Wintercontest 2014
Impressions of the Wintercontest, by one of the participants (in German):
Viel Gequatsche, Echte Probleme - Was mache ich hier eigentlich an der Uni?
Ich als Student, und das höre ich auch von vielen meiner Kommilitonen, habe oft das Problem, mir die Abstrakten Themen, mit welchen wir uns in den verschiedensten Fächern beschäftigen, in einem konkreten Beispiel vorzustellen. Der Grad der Unanschaulichkeit mancher Problematiken, mit denen wir konfrontiert werden, ist besonders im Mathematischen Vorlesungen besonders groß.
Der ICPC Wettbewerb versucht genau dieses Problem spielerisch zu lösen. In einem kleinem Team versucht man, aus allen gelernten Themen, eine Lösung für ein reales Problem zu finden. Für mich war das eine neue Erfahrung, zu sehen, dass alles was man so lernt, wirklich auch einen praktischen Nutzen hat. Zusätzlich erlernt man im Wettbewerb viele weitere Soft Skills wie etwa Kommunikation, Team Work und sich auf eine konkrete Aufgabe sich zu konzentrieren. Alles etwas, was einem im späteren Berufsleben sicher voranbringt!
Ich bedanke mich nochmals bei Herrn Unterweger und seinen Helfern für die hervorragende Organisation und die tolle Atmosphäre! Ich kann jedem nur empfehlen mal hinzugehen und es auszuprobieren, denn ist man mal erst auf der richtigen Pfad, fesseln die Beispiele einen sogar so im Sessel, dass man nicht Pizza essen gehen möchte!
K. Bruck
Scoreboard:
| rank | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E^3 KTH Stockholm | 11 | 1036 | 1/16 | 1/8 | 1/47 | 1/160 | 1/27 | 1/81 | 1/37 | 4/286 | 1/70 | 1/58 | 2/166 |
| 2 | | Omogen Heap KTH Stockholm | 10 | 547 | 1/12 | 1/16 | 1/21 | 3/110 | 1/6 | 1/47 | 2/51 | 18 | 1/30 | 1/55 | 1/139 |
| 3 |  | JAMmers Imperial College London | 9 | 711 | 1/9 | 1/62 | 1/111 | 2/186 | 1/11 | 2/35 | 1/136 | 2 | 1/69 | 1/52 | 0 |
| 4 | | Intrepid Crazy Lynxes Imperial College London | 9 | 803 | 1/5 | 4/153 | 2/64 | 3/164 | 1/6 | 3/27 | 1/123 | 1 | 1/53 | 1/48 | 1 |
| 5 | | älglaget revised KTH Stockholm | 9 | 919 | 2/26 | 1/16 | 1/57 | 1/143 | 1/34 | 3/107 | 1/219 | 0 | 1/174 | 1/83 | 0 |
| 6 |  | Tigerpuff Rangers FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 9 | 959 | 1/13 | 1/34 | 2/92 | 4/287 | 1/23 | 2/56 | 1/213 | 0 | 1/88 | 1/53 | 1 |
| 7 | | johnLate FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 9 | 992 | 1/12 | 1/46 | 1/63 | 3/182 | 1/19 | 2/80 | 1/131 | 0 | 2/110 | 3/229 | 2 |
| 8 | | int elligence; KTH Stockholm | 9 | 1157 | 2/19 | 1/25 | 2/66 | 3/215 | 1/31 | 1/75 | 1/89 | 2 | 3/275 | 1/242 | 0 |
| 9 | | Die InFAUmatiker FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 7 | 631 | 1/37 | 1/46 | 1/81 | 1 | 1/17 | 6/65 | 0 | 2 | 1/91 | 2/174 | 0 |
| 10 | | :(){ :|:& };: Imperial College London | 7 | 679 | 1/23 | 1/30 | 3/71 | 8 | 1/14 | 5/149 | 0 | 0 | 1/130 | 1/142 | 0 |
| 11 | | FAUa, diese Wortspiele! FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 7 | 752 | 3/53 | 1/65 | 1/114 | 0 | 1/17 | 3/65 | 1/198 | 0 | 1 | 1/160 | 0 |
| 12 | | FAUltiere FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 7 | 878 | 1/46 | 1/114 | 1/151 | 0 | 2/20 | 3/87 | 1 | 0 | 1/183 | 1/217 | 0 |
| 13 | | The Art of Programming Imperial College London | 7 | 886 | 2/73 | 1/39 | 3/224 | 0 | 1/8 | 1/53 | 1 | 0 | 3/256 | 1/133 | 0 |
| 14 | | Imperial Freshers Imperial College London | 7 | 1047 | 1/42 | 1/72 | 3/241 | 0 | 1/54 | 1/112 | 1/183 | 0 | 2/283 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | disposable coders KTH Stockholm | 6 | 375 | 1/28 | 1/34 | 1/55 | 0 | 1/45 | 2/85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1/108 | 0 |
| 16 | | ');drop table team;-- FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 6 | 391 | 1/11 | 1/35 | 1/56 | 0 | 1/19 | 2/145 | 0 | 4 | 1/105 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | team name = deFAUlt FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 6 | 570 | 1/52 | 1/69 | 2/174 | 0 | 1/5 | 1/30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/220 | 0 |
| 18 | | ALU Banan-e TU Munich | 6 | 765 | 1/33 | 1/167 | 1/238 | 0 | 1/40 | 2/64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/203 | 0 |
| 19 | | teamname FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 6 | 800 | 1/17 | 1/66 | 1/95 | 0 | 1/28 | 3/250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2/284 | 0 |
| 20 | | aoeu FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 6 | 837 | 1/23 | 2/169 | 2/205 | 0 | 1/29 | 3/236 | 1/95 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | let me google it Imperial College London | 6 | 981 | 2/71 | 4/112 | 2/109 | 0 | 1/16 | 9/172 | 1/241 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | business cats FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 5 | 290 | 1/18 | 1/58 | 1/83 | 0 | 2/33 | 3/38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | | Power of Three Imperial College London | 5 | 481 | 1/22 | 1/135 | 1/205 | 0 | 1/29 | 2/70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | | Forever third wheel Imperial College London | 5 | 496 | 1/36 | 1/105 | 3/182 | 5 | 1/42 | 1/91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | Deeva Imperial College London | 5 | 520 | 1/25 | 1/127 | 2/186 | 0 | 2/49 | 1/93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | | `pwgen -s -B 42` FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 5 | 637 | 2/58 | 1/114 | 2/168 | 0 | 1/24 | 5/153 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | Inspirationless Imperial College London | 5 | 649 | 1/122 | 2/52 | 3/208 | 0 | 1/68 | 3/99 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | | AstroCamels Imperial College London | 5 | 681 | 1/31 | 1/170 | 1/288 | 0 | 1/35 | 3/117 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | | Random Imperial College London | 5 | 718 | 1/69 | 1/50 | 3/183 | 0 | 1/78 | 5/218 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | getc Imperial College London | 5 | 921 | 1/91 | 1/191 | 2/244 | 0 | 1/109 | 6/166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | | Die Schamanen TU Munich | 4 | 242 | 1/15 | 1/47 | 1/69 | 0 | 4/51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 32 | | Team Rekursion FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 4 | 472 | 1/15 | 1/68 | 5/255 | 0 | 2/34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | jar Imperial College London | 4 | 614 | 1/31 | 1/188 | 5/280 | 0 | 1/35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | NotOurFAUltException FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 4 | 696 | 4/196 | 1/72 | 0 | 0 | 2/95 | 5/173 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | | Garbage Collectors Imperial College London | 4 | 739 | 1/14 | 2/163 | 4/281 | 4 | 1/201 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | 3 Parfaits im Weggla FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 4 | 776 | 1/57 | 1/122 | 8/283 | 0 | 3/134 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | | Everything Is A Fold Imperial College London | 3 | 212 | 1/19 | 1/105 | 3 | 0 | 2/68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | | Intentionally left blank TU Munich | 3 | 234 | 1/39 | 1/114 | 7 | 0 | 2/61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | | Medieval social fashion biology UCL students trying to have fun Imperial College London | 3 | 271 | 3/147 | 2/42 | 0 | 0 | 1/22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | | _underscore FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 272 | 1/80 | 2/155 | 3 | 0 | 1/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | | TechGuruS Imperial College London | 3 | 290 | 1/56 | 1/157 | 0 | 0 | 1/77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | | <Gödelisierer> FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 361 | 1/29 | 1/246 | 0 | 0 | 1/86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | | O(nlog(n)) Imperial College London | 3 | 416 | 3/36 | 17 | 3/231 | 0 | 2/49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | | Active-HIGH-RS-Latch FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 439 | 1/28 | 2/233 | 0 | 0 | 2/138 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | | The true, the false and the unknown TU Munich | 3 | 489 | 3/77 | 1/114 | 0 | 0 | 8/118 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | | tot FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 578 | 4/48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3/165 | 4/205 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | | Error in given Testcase FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 645 | 2/94 | 3/262 | 0 | 0 | 8/89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | | JungWieErsties FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 3 | 650 | 3/288 | 3/156 | 0 | 0 | 2/106 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | | J++ Imperial College London | 3 | 691 | 1/150 | 10/296 | 0 | 0 | 3/25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | | FoodForFun TU Munich | 3 | 727 | 2/172 | 3/256 | 0 | 0 | 6/139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | | Gruesome Cookie Monsters TU Munich | 3 | 894 | 4/264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/88 | 8/282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | | heisenbugs TU Munich | 2 | 112 | 1/84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | | char **argFAU FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 2 | 167 | 1/48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | | yek Imperial College London | 2 | 227 | 1/29 | 1/198 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | | Slavi & kompania Imperial College London | 2 | 343 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3/129 | 5/94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | | Die inoffiziellen Sieger FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 2 | 605 | 2/266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7/199 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | | Flying Flying Imperial College London | 1 | 143 | 4/83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | | We're just here for the pizza TU Munich | 1 | 229 | 2/209 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | | (FAUlenzen&&Essen) FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 1 | 244 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | | bruteforce jenkins FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg | 1 | 284 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/224 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |