Rocky Mountain Region

University of Utah Site

Nov 14-15, 2003

Site Information

The contest will be held in room 224 of the Engineering and Mining Classroom Building (EMCB). Click on the University of Utah map to see where we are on the campus. Zoom in on the large white area near the top of the map. This is the parking lot just north of the Merrill Engineering Building (MEB), which is the next building north of EMCB. You can park in this lot free after hours on Friday and all day Saturday.

Directions

From the south: From I-15 northbound, take I-215 east. (Be careful of that intersection. It's a bit tricky to get on the right road.) Follow I-215 east and north until just before it bends back west to merge with I-80. At that point, you should go straight and continue north on Foothill Blvd. At about 600 south, Foothill bends left (west) and heads downtown. Again, you should continue north by exiting to the right onto the University of Utah campus. You'll be on Wasatch Drive. Go straight through the first traffic light, and then turn left (across the Trax railroad tracks) at the second light. When you see the golf course on both sides of the street, watch for Federal Way on your left. Follow that west for a block to Central Campus Drive, where Federal Way ends. The Engineering Building is ahead of you, just to the right. Go around to the north side of the building and park in the big lot.

From the north: From I-15 southbound, take the 600 North exit and go east for less than a block. Turn right on 300 West and go south to North Temple. Turn left there and go east to 1300 East. Turn right and go south 1 block to 100 South, then left and go east again up the hill into the campus. 100 North bends left (north) for a short ways and then back right (east) around the Engineering Building (MEB). Turn right into the north entrance of the parking lot just after you start up the hill again.

Here's a blowup of the campus map referenced above that shows just the area around MEB and EMCB.

Computing Environment

Computers: Sun Ultra SPARC 60 workstations

Operating system: Solaris v. 8 or 9 (depending on which machine you get)

Default shell: tcsh

Default window manager: fvwm2

Editors: emacs, vi

C++ compiler: g++ v. 2.95.2

Java compiler: javac v. 1.4.2

Contest Schedule

There will be a practice/warm-up session from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Friday evening so that you all may become familar with the equipment and the compilers. We'll have pizza for you if you let us know you're coming.

The Saturday schedule is as follows:

         8:00-9:00     Registration, continental breakfast, practice time

	 9:00-9:15     Meeting for all participants

	 9:15-9:45     Practice problem

	10:00-3:00     COMPETITION

	 3:00-5:00     Results calculation

	 5:00-6:30     Dinner* and awards

	     * Dinner will be at Marie Callender's, 1313 S. Foothill Blvd.

Motel Information

The closest reasonably-priced accomodations can be found at the Scenic Motel at 1345 S. Foothill Drive. The cost for a room with two queen-sized beds is $49 per night ($54.45 with tax). Reservations can be made by calling 801-582-1527.

You can e-mail me if you have any questions. I'm at hanscom 'at' cs.utah.edu.