenSystem |
Technological University of Podillia |
Ukraine |
4 |
681 |
|
7 |
Craiova |
UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA |
Romania |
4 |
722 |
|
8 |
Phalangx |
Institute of Informatics PMF Skopje |
Macedonia |
4 |
735 |
|
9 |
SU 3 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
4 |
859 |
|
10 |
SU 2 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
4 |
1172 |
|
11 |
Elfak Sorcerers |
University of Nis - Faculty of Electronic Engineering |
Yugoslavia |
3 |
384 |
|
12 |
VSTU - 2 |
Vinnytsia State Technical University |
Ukraine |
3 |
401 |
|
13 |
UBB2 |
Babes-Bolyai University |
Romania |
3 |
411 |
|
14 |
Donetsk |
Donetsk National Technical University |
Ukraine |
3 |
415 |
|
15 |
TU Brasov |
Transilvania University of BRASOV |
Romania |
3 |
493 |
|
16 |
UPB - CS |
POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest |
Romania |
3 |
501 |
|
17 |
Odessa Buddhas |
Odessa National Univercity, IMEM |
Ukraine |
3 |
546 |
|
18 |
TU Cluj |
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
Romania |
3 |
773 |
|
19 |
VSTU 1 |
Vinnytsia State Technical University |
Ukraine |
2 |
|
|
20 |
UPT 2 |
Politehnica University of Timisoara |
Romania |
2 |
|
|
21 |
Phystech |
National Technical University of Ukraine |
Ukraine |
2 |
|
|
22 |
UPT 1 |
Politehnica University of Timisoara |
Romania |
2 |
|
|
23 |
AUBG |
American University in Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
2 |
|
|
24 |
ETF Skopje 2 |
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius /EE/CS |
Macedonia |
2 |
|
|
25 |
Kung Foo Bar |
Technical University of Crete |
Greece |
2 |
|
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Honorable mention |
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|
26 |
Odessa 02 |
Odessa National Mechnikov University |
Ukraine |
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|
27 |
UNIBUC1 |
Bucharest University |
Romania |
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|
28 |
TU Iasi - 2 |
Technical University of Iasi |
Romania |
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|
29 |
FCSIS - Iasi |
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi |
Romania |
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|
30 |
UPB -1 |
POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest |
Romania |
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|
31 |
UNIBUC2 |
Bucharest University |
Romania |
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|
32 |
TU Iasi |
Technical University of Iasi |
Romania |
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|
33 |
MATF Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics |
Yugoslavia |
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|
34 |
Junior West |
University of the West, Faculty of Mathematics |
Romania |
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|
34 |
Univ Galati |
Dunarea de Jos University of Galati |
Romania |
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|
34 |
Rail Roaders |
Dnepropetrovsk University of Railroad Transport |
Ukraine |
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34 |
OVIDIUS |
OVIDIUS University of Constanta |
Romania |
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34 |
FON Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics |
Yugoslavia |
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34 |
Sibiu |
Lucian Blaga University from Sibiu |
Romania |
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34 |
Srbija Do Tokija |
Faculty of Mathematics |
Sprska |
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34 |
Plovdiv |
University of Plovdiv |
Bulgaria |
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34 |
ETF Skopje 1 |
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius /EE/CS |
Macedonia |
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34 |
TU Varna |
Technical University - Varna |
Bulgaria |
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34 |
U-Mures |
Petru Maior University |
Romania |
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34 |
Univ. Suceava |
Universitatea Stefan cel Mare Suceava |
Romania |
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34 |
Info NAÏVE |
University of the West, Faculty of Mathematics |
Romania |
