This page describes the roles. It is intended for people who help with the competition, not the contestents, but does not contain any privileged information.

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Basic schedule

Teams start arriving at 7:30 am and the practice period is 8-8:40 am. The contest starts at 8:45 am and ends at 11:15 am. Contestents attend a presentation from 11:25 to 11:50, and the awards ceremony is from 11:50 to noon. There is usually a lunch after the contest and participants are invited to attend that.

Floor Associates

  • Help guide teams to their assigned space; note teams are not assigned a table, just a zone.
  • Help teams set up and use their development environment. It is appropriate to answer questions about these issues during the contest.
  • Hand out problem sets to teams at the contest start.
  • Relay questions about problems from the teams to the judges.
  • Monitor that each team uses just two laptops and is not using a phone as a mini-laptop.
  • Relay facilities issues to the appropriate people.
  • At the end of the contest
    • Have each team clean their workspace including collecting coats.
    • Direct the teams to return any borrowed laptops in the Diercks Hall atrium.
    • Direct contestents to find seats in the NVIDIA auditorium by 11:35.

It is very good if some floor associates can arrive at 7:30 am. A light breakfast will be available. The floor assistant duties are finished once all contestants are in the NVIDIA auditorium.

Judges

Judges should generally arrive by 8 am so they can review the problem packets before the contest start. Breakfast items will also be available. The basic duty is to evaluate solutions for correctness; see the judging guide for directions on that. In addition, judges may be asked to help resolve questions about problem statements.

Head Judge

The head judge acts as a judge and coordinates judging activities. In particular, the head judge ensures all contestent questions are answered, resolves any solution correctness issues, and finalizes the standings. The head judge is also a system administrator.

System Administrator

  • Starts the contest software.
  • Ensures the problem sets, data files, teams, and associates are loaded in the contest software. Typically, only the first few problems have their descriptions loaded into the software.
  • Adds late-registration teams to the contest site.
  • Assign administrative role to additional judges if needed.