Helvetic Coding Contest 2024
Event start time 13.4.2024 10:30
Event end time 13.4.2024 19:00
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