Hello everyone!↵
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It’s our pleasure to invite you to participate in this year’s **Hitachi Hokkudai Lab. & Hokkaido University Programming Contest on Future autonomous distributed city development**. The contest is jointly sponsored by Hitachi Ltd. and Hokkaido University. It is a marathon-type contest which will last for one month and takes place as follows:↵
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- **from November 5th, 2021 to January 31thst, 2022 (*Problem B starts on November 19th).**↵
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The contest provides problems related to optimal area design for a regional energy system. The contest consists of two problems A and B. The winner of each problem will receive 300,000 JPY, and 500,000 JPY, respectively. Registration has opened and is available through the following websites:↵
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- [Hitachi Hokudai Lab. and Hokkaido University Contest 2021](https://atcoder.jp/contests/hokudai-hitachi2021?lang=en)↵
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For those interested in the research background of the contest, please visit the following website:↵
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- [Contest background](https://www.hitachi.com/rd/news/event/2021/hokudai-hitachi2021c.html)↵
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We look forward to your participation!↵
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![ ](/predownloaded/41/bb/41bb69ddcf302cf4ceafb705bef71fb7751b6c84.png)
↵
It’s our pleasure to invite you to participate in this year’s **Hitachi Hokkudai Lab. & Hokkaido University Programming Contest on Future autonomous distributed city development**. The contest is jointly sponsored by Hitachi Ltd. and Hokkaido University. It is a marathon-type contest which will last for one month and takes place as follows:↵
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- **from November 5th, 2021 to January 31
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The contest provides problems related to optimal area design for a regional energy system. The contest consists of two problems A and B. The winner of each problem will receive 300,000 JPY, and 500,000 JPY, respectively. Registration has opened and is available through the following websites:↵
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- [Hitachi Hokudai Lab. and Hokkaido University Contest 2021](https://atcoder.jp/contests/hokudai-hitachi2021?lang=en)↵
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For those interested in the research background of the contest, please visit the following website:↵
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- [Contest background](https://www.hitachi.com/rd/news/event/2021/hokudai-hitachi2021c.html)↵
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We look forward to your participation!↵
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![ ](/predownloaded/41/bb/41bb69ddcf302cf4ceafb705bef71fb7751b6c84.png)