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�� ���� ���� ������ ��������� ��������� �������� �� ������ ���� ������ [table of contents] ��� ��������� ������� ������� �������� ��������� ���� ��� ����� � ����� ��������� �������� �� Founder’s Message 02 ������� �� ��� ������������� �� ��� ����� �� �� ��� �������� ������ ���� �� ��������� ������ ��������� ��� ������������� Coding Tournament ��� ��������� ��������������� �������� �� ���������� ��� ����������� ��� �������� � ���������� ����������� ��� ���������� Brackets 03 �� ���� ���������� ������������ ��������� ������ Semifinal Room 1 05 ���� ��������� ������ �� ����� ��� ������ ��������� �������� ��������� Semifinal Room 2 11 ���������� �� ����� ��������� ������� ���� ��� ������������ �� �������� �� ���� ���� � ����� �� ��� �������� � Semifinal Room 3 17 �������� ����������� ����������� �������� ���� ������������ ��� Semifinal Room 4 23 ������ ������ ��� �������� ������ ����� ��� ����������� ����� ������ ����������� �������� Component Competition ������ ��� ������ ����� ���� �� �� ����� �� ��� ������ ���������� Brackets 33 ��� ������ ����� ���� ��������������� ����������� ���� ������ ������������ Design Final Room 34 �������� �� ����� �������� ��� ���������� ������ ���� Development Final Room 36 ����������� ����� ���� �� ������ �������� ������� ���������� ����� ����������� Review Boards 38 ��������� ��� ����� ����������� TopCoder Statistics 40 ������� ��� ������� ������ [schedule of events] Championship MatchChampionship Match Thursday, SemifinalDecember SemifinalRoom 4 1 SemifinalRoom 2 RoomSemifinal 3 RoomFriday, 4 DecemberComponent 5CompetitionCoding Tournament Winners AnnouncedMedia Hour Awards Dinner 10:00 am 1:00 pm 4:00 pm 7:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:45 pm 5:00 pm 6:30 pm �������� ��� �� 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ���� ������������� [founder’s message] [coding tournament] Welcome to the 2003 TopCoder Open, sponsored by Intel. Since last year’s Invitational tournament, TopCoder has grown by more than 15,000 members. Membership continues to steadily increase and currently stands at over 34,000 members. Of course, with these additional members we have seen many new faces throughout the member base, including some new faces in the high rankings. This will make for some thrilling competition. We started the Coding Tournament of the TCO with 545 students and 464 professionals. There are 10 professionals and 6 students in the final 16. Some of our thinking in the beginning was that students would have more time to spend on TopCoder Semifinal Room 1 Semifinal Room 3 and would therefore have an advantage over professionals. Interestingly, this has turned out not to be the case. While it is difficult to make any definitive findings, without looking SnapDragon reid at other factors (such as time spent training and the discipline within which professionals work), it seems that professionals have no problem holding their own - even if they have less time to spend competing in TopCoder competitions. bstanescu Yarin This will be the first year that actual software development is included in any of our major venco DjinnKahn tournaments through the Component Tournament. For those who are unaware, TopCoder members compete to develop commercial software for our customers in the form of mathijs components and applications. Our component competitions measure design and dpecora development ability. We are very excited to be adding another dimension to TopCoder’s developer offerings and look forward to expanding the component competition presence. Semifinal Room 2 Semifinal Room 4 I would like to thank our sponsors. As our title sponsor, Intel has been an absolute joy to [ ] work with. Working with Intel, one gets the feeling that their success is born out of how tomek ZorbaTHut they interact with their suppliers, employees, partners and customers as much as it is their technological leadership. Intel joins our returning tournament sponsor, NVIDIA, who bladerunner NGBronson has partnered with us to sponsor their second major event. NVIDIA has shown they truly believe that talent drives any organization. Their ‘edge’ clearly shines through. ambrose snewman I would also like to thank all of the members and employees of TopCoder who are making TopCoder the professional sport of programming. From building systems to madking tjq administering contests to collaborating with sponsors, TopCoder simply would not exist without your dedication. As always, best of luck to you in the Arena! Jack Hughes Founder, TopCoder, Inc. [02] [03] You know you’re SnapDragon a TopCoder when… bstanescu … you take a laptop on vacation to participate in SRMs. venco - Pops dpecora [coding tournament] SEMIFINAL ROOM 1 [05] Derek Kisman Bogdan Stanescu > Canada > United States, VA Seed: 1 Seed: 12 SnapDragon