ACM-ICPC Japanese Alumni Group will host the JAG Online Practice Contest on February 20 and 21 which targets ACM-ICPC World Finals 2011. We are now calling for the team to participate the practice contest.

DATE †

• Date: February 20 (Sun) and 21 (Mon), 2011
• Time: Refer the SCHEDULE below.

SCHEDULE †

• February 20, 10:30 - 15:30 JST -- Practice Contest II (Problem Statement is written in Japanese)
• February 21, 10:00 - 15:00 JST -- Practice Contest III (Problem Statement is written in English)
• (We are sorry, but Practice Contest I, held in February 19, is available for onsite teams only.)

LANGUAGE †

For Practice Contest II, the problem statement will be presented in Japanese. For Practice Contest III, the problem statement will be presented in English. Clarifications will be presented in English for all the contests.

ELIGIBILITY †

Teams participating in the ACM-ICPC World Finals 2011. Other motivated teams are also welcome, but please be very sure that this contest is intended for World Finals. The problem set will be far harder than other practice contests hosted by JAG.

REGISTRATION †

You have to do two things for participation:

 (a) acquire an M-Judge account
 (b) make a reservation for the contest

(a) acquire an M-Judge account †

If you already have your M-Judge account, you can reuse it. Otherwise you should create a new one by the following steps:

• Access to M-Judge ( http://m-judge.maximum.vc/ ).
• Click "User registration".
• Fill in the form.
• Click "Register!"
• You will receive the confirmation mail shortly. Click the verification link in the mail.

(b) make a reservation for the contest †

You have to make a reservation for the contest on M-Judge by the following steps:

• Access to M-Judge and log in with your account.
• Click "Contest".
• Click the "Make a reservation" links for "ACM-ICPC JAG Winter Contest 2011".

FEE †

Free of charge.

PARTICIPATION †

• All teams will use M-Judge ( http://m-judge.maximum.vc/ ), so please learn how to use it beforehand.

• The submitted program will be compiled with gcc 4.1 (C, C++) and JDK 6 (Java).

We welcome your participation, and we hope you enjoy the contest.