The Department of Computer Science and Engineering from the "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, had the honour to organise the 1998-1999 ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest.

There were 38 programming teams registered, from Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Two teams from Ukraine, one from Bulgaria, and one from Greece, have not been able to come to the Contest.

The first place was awarded to:

The second place was awarded to:

The third place was awarded to:

The fourth, the fifth and the sixth place were awarded, respectively, to:
 

Teams’ task was to solve 7 problems in 5 hours using C or Pascal programming languages. At the end of the contest, two teams solved correctly all 7 problems. They were separated by their penalty scores. There were 2 teams with 7 solved problems, 1 team with 5 solved problems, 7 teams with 4 solved problems, 6 teams with 3 solved problems, 6 teams with 2 solved problems, 8 teams with 1 solved problem and 4 teams with no solved problems.

 The contest computers were IBM-PCs Pentium 266 Mhz, 32 Mb RAM, 1 Gb HDD, linked by a network and running Windows NT. They were provided by IBM Romania. The site of the contest was the main hall of the "Rectorat" building, Politehnica University.

The evaluation of the results and scoring was based on the Personal Computer Programming Contest program (PC²) v6.3, developed at the Computer Science Department, Sacramento, California State University. The use of PC² permitted a smooth run of the contest and facilitated the activity of judges and runners.

The 38 teams totalled a number of 112 students. There were more than 40 staff members and volunteers who contributed to the organisation and run of the contest.

Each member of the participating teams received prizes consisting of software kits of Visual Age for Java, C++, and Introduction to Visual Age for Java & Programming JavaBean. The first three teams will receive presents from IBM. All participants will be offered a free 1 year ACM Student Membership.

The program of the contest was:

Thursday 22 October

• Review the rules
• Introduction to the practice session

09:00 - 13:00 Sightseeing Tour of Bucharest

The contest budget was raised using funds from IBM. IBM Romania, with the collaboration of the Finance Ministry and FORTE Computers, Ministry of National Education through “Politehnica” University of Bucharest and ROMTELECOM, provided the equipment that we have used and assured the financial support. Participation in the contest was free of charge. Also, the buffets, the banquet and the tour of Bucharest were free of charge.

Upon registration, each participant received a contest folder containing: contest badge, contest rules, contestant's guide for PC2, timetable, information about Bucharest and Romania, and software kits of Visual Age for Java, C++, and Introduction to Visual Age for Java & Programming JavaBean.

During the Award Ceremony, Certificates of Participation or Recognition were given to all participants and volunteers. Everybody seemed very excited about receiving the certificates, especially the volunteers, showing that the ACM idea of offering certificates was very appreciated.

The day before the Opening Ceremony, IBM Romania organised a press conference attended by more than 40 journalists from the Romanian mass-media. Two press releases were issued: one before and one after the contest. Several newspapers published announcements or presentations of the event.

The composition of the Steering Committee was:

• Prof. Nicolae Tapus, Contest Director, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department
• Gheorghe Zgura, Rector of "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
• Horia Gavrila, General Secretary of Ministry of National Education
• Vladimir Aninoiu, General Director of IBM Romania
• Vlad Tepelea, Vice-President of Romanian ACM Chapter, Chairman of the Board ROMTELECOM, President of Romanian Association of Software Enterprises
• Sergiu Iliescu, President of National Comission for Informatics
• Stefan Stanciu, Director of Ministry of National Education
• Alexandru Chisacof, Research Director of Ministry of National Education

The composition of the judging staff was:

• Prof. Cristian Giumale, Romania, Chief Judge
• Prof. Lorina Negreanu, Romania
• Prof. Dragan Milicev, Yugoslavia
• Dr. Nikolay Ivanov, Bulgaria
• Prof. Ivan Simeonov, Bulgaria
• Prof. Ana Sokolova, Macedonia
• Prof. Mykhaylo Medvedyev, Ukraine
• Prof. Vladimir Mesyura, Ukraine

We want to express our thanks to Chief Judge Prof. Cristian Giumale, and to the members of the Judge Team, who have greatly helped us with their experience in running the contest.

We would also like to express our thanks to ACM and to IBM Corporation, to the Romanian Society for Informatics, to the Romanian Chapter of ACM, to "Politehnica" University, and to the local contributors for their generous support for the ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest. And last, but not least, we thank all the volunteers who helped run the contest. Without all these people and organisations, it would have been hardly possible to make this event happen.

The next edition of the ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest will be held at the Computer Science and Engineering Dept. , "POLITEHNICA" University of Bucharest, ROMANIA.

Prof. Nicolae Tapus

Regional Contest Director

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The Results of ACM Southeastern European Regional Programming Contest

October the 25-th, 1997, Bucharest, ROMANIA

 
 

RANK	TEAM NAME	COUNTRY	SOLVED	SCORE
1	Bucharest University UNIBUC-1	Romania	7	838
2	“Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Computer Science & Engineering Dept. UPB-1	Romania	7	1192
3	“Politehnica” University of Bucharest UPB-2	Romania	5	786
4	Transilvania University of Brasov	Romania	4	355
5	Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” 1	Bulgaria	4	510
6	Taras Shevcenko Kiev National University	Ukraine	4	516
7	Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” 2	Bulgaria	4	690
8	University of Craiova	Romania	4	733
9	“Politehnica” University of Bucharest UPB-3	Romania	4	755
10	“Politehnica” University of Timisoara UPT-1	Romania	4	986
11	Technical University of Iasi	Romania	3
11	American University in Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3
11	“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi	Romania	3
11	Bucharest University UNIBUC-2	Romania	3
11	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca 1	Romania	3
11	Institute of Informatics, Skopje	Macedonia	3
17	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering	Yugoslavia	2
17	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca 2	Romania	2
17	“Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca	Romania	2
17	“Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava	Romania	2
17	“Politehnica” University of Timisoara UPT-2	Romania	2
17	Plovdiv University-1	Bulgaria	2
23	University of the West, Timisoara 2	Romania	1
23	Vinnitsa State Technical University	Ukraine	1
23	Odessa State University – IMEM	Ukraine	1
23	University of the West, Timisoara 1	Romania	1
23	University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje	Macedonia	1
23	“Babes-Bolyai” University, Department of Computer Science	Romania	1
23	Donetsk State Technical University	Ukraine	1
23	Technical University of Varna	Bulgaria	1
Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)
	Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti	Romania
	“Petru Maior” University of Targu-Mures	Romania
	Technical University of Chisinau	Moldova
	University of Galati	Romania