Contest Date - 10 February , 2002
The second Edition of the highly successful BitWISE Programming Contest is here. The Brainchild of the Computer Science and Engineering Society( IIT Kharagpur), BitWISE is one of its kind. It not only taxes your programming skills but also your ability to analyze problems and develop algorithms, all in half a day.
CONTEST RULES
The contest is open to everybody.
Final Year B.Tech (Hons) students of the
Department of Computer Science and
Engineering of IIT Kharagpur cannot
participate in the contest.
To participate you need to submit the online
registration form at our website.
Registration will start from 25 Jan 2002.
There is no registration fee.
There are special early bird registration
prizes. You could win a great T-shirt !!
The last date for registration is 8th
February 2002.
You are allowed to form teams of two
members.
One person can be a member of at most one
team. If we find the same person in more
than one team, all the teams of which he/she is a member will be disqualified from
the contest.
The contest will be organised over the
Internet. Problems will be put up on our
websites on 10th February 2002 . Exact
time of the contest and other details will be
put up here by Friday, 1st Feb 2002. You
will be required to submit your solutions
anytime within the next 12 hours of the
start. Your programs will be evaluated
automatically on our servers and feedback
will be mailed to you in real-time.
The CSE Department Society reserves the
right to disqualify any contestant/team
without citing any reason whatsoever. No
enquiries will be entertained in this matter.
If two or more teams are found to have any
source code similar or in common, all of them
will be disqualified from the contest. No
enquiries will be entertained in this matter.
The decision of the CSE Department
Society with regard to all matters relating
to or arising out of the contest will be final
and binding on all participants. No enquiries
will be entertained in this matter. All entries sent in will become the property
of the CSE Department Society, IIT
Kharagpur.
No disputes arising out of or relating to this
contest shall be entertained.
IMPORTANT DATES
Registration starts : 25 Jan 2002 Registration ends: 8 Feb 2002 Contest Date: 10 Feb 2002
CONTEST TIMINGS
0930 hrs - 2130 hrs (IST) 0400 hrs - 1600 hrs (GMT)
For Contest Rules click here ... THE BOOTY
One First Prize worth Rs. 10,000.
Two Second Prizes worth Rs. 5,000 each.
Three Third Prizes worth Rs.3,000 each. Five Fourth Prizes worth Rs. 1,000 each.
Ten Fifth Prizes worth Rs. 500 each.
* We also have T-shirts and certificates for early birds and winners.
Tell your friends about BitWISE ! You could win a great BitWISE T shirt !!
Test Run
What to do... Test Run is over. Thanks for your support. We will start the test run again tomorrow. The problem submission system is up for you to test and get familiar with. We have 2 sample problems One and Two. You can write your own solution to it or use our solution from the site. Please observe this file naming convention. Call your solution "0.c" for problem number 1 and "1.c" for problem number 2, if they are C programs. Call them "0.cc" and "1.cc" if they are C++ programs. Upload the solution here. You will need your registration id and team name. Your solution will be compiled and evaluated for test cases. You will receive feedback in your mail. Questions ? chat with the BitWISE team or email us at [email protected]
Tell your friends about BitWISE ! You could win a great BitWISE T shirt !!
Announcements
Last Date of registration extended till 9th February
1. The upload page has been changed. A drop down list for the choice of programming language has been added. While uploading the problems please specify correctly the choice of the language. 2. The site is under continuous update. Please use the refresh button on your browser to ensure that you always see the latest version of the page you are viewing. 3. We can not handle submissions by email. Please upload your solutions. 4. The evaluation of your solution will be mailed to you within a few minutes of your submission. 5. Windows Users : Please check the file name to see that it does not have a .txt or .doc extension 6. Please adhere strictly to the output format specified in the problem statement. Remember that your program shall be evaluated by a computer. 7. You can use the standard C/C++ header files stdio.h , iostream.h , stdlib.h etc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please see Announcements
Contact Address . Registration . Evaluation Criteria. Submissions and uploading.
1. How can I contact you ? Ans. You can mail us at [email protected] .If you have already registered don't forget to mention your team name or registration Id.
2. Who can participate? Ans. We invite participants from all over the world. This is an online contest and hence distance is no criterion. back
3. How can I register ? Ans. Please click here to register.
4.How can I change my profile after registration? Ans. You can mail us the problem at the above mentioned address. We shall tell you what to do. back
5. What languages can I use for coding ? Ans. We will use GNU C/C++ compiler on Linux platform. Further details will be put on the site soon.
6. What will be the problem mix ? Ans. BitWISE aims at testing both your coding and algorithm design skills. Problems will differ in levels of difficulty. To get a better idea of what you can expect see the BitWISE2k++ problem set.
7. What are the evaluation criteria? Ans. There are two criteria for evaluation. Correctness - Your program must produce the correct output in the specified format for our test inputs. Efficiency - With regards to Time taken and peak Memory used. The more difficult problems may reward you for partially correct ( Correct for some test cases ) solutions. back
8. How can I submit solutions ? Ans. You can upload the solutions by using your team id. We hope the test run scheduled on 7th evening will clarify your doubts.
9. Can I resubmit a solution? Ans. Yes, One can resubmit a solution as many times as one wants. We will consider the last submitted solution at any stage. There is no penalty for resubmissions.
10. What feedback shall I receive to my submissions? Ans. You will receive a mail informing you about the number of test cases cleared by your program and the tentative scores. The score might change depending on the efficiency of your algorithm. back
11. How will I receive my prize money ? Ans. Your prize money will be sent to you as an A/C payee cheque to the address provided at the time of registration.