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UTCS UIL Computer Science Contest, Saturday, February 6, 2010 University of Texas at Austin campus

Format

The contest will consist of a 45 minute multiple choice test and a 2 hour programming contest with 12 problems. UIL style scoring for written test and programming contest. The programming language for the contest is Java. Most problems will require you to read from data files. For the programming contest submission will be via a wireless PC^2 backup. The backup plan for submission will be via USB drives. If your computer system does not have wireless capability submissions will be via USB drives.

Tentative Schedule of Events:

• 8:30 - 9:30am Check in.
• 9:30 - 10am UTCS Presentation.
• 10 - 11:00am Written Test
• 11:00 - 12:30pm Lunch
• 12:30 - 1pm Computer Set Up
• 1 - 1:45pm Dry run and system checks
• 1:45 - 3:45pm Programming Contest
• 3:45 - 4:30pm Appeals, Verification, Compile Final Scores
• 4:30 - 5pm Awards

Teams

Each school may enter up to three teams of students. Teams consist of three students each. A school may enter one team with less than three students. This still counts as one of the schools three teams.

Registration

Registration should be mailed to Mike Scott at scottm@cs.utexas.edu. Please include the following information:

1. Your school name
2. The sponsor or coaches name
3. The number of teams you plan on bringing
4. A contact phone number

There is no entry fee for this contest.

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