Cipher Up

[Coding Competition]

RULES & REGULATIONS

[28/04/2023]

STAFF INCHARGE: ASST. PROF MADHU K, MR. AMAL CHERIYAN

COORDINATORS: ARPIT RAMESAN, MUHAMMAD RASI K P

SUB-COORDINATORS: RITHIK, AMAL RAVEENDRAN

Allowed Materials:

• Participants are allowed to use paper and pen during the competition. Paper and pens will be provided (if not available with students).
• No external digital media should be accessed during the event. This includes usage of phones, USB drives or the direct usage of the internet through another person or by other means.
• Teams must not consult with any other staff or friends for solutions or so during the event.

Rules:

• The contest will consist of 5 questions. Two questions in the first and second rounds respectively and a last tricky question in the last round.
• Time distribution for each round is as follows:
• Round 1(Easy): 20 min
• Round 2(Medium): 40 min
• Round 3(Hard): 1 Hour
• Allowed programming languages are C, C++, Java and Python.
• The questions may be solved in any manner necessary.
• All solutions will be submitted electronically. Solutions will be reviewed and feedback will the given accordingly.
• If a question is unclear, participants may request clarification from the judges.
• Any malpractices detected from the team will lead to an immediate disqualification.
• Judges’ decisions are final and cannot be revoked.

Programming Contest Guidelines

Program Output:

• The unnecessary usage of print statements will not be accepted as an output for the solution and hence won’t be considered as a point.
• Based on each language, there should be usage of basic functions. So as to not use up more run-time of the program.
  1. For C/C++: Usage of “#include” or “#include” is necessary
  2. For Java: Usage of “import java.util.*;” and creation of a “class” is necessary.
  3. For Python: no requirements.
• Compilation of each code will be as follows:
  1. For C/C++: “gcc filename.c.cpp” or “cc filename.c/cpp”
  2. For Java: “javac filename.java”
  3. For Python: “python filename.py”

Judging Criteria:

• When solution is correct, points will be given.
• If program not compiled, it will be valued as compilation error [No points].
• If run-time is above the given basic time, it will be valued as run-time error [No points].
• If incorrect output is used, point will NOT be given.
• If solution writing took more time, the solution will be valued upto the written code only!

Scoring Criteria:

• Teams are ranked based on number of problems solved correctly.
• In the event of a tie, the following tiebreaker will be used accordingly:
  1. In a set of two questions, for each submission, teams will receive a point per minute taken to solve the problem along an additional 20-point penalty for each incorrect submission (Compilation errors are not considered).
  2. Incorrect submission won’t be evaluated as a point for the team.
  3. The team with lesser points will be deemed the winner.
  4. Duration will be set based on the relevant timings during the event.
• If by any chances the team is not able to avail a system or due to any system failure, the code written in paper(given earlier) will be considered for evaluation.