Hello everyone!

It’s our pleasure to invite you to participate in this year’s Hitachi Hokkudai Labo & Hokkaido University Programming Contest on Mathematics for Social Creativity. The contest is jointly sponsored by Hitachi Ltd. and Hokkaido University and will be held in two independent, consecutive rounds, each of which lasting for two weeks as follows:

• 1st contest: from November 8th to November 21st, 2019
• 2nd contest: from November 29th to December 12th, 2019

Both contests provide problems related to spatio-temporal optimization in uncertain environments. The first contest consists of two problems A and B. The second contest of a third problem C. The winner of each problem will receive 100000 JPY, 200000 JPY, and 300000 JPY, respectively. Registration has opened and is available through the following websites:

• Hitachi Hokudai Labo and Hokkaido University 1st Contest 2019
• Hitachi Hokudai Labo and Hokkaido University 2nd Contest 2019

For those interested in the research background of the contest, please visit the following website:

• Contest background

We look forward to your participation!