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[CONTEST OVER] MIT Informatics Tournament (M(IT)^2) 2024
By SHZhang, 6 months ago, In English

UPDATE 3: There was a typo in the registration link that led to the pre-registration form. If you filled that out, please fill out our actual registration form. Note that with the contest within 24 hours, we cannot guarantee we