About the challenge:
This programming challenge is intended for high school and college students. This 3-hour individual contest consists of 8 problems, which are roughly arranged from very easy to the hard difficulty level. Easy problems can be done even with basic programming skills. Each problem is given the same weight, thus it is in your best interest to solve the easiest problems first.
About AlphaStar Academy:
AlphaStar Academy offers extensive training programs for gifted students towards national and international Math and Science competitions such as MathCounts, American Mathematics Competitions, USA Math Olympiads, USA Computing Olympiads, F=ma, and USA Physics Olympiads.
For more information: https://alphastar.academy/
Problem Setter Committee:
Bennett Liu
Harker School class of 2020
USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2016-present)
Eric Zhang
Harvard U. class of 2023
International Olympiad in Informatics Gold medalist (2018, 2019)
Fatih Gelgi, Ph.D
Computer Science Program Director, AlphaStar Academy
International Olympiad in Informatics Bronze medalist (1999)
Isaac Li
UCLA class of 2023
USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2016-2019)
Jonathan Yang
UC Berkeley class of 2022
USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2018)
Justin Li
UCLA class of 2023
USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2017-2019)
Metin Aktulga, Ph.D.
Assist Professor, Dept. of CSE, Michigan State U
International Olympiad in Informatics participant (2000)
Sukru Tikves, Ph.D.
Senior Engineer, Google
International Olympiad in Informatics Silver medalist (1997, 1998, 1999)
Terms and conditions:
There are great prizes to be won
Special Prize
Top US ranker on the leaderboard wins the special prize.
First Prize
USD 300
Second Prize
USD 200
Third Prize
USD 100
HackerEarth t-shirts
Top 20 participants to receive HackerEarth t-shirts.
AlphaStar vouchers
$500 worth vouchers to the top 10 participants to use at AlphaStar Academy courses or camps. Vouchers expire on August 31st, 2020.
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Rules: