The HC3 Prize Contest I is NO LONGER being run.

HC3 Prize Contest I

Practice Description

The HC3 Prize Contest I offers a prize of Computer Science related books of your choice, subject to a price limit of $50, to Harvard College students who complete 10 problems successfully ($50 can go a long way at abebooks.com). There are some limitations below on the number of prizes that may be given out.

The problems in this contest are primarily educational, and not overly difficult. They are most useful for broadening your algorithmic education. Other HC3 Prize Contests may have more difficult problems and larger prizes.

Submissions may be made by email or using an account obtained from the contest manager, but only submissions by Harvard Undergrduates made from an account will count toward a prize.

If you are a Harvard Undergraduate you may obtain an account from the contest manager:

walton@seas.harvard.edu (that's seas and NOT fas)

The contest rules are

• You must code and debug your solutions yourself. You may NOT show your code or debugging runs to others.
• You may get help in finding algorithms, and may read problems and discuss the algorithmic, NON-CODING, aspects of problems with others.
• You should bring any other possible questions of ethics to the attention of the contest manager above. Rulings on such matters will be placed on this web page.
• To win, a contestant must solve 10 problems in the contest before the end of the Spring Recess in the contestant's senior year.
• There is currently a limit of 10 prizes available. See the scoreboard for the status of contestants. We hope to increase the prize limit fast enough so it will have no affect, and to maintain this contest for several years; but none of this is guarenteed, and we must reserve the right to close this contest and cease giving prizes at any time.

Also note:

• From time to time problems may be discontinued and replaced by new problems. You cannot submit a solution to a problem that has been discontinued, but if you solved it before it was discontinued, the scoreboard will reflect this and your solution will count towards the 10 you need for a prize.

• Problem Descriptions and Sample Input/Output
• Scoreboard

If you have questions email the manager of this web page at walton@seas.harvard.edu