Competitive Software Programming Task

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A Competitive Software Programming Task is a software programming task that is a competitive task.



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2023

  • (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming Retrieved:2023-9-4.
    • Competitive programming (also known as sports programming) is a mind sport usually held over the Internet or a local network, involving participants trying to program according to provided specifications. Contestants are referred to as sport programmers. Competitive programming is recognized and supported by several multinational software and Internet companies, such as Google and Facebook.

      A programming competition generally involves the host presenting a set of logical or mathematical problems, also known as puzzles or challenges, to the contestants (who can vary in number from tens or even hundreds to several thousands). Contestants are required to write computer programs capable of solving these problems. Judging is based mostly upon number of problems solved and time spent for writing successful solutions, but may also include other factors (quality of output produced, execution time, memory usage, program size, etc.).

2023

  • (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming#Overview Retrieved:2023-9-4.
    • The aim of competitive programming is to write source code of computer programs which are able to solve given problems. A vast majority of problems appearing in programming contests are mathematical or logical in nature. Typical such tasks belong to one of the following categories: combinatorics, number theory, graph theory, algorithmic game theory, computational geometry, string analysis and data structures. Problems related to constraint programming and artificial intelligence are also popular in certain competitions.

      Irrespective of the problem category, the process of solving a problem can be divided into two broad steps: constructing an efficient algorithm, and implementing the algorithm in a suitable programming language (the set of programming languages allowed varies from contest to contest). These are the two most commonly tested skills in programming competitions.

      In most contests, the judging is done automatically by host machines, commonly known as judges. Every solution submitted by a contestant is run on the judge against a set of (usually secret) test cases. Normally, contest problems have an all-or-none marking system, meaning that a solution is "Accepted" only if it produces satisfactory results on all test cases run by the judge, and rejected otherwise. However, some contest problems may allow for partial scoring, depending on the number of test cases passed, the quality of the results, or some other specified criteria. Some other contests only require that the contestant submit the output corresponding to given input data, in which case the judge only has to analyze the submitted output data.

      Online judges are online environments in which testing takes place. Online judges have rank lists showing users with the biggest number of accepted solutions and/or shortest execution time for a particular problem. [1]

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Algorithm competitions

Name of the competition[2] Organizers Audience Description Number of participants Website
Google Code Jam (GCJ) Google open Annual competition organized and sponsored by Google from 2003 until its cancellation in 2023.[3] 32,702 (2022)[4] https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam
International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)[5] ICPC Foundation university student Team competition for university students, the contest consists of many regional rounds that conclude in a world final organized yearly. Teams consist of three students from the same university and they are allowed to use only one computer. 50,000+ (2022)[6] https://icpc.global/
International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) IOI secondary school students International competition for secondary school students. Organized yearly since 1989. Each country can send at most 4 participants to compete. 349 from 88 countries (2022)[7] https://ioinformatics.org/
Meta Hacker Cup (formerly Facebook Hacker Cup) Meta Platforms open Annual competition held since 2011. Organized and sponsored by Meta (formerly Facebook). 27,604 (2022)[8] https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup
Topcoder Open (TCO) Topcoder open Annual algorithm competition held from 2001 until its cancellation in 2023[9] https://www.topcoder.com/community/member-programs/topcoder-open/

In most of the above competitions, competitions are usually organized in several rounds. They usually start with online rounds, which conclude in the onsite final round. The top performers at IOI and ICPC receive gold, silver and bronze medals. In the other contests, cash prizes are awarded to the top finishers. The competitions also attract interest of recruiters from multiple software and Internet companies, which often reach out to competitors with potential job offers.

2017

  • (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/competitive_programming Retrieved:2017-7-20.
    • Competitive programming is a mind sport usually held over the Internet or a local network, involving participants trying to program according to provided specifications. Contestants are referred to as sport programmers. Competitive programming is recognized and supported by several multinational software and Internet companies, such as Google, and Facebook. There are several organizations who host programming competitions on a regular basis. ...