University of Utah
2002 High School Programming Contest
Take-Home Problem

The Take-Home Problem Is Underway!

Take-Home Problem Description

Description of the problem, specifications for your program, sample code, and information about grading.

Questions and Answers

Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the take-home problem. If you have a question, please check the FAQ before emailing your question to us.

Using Your University Account

Information about using your University of Utah computer account to compile and test your code.

Contact

Still have questions? Send email to hspc@cs.utah.edu

News and Updates

Don't forget to check the list of frequently asked questions and answers!

Jan 31 2002: Explanation of the expandSets() function

If you're a little confused by the skeleton code, read the explanation of the expandSets function that we've added to the FAQ.

Jan 28 2002: Two new raw data files

Two more raw data files are now available: raw-05.dat and raw-06.dat.

Jan 25 2002: Three new raw data files

Three additional raw data files are now available: raw-02.dat, raw-03.dat, and raw-04.dat. Be sure to try your data mining program with tests derived from these files!

Jan 22 2002: Precompiled versions of the test generation and scoring programs for Windows

If you're having trouble compiling the test generator and/or the scoring programs with MS Visual C++, you should download the precompiled versions for MS Windows.

Jan 22 2002: Tweaks to the data mining skeleton for MS Visual C++

We've updated the skeleton code to fix difficulties when compiling with MS Visual C++.

Jan 20 2002: Data mining program skeleton available

Skeleton code for the data mining and recommender program is out now. We are very sorry for the delay!

Jan 18 2002: Posted the test generation and scoring programs

The support programs were made available.

Jan 18 2002: One-day delay for the data mining program skeleton

Skeleton code for the data mining and recommender program will be ready tomorrow. We are very sorry for the delay!

Jan 14 2002: Started the list of frequently asked questions

The FAQ list was made available.

Jan 11 2002: Take-home problem made available

The problem description was made available.