The ACM ICPC 2014 World Finals will be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
For the regionals, there are 3 sites within India - Amritapuri, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur.
- Each regional site will host a preliminary online round.
- Based on performance of the online round, each regional site will decide on the number of teams to be invited for the on-site round.
- Preference will be given to maximize the number of colleges participating in the on-site round.
- Each regional site will have a few slots booked for advancing the top teams to the World Finals based on the performance of the teams in their on-site rounds.
- A team can participate at most in two regional sites.
| Amritapuri | IIT Kanpur | IIT Kharagpur | |
| Registration Link | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| Online Contest Date | October 23, 2013 |
October 19, 2013 11:00 am to 01:30 pm IST |
November 2, 2013 11:00 am to 01:00 pm IST |
| Onsite Contest Date | December 18-19, 2013 | December 12-13, 2013 | December 14-15, 2013 |
| Last Date for Registration | October 19, 2013 | October 15, 2013 | October 26, 2013 |
| Online Round Platform | www.hackerrank.com | www.codechef.com | www.codechef.com |
| Onsite Round Platform | www.hackerrank.com | PC2 | PC2 |
| Registration Fee (Online) | None | 500 INR | None |
| Registration Fee (Onsite) | 3500 INR | 1500 INR | 2500 INR |
| Online Slots | 400 Teams | 88 Teams | 60 Teams |
| World Finals Slots | 3+ (tentatively) | 2 (tentatively) | 2 (tentatively) |
Apart from the ambitious Go For Gold initiative, where we want an Indian team to win the ICPC world finals, for the 2013 - 2014 edition, we will continue our support towards the participants through:
- Conducting couple of warm-up rounds for ACM ICPC to be held on the 22nd September, 2013 and 20th October, 2013.
- Travel reimbursement for the 75 Indian students for their ACM-ICPC expenses.
The top 75 Indian students from the warm-up round for ACM ICPC @ October Cook-Off 2013 shall have their ACM-ICPC expenses reimbursed!
In order to participate in the contest and stake your claims to go to any of the regionals, all you need is a CodeChef id. We guess you already have it. If you do not, then get one here.
- Register on any of the above sites
- Participate in the Warm-Up Round for ACM ICPC @ October Cook-Off 2013
- Secure a top 75 ranking in the Indian Category
- Send an email to goforgold@codechef.com with subjectline 'Reimbursement for ACM ICPC 2014' before the commencement of onsite contests.
- That's it. Just 4 Simple Steps and you'll be on your way to having your ACM-ICPC expenses reimbursed by CodeChef.
- Each winner shall be reimbursed an amount not greater than INR 1500 against the total expenses
- The said amount shall be reimbursed against submission of valid proof (in original) E.g. Train & Bus Tickets, ACM-ICPC registration receipt (only the Cook-Off winner's contribution), etc.
- The expenses being claimed should have been borne only the winner of the Warm Up Cook-Off alone
- Instances where there are expenses by people accompanying the winner shall not be eligible for reimbursement
- After the contest, send us an email to goforgold@codechef.com with subject "Reimbursement of ACM-ICPC expenses" and we'll get in touch.