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Helvetic Coding Contest 2024

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Event start time 13.4.2024 10:30

Event end time 13.4.2024 19:00

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The Helvetic coding contest known as HC² is the biggest competitive programming contest in Switzerland. Held over one day on the EPFL campus, it attracts over 200 participants with a passion for competitive programming. After 4 years of absence, this year, for the first time, the Polympiads association is organizing the event on Saturday, April 13th, 2024.

Date: Saturday, 13/04/2024 Time: 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM Where: CO building, level 0, EPFL

Competition format: Teams of up to 3 participants will work on competitive programming problems together.

Programming languages and tools: C++17, Java 11, Python 2.7, and Python 3.7. You will be able to code using Emacs, Geany, Vim, Code::Blocks, Visual Studio Code, Atom, Kate, Eclipse, and GDB.

Meals: Morning: Breakfast buffet (croissants, chocolate, fruit juice, etc.) (included) Lunch: Sandwiches, non-alcoholic drinks (included) Evening: Pizza (Additional 12CHF)

There are three options for people willing to participate:

1) You do not want VIS to cover your participation and travel costs: Just register at Polympiads Website filling up the Google Form. https://www.polympiads.ch/HC2/

2) You want VIS to cover your participation cost. Register here on vis website and write "participation cost covered by vis" at the end of Polympiads registration form at remarks/question.

3) You want VIS to cover your participation&travel cost. We expect you to make a team of three. If you don't know anyone to make a team, come to the cpc meetup on Thursday 28 of March at 7pm in CAB H53 or ask nicely on CPC Discord https://discord.gg/TRzMJuNF. Further, register here on vis website and write "participation cost covered by vis" at the end of Polympiads registration form at remarks/question.

Polympiads Website: https://www.polympiads.ch/HC2/

Registration Form at Polympiads Website: https://forms.gle/MY4Cyr14ZmYY2qEt8

The fine print

  • By participating you agree that pictures can be taken of you that could be used for VIS-Purposes (VISIONEN, Instagram, etc)

  • By participating, you agree to adhere by the VIS Code of Conduct

  • Every participant is responsible for their own insurance

  • All statements are made without guarantee

  • In general, there are no refunds

Event organisers

Main event organiser Ahmet Ala

Co-organisers