Thanks to all participants of the CompProg ICPC Selection Contest 2022 and congratulations for the great performance!
The contestants were given 8 algorithmic programming problems to solve in 3 hours. Each contestant had to participate alone.
Here are the Winners of the contest in each category. Greg Zborovsky became the overall Champion by correctly solving 6 out of the 8 problems!
| Problems Solved | Penalty (Minutes) | Department / Major | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate | |||
| Xiao Sun | 5 | 197 | AMS |
| George Ivanchyk | 5 | 593 | CS |
| Sai Phani Pallapothu | 5 | 593 | CS |
| Undergraduate: Senior | |||
| Greg Zborovsky | 6 | 550 | CS + AMS |
| Saajid Chowdhury | 5 | 320 | Physics + Math |
| Kevin Cai | 5 | 351 | CS + AMS |
| Undergraduate: Junior | |||
| Jacky Xie | 5 | 245 | CS |
| Simon Lee | 4 | 496 | CS |
| Ruijie Xiao | 3 | 240 | CAS (Major Undecided) |
| WiCS Choice | |||
| Xiaokun Zhao | 4 | 418 | ECE (Computer Engineering) |
| Problems Solved | Penalty (Minutes) | Department / Major | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honorable Mention (ranked among the Top 10 overall) | |||
| Kenny Zhang (Senior) | 5 | 379 | CS |
| Aditya Todi (Graduate) | 5 | 610 | CS |
| Calvin Aw (Senior) | 5 | 767 | CS + Math |
The Problem Set (+ Solutions):
The set of problems specifically designed for this contest (along with problem setter's and validator's names) is as follows. All problems as well as the editorial are attached to this email. They are also available on the CompProg website along with pictures from the event.
| Problem | Problem Setter | Validator |
|---|---|---|
| A. War | Shawn Mathew | Yimin Zhu |
| B. Happy Elimination | Yimin Zhu | Jiarui Zhang |
| C. Purrfection | Michael Wolf-Sonkin | Astra Kolomatskaia |
| D. Meow You Doing | Michael Wolf-Sonkin | Tanzir Pial |
| E. Dice Auction | Astra Kolomatskaia | Tanzir Pial |
| F. Stop the Overflow | Zafar Ahmad | Yimin Zhu |
| G. String Problem | Jiarui Zhang | Tanzir Pial |
| H. Rothland | Tanzir Pial | Shawn Mathew |
Acknowledgements
The contest was organized by the Stony Brook Competitive Programming Club (CompProg). The executive members of the club, as listed below, were heavily involved in every aspect of this event: Tanzir Islam Pial (President), Yimin Zhu (Vice President), Shawn Mathew (Secretary), Astra Kolomatskia (Treasurer), Jiarui Zhang, Zafar Ahmad, and Michael Wolf-Sonkin.
Thanks to WiCS for help with the WiCS Choice Award.
Thanks to our sponsor Stony Brook Computer Science Department, and particularly to CS Chair Prof. Samir Das for supporting this event.
Special thanks to Kathy Germana (CS), Christine Cesaria (CS), Andrew Solar-Greco (CS), Michael Delgrosso (CS), Chelsey Dollinger (IACS), and Ann Gardner (IACS) for helping with rooms, catering, and advertisement!
Rezaul A. Chowdhury
(Faculty Advisor, SBU Competitive Programming Club)
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
& Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Stony Brook University
Web: http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~rezaul/