IEEE SoutheastCon 2005 Programming Competition

Contest Report

Despite several technical problems (including a printer that spawns unending print jobs, a server reboot, and temporary power loss to one side of the room), the contest was a success! Each team solved at least one problem, and we had an exciting finish: two teams ended up solving four problems, but the first time to solve a fourth problem (U. North Carolina, Charlotte) ended up finishing in second place because Florida International U. ended up with a smaller amount of total penalty points. (FIU had a large lead in penalty points entering the last hours of the competition: around 4pm, FIU had three problems completed with 272 penalty points, and UNCC had three problems completed with 375 penalty points.)

Final Standings

RankNameSolvedPenalty    A        B        C        D        E        F        G        H    Total att/solv
1FIU Golden Panthers45941/344/2622/--0/--0/--1/--1/881/15010/4
2UNCC 49ers46201/--1/1352/2250/--0/--0/--1/751/1656/4
3UCF Knights21431/--2/890/--0/--0/--0/--1/342/--6/2
4NCSU22571/--2/1160/--4/--0/--0/--1/1210/--8/2
5FAMU/FSU24033/2102/--0/--0/--0/--0/--1/1530/--6/2
6U. Miami Hurricanes1510/--0/--0/--0/--0/--0/--1/510/--1/1
7UAB Blazers1700/--0/--0/--0/--0/--0/--1/703/--4/1
8University of Florida1830/--0/--0/--0/--0/--0/--1/830/--1/1
9SCIT-UTECH1850/--0/--0/--0/--0/--0/--1/850/--1/1
9VCU1850/--0/--0/--4/--0/--0/--1/850/--5/1
11MSU Bulldogs11090/--0/--0/--3/--0/--0/--1/1090/--4/1
12Georgia Tech Ramblin' Bits11170/--1/--0/--1/--0/--0/--1/1170/--3/1
13VMI 0711700/--0/--0/--0/--0/--0/--3/1300/--3/1
14U. Memphis, "The Collective"12141/--0/--0/--1/--0/--0/--1/2140/--3/1
Summary8/34/212/89/44/225/113/--/00/--/01/--/016/34/147/150/261/23

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Problem Set

The contest problem set can be downloaded here.

Judges' Solutions

Solutions for each problem are available:

  1. Counting Votes
  2. Tetris Contours
  3. Mixed Jigsaw Puzzle
  4. Item Ordering
  5. Colorful Towers of Hanoi
  6. String Transformations
  7. Circles Partition Plane
  8. Anonymous Grade Listings