Hi guys,
The ACM-ICPC Asia-Kanpur Site First Round Online Contest has ended with 132 teams from India and the Asia Region that registered for it.
The rankist for the teams is available here.
Keeping in mind certain criteria, teams from this list will be chosen to go to the ACM-ICPC Asia-Kanpur Site Second Round Onsite that will take place in December.
Contest Statistics:
| Length of Contest | Unique Teams Registered | Total Number of Submissions | Teams who have solved at least one problem |
| 3 hours | 132 | 876 | 75 |
Congratulations to all of you!
Teams selected for the onsite round will be contacted in a few days time.
We hope you had a good experience during the contest. If you have anyfeedback that you would like to share with us then do let us know either by commenting on this blog post or by sending in an email to feedback@codechef.com .
Regards,
Team CodeChef
Here we are once again with a new face on CodeChef. This time we have Nadeem Moidu, a 20 year old student from IIIT-Hyderabad as November’s Programmer of the month. Nadeem has been part of CodeChef since its inception in March 2009 and has been consistently climbing up the ranking since then. Let’s get a sneak peak into what Nadeem has to say about himself.
Name: Nadeem Moidu
Age: 20
Institute: IIIT, Hyderabad
Userid: nadeemoidu
How/When did you start programming?
I started programming with Basic when I was 8th year in school. But it was only when I was in my final year in school that I started algorithm based competitive programming.
What do you do when you’re not programming?
I like playing soccer. I spend most of my free time surfing the net, trying to learn something new.
What do you like most about CodeChef?
I like the emphasis that CodeChef puts on Indians. Programmers are not appreciated much in India as compared to countries like Russia, China or Poland. I hope that the codechef initiative will help in improving the scenario.
How many hours a day do you program?
I haven’t been programming so regularly. I only take part in contests most of the time. But we (me and my team) are planning to practice around 3-4 hours every day to prepare for the ACM ICPC.
If you could eat dinner with any famous person (past or present), who would it be and what dish would you have?
No particular person comes to my mind. But I would go for Biryani, to eat. :)
What is the secret to being a good programmer?
You need to have the passion and practice regularly.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to complete by dual degree in computer engineering. After that I wish to stay in the field of academics or research. Of course I would like to go to the ICPC world finals twice when I’m in college!
Cheers!
Team CodeChef
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Cheers,
Vishal
Hi CodeCheffers,
The October Cook-Off (ACM ICPC Warm Up IIT-K) contest has ended and with 290 teams that registered we have the following top 10 teams on the leader board:
01. touristteam
02. blitzkrieg3
03. antonlunyov87
04. kuplyumoped1
05. rgmax
06. proof1
07. teama70babat
08. upteam
09. balakris15513
10. locu_iitk
Check out the rest of the ranklist here.
Contest Statistics:
| Length of Contest | Unique Teams | Total Number of Submissions | Teams who have solved at least one problem |
| 2.5 hours | 160 | 1102 | 132 |
We hope you’ve had a great warm up round before the ‘IIT Kanpur ACM ICPC Regionals Online Contest’ scheduled on 30th October, 2010.
Winner will be contacted on 19th October, 2010.
Do not forget to check out the editorials to the contest problems here.
Please send us your feedback about the Cook-off and the IIT Kanpur Warm up Contest either by commenting on this blog post or by sending in an email to feedback@codechef.com .
Regards,
Team CodeChef
Update: The site is up and running now. Thanks for your patience.
We are taking the site offline for a couple of hours for some maintenance activities. We will be back soon.