bstanescu Current Rating: 3285 TC What do you think will be the next “hot” TC Describe the most challenging system you Current Rating: 2560 Current Ranking: 2 technology? have played a role in developing. Current Ranking: 21 BS An Artificial Intelligence prootype that al- Rating Percentile: 99.97 DK Flexible, paper-like computer viewing screens. Who knows if they’re one year or lows the user to create a knowledge base Rating Percentile: 99.69 Number of Ratings: 79 10 years away, but I think they’ll be very without having any training in computer Number of Ratings: 49 Highest Rating: 3464 popular when they arrive. science. Highest Rating: 2861 TC Earnings: $24,411.00 TC Which technology company do you most TC What do you think will be the next “hot” TC Earnings: $1,825.00 admire? For what reasons? technology? Overall Competition Statistics DK IBM. They’ve always had a fantastic BS Mobile systems (it’s already happening). Overall Competition Statistics research department and quality products, Success Rate 1-100%: and very few other companies can claim to TC What types of companies are you most in- Success Rate 1-100%: have guided the development of modern terested in working for (e.g., size, industry)? Challenges Made: 71 83.10% Challenges Made: 40 80.00% computing to the extent they have. Why? Challenges Defended: 15 60.00% BS The only preference I have is to work in Challenges Defended: 13 76.92% TC How old were you when you wrote your some Artifical Intelligence - related field, Problems: 237 Accuracy Rate 1-100%: first piece of code? What programming because it’s interesting and I’m knowledge- Problems: 150 Accuracy Rate 1-100%: language was it in? What did you write? able in it. Submissions: 230 97.05% DK I believe I was 6 or 7, starting with BASIC Submissions: 128 85.33% on the TI 99/4A. The first program I TC What is your preferred operating system Correct Submissions: 205 89.13% Correct Submissions: 113 88.28% remember writing was a math quiz game, and favorite IDE and programming lan- Overall Accuracy: 86.50% around that time. guage? Overall Accuracy: 75.33% BS Windows XP, Microsoft Visual Studio, C++ Average Points: 1105.34 TC How did you create your handle? Average Points: 825.86 DK It’s just an amusing Fantasy-themed pun I TC How old were you when you wrote your came up with. I’m a snapping dragon. Not, I first piece of code? What programming 2003 TCO Tournament Statistics repeat, NOT a beautiful, fragile flower. ;) language was it in? What did you write? 2003 TCO Tournament Statistics BS I was 14. I wrote a BASIC program that Success Rate 1-100%: Success Rate 1-100%: TC What is your favorite movie? sorted 4 numbers, without knowing about Challenges Made: 2 100.00% DK Contact, starring Jodie Foster. I liked it the existence of arrays, so I actually used Challenges Made: 1 100.00% even more than the book. just 4 variables and a whole lot of IFs and Challenges Defended: Challenges Defended: 1 100.00% GOTOs. 0 TC What is your favorite hobby? Problems: Problems: 12 Accuracy Rate 1-100%: DK Playing videogames. I play a lot, often going TC What is your favorite movie? 12 Accuracy Rate 1-100%: Submissions: 12 100.00% for world records online. BS Lost in Space Submissions: 9 75.00% Correct Submissions: 11 91.67% Correct Submissions: 8 88.89% Overall Accuracy: 91.67% Overall Accuracy: 66.67% Average Points: 1055.27 [06] [07] Average Points: 673.21 Eugene Vasilchenko David Pecora > United States, MD > United States, NC Seed: 13 Seed: 116 venco dpecora Current Rating: 2699 TC Describe the most challenging system you TC Describe the most challenging system you Current Rating: 2175 Current Ranking: 13 have played a role in developing. have played a role in developing. EV Switching from C to C++ at National Cern- DP The most ambitious system I’ve worked on Current Ranking: 78 Rating Percentile: 99.81 ter for Biotechnology Information. to date is Forexster, a platform for trading Rating Percentile: 98.85 Number of Ratings: 58 foreign exchange online. For more details Number of Ratings: 64 see http://www.forexster.com. Highest Rating: 2802 TC Which technology company do you most Highest Rating: 2310 TC Earnings: $1,513.00 admire? For what reasons? EV Intel - It played the main role in growth of IT TC Which technology company do you most TC Earnings: $11,897.50 to the current state. admire? For what reasons? Overall Competition Statistics DP I’ve admired HP because of their longtime Overall Competition Statistics TC What do you think will be the next “hot” emphasis on things that many corporations Success Rate 1-100%: technology? consider unimportant, such as philan- Success Rate 1-100%: EV Current “hot” technologies - communica- thropy, real integrity, and respect for their Challenges Made: 50 66.00% Challenges Made: 48 70.83% tions and biotech didn’t finish their employees. I