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Rank |
Team |
University Name |
Country |
Solved |
Penalty |
|
1 |
UPB 2 |
University POLITEHNICA Bucharest |
Romania |
5 |
484 |
|
2 |
SU 1 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
5 |
679 |
|
3 |
UBB1 |
Babes-Bolyai University |
Romania |
5 |
767 |
|
4 |
ETF Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering |
Yugoslavia |
5 |
840 |
|
5 |
Kiev |
Taras Schevchenko Kiev National University |
Ukraine |
5 |
858 |
|
6 |
OpenSystem |
Technological University of Podillia |
Ukraine |
4 |
681 |
|
7 |
Craiova |
UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA |
Romania |
4 |
722 |
|
8 |
Phalangx |
Institute of Informatics PMF Skopje |
Macedonia |
4 |
735 |
|
9 |
SU 3 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
4 |
859 |
|
10 |
SU 2 |
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski |
Bulgaria |
4 |
1172 |
|
11 |
Elfak Sorcerers |
University of Nis - Faculty of Electronic Engineering |
Yugoslavia |
3 |
384 |
|
12 |
VSTU - 2 |
Vinnytsia State Technical University |
Ukraine |
3 |
401 |
|
13 |
UBB2 |
Babes-Bolyai University |
Romania |
3 |
411 |
|
14 |
Donetsk |
Donetsk National Technical University |
Ukraine |
3 |
415 |
|
15 |
TU Brasov |
Transilvania University of BRASOV |
Romania |
3 |
493 |
|
16 |
UPB - CS |
POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest |
Romania |
3 |
501 |
|
17 |
Odessa Buddhas |
Odessa National Univercity, IMEM |
Ukraine |
3 |
546 |
|
18 |
TU Cluj |
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
Romania |
3 |
773 |
|
19 |
VSTU 1 |
Vinnytsia State Technical University |
Ukraine |
2 |
|
|
20 |
UPT 2 |
Politehnica University of Timisoara |
Romania |
2 |
|
|
21 |
Phystech |
National Technical University of Ukraine |
Ukraine |
2 |
|
|
22 |
UPT 1 |
Politehnica University of Timisoara |
Romania |
2 |
|
|
23 |
AUBG |
American University in Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
2 |
|
|
24 |
ETF Skopje 2 |
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius /EE/CS |
Macedonia |
2 |
|
|
25 |
Kung Foo Bar |
Technical University of Crete |
Greece |
2 |
|
|
Honorable mention |
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|
26 |
Odessa 02 |
Odessa National Mechnikov University |
Ukraine |
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|
27 |
UNIBUC1 |
Bucharest University |
Romania |
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|
28 |
TU Iasi - 2 |
Technical University of Iasi |
Romania |
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|
29 |
FCSIS - Iasi |
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi |
Romania |
||
|
30 |
UPB -1 |
POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest |
Romania |
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|
31 |
UNIBUC2 |
Bucharest University |
Romania |
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|
32 |
TU Iasi |
Technical University of Iasi |
Romania |
||
|
33 |
MATF Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics |
Yugoslavia |
||
|
34 |
Junior West |
University of the West, Faculty of Mathematics |
Romania |
||
|
34 |
Univ Galati |
Dunarea de Jos University of Galati |
Romania |
||
|
34 |
Rail Roaders |
Dnepropetrovsk University of Railroad Transport |
Ukraine |
||
|
34 |
OVIDIUS |
OVIDIUS University of Constanta |
Romania |
||
|
34 |
FON Belgrade |
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics |
Yugoslavia |
||
|
34 |
Sibiu |
Lucian Blaga University from Sibiu |
Romania |
||
|
34 |
Srbija Do Tokija |
Faculty of Mathematics |
Sprska |
||
|
34 |
Plovdiv |
University of Plovdiv |
Bulgaria |
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|
34 |
ETF Skopje 1 |
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius /EE/CS |
Macedonia |
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|
34 |
TU Varna |
Technical University - Varna |
Bulgaria |
||
|
34 |
U-Mures |
Petru Maior University |
Romania |
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|
34 |
Univ. Suceava |
Universitatea Stefan cel Mare Suceava |
Romania |
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34 |
Info NAÏVE |
University of the West, Faculty of Mathematics |
Romania |
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