Thanking You,
Vishal Anand
Hi CodeCheffers,
The October 2010 Challenge is now over and it’s time to announce the results
But before we do that we shall like to share some Fun Facts about this contest:
Contest Statistics:
| Length of Contest | Unique Visitors | Unique Participants | Total Number of Submissions | User who have solved at least one problem |
| 10 days | 17,483 | 365 | 4667 | 185 |
| Country | Total Participants | Average Score per User |
| IN | 255 | 0.50 |
| Rest of World | 110 | 1.51 |
And now the leader-board of the October 2010 contest:
India:
01. Yash (winner of prize money Rs. 12000)
02. Nadeem Moidu (winner of prize money Rs. 8000)
03. Srivatsan
04. Surendra Meena
05. Vamsi Kavala
06. Gunjan Sharma
07. Sunny Agrawal
08. Pradeep George Mathias
09. Kaushik Iska
10. Sudipto Das
11. Govardhan Reddy
11. Ishan Dutta
11. Nitin Kumar
11. Baljeet Kumar
11. Vikas
16. Pankaj kumar
16. Girish Kadli
16. Anil Kishore
16. Ishani Parekh
20. Paresh Verma
Global:
01. Oleg (winner of prize money $400)
02. Mark Greve (winner of prize money $300)
03. Lai Luhang
04. Wu Yin
05. Tomaz Hocevar
06. Anton Lunyov
07. Stephen Merriman
08. Balrog
09. LiPengcheng
10. Trinh Tuan Phuong
Congratulations to all.
If you haven’t yet checked out the editorials of the problems to this month’s contest please do so here.
On the 15th of October we are running a 2.5 hours Cook-Off and Warm Up Contest that is organized by Directi Go for Gold Initiative in collaboration with the IIT Kanpur regionals.
If there is anything that you would like to let us know then do comment on this blog post or send in an email to feedback@codechef.com
Cheers,
Basil
P.S. Winners will be contacted shortly.
Dear CodeCheffers,
The CodeChef Cook-Off is back this month and this time it is in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur. The ACM ICPC Regionals are close and this is yet another chance for you to reduce your flab and get coding. IIT Kanpur in partnership with Directi as part of the Go for Gold Initiative brings you the October Cook-Off on the 15th of October, 2010 from 21:30hrs to 00:00hrs IST.
The contest is open to everyone. Along the lines of the ACM ICPC, it will be a team contest – a slight deviation from the previous two Cook-Off’s that we have had. What this means is you may form a team of maximum 3 members to participate. However, submissions will be allowed only from one system at any time. If you have distributed teams, then you need to log on and log out every time you want to submit from a different location.
Visit the contest landing page to participate.
The registrations for the Cook-Off are now open, you can register your team here: http://www.codechef.com/teams/register/COOK03
The October Cook-Off:
Cheers!
Team CodeChef
PS: Considering the unanticipated huge response to our last team contest, we have pulled up our socks and have been continuously working towards providing you with a much better experience. Hopefully you will see the difference.
As we approach closer to the ACM ICPC world programming event and everybody is working hard on improving their skills, we thought it would be great for us to have someone who is a professional and doing wonders at CodeChef. Seeing his success in the last few months, he sure is making a name for him self. Yes, we are talking about Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal, the winner of the September Contest. Lets get a sneak peak and see what Rajiv has to say about himself.
Name: Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal
Age: 36
Institute: C.R. State College of Engg., Murthal, Haryana
Company: Teradata India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
Userid: rajivka
How/When did you start programming?
I started programming after joining my Engineering College.
What do you do when you’re not programming?
I prefer to solve puzzles, watch cricket or sleep.
What do you like most about CodeChef?
It provides the platform to compete with the world’s best programmers and also to learn many new things.
How many hours a day do you program?
8-9 hours in a working day.
If you could eat dinner with any famous person (past or present), who would it be and what dish would you have?
Going out with a famous person is not on my ambition list, unless I see any advantage out of it. I would rather go out with my family/friends.
What is the secret to being a good programmer?
Apart from working hard, one should be logically good. Should be able to think about different ways of solving the problem.
What are your plans for the future?
I am already on right track and see myself contributing for a breakthrough of a new product/technology.
Cheers!
Team CodeChef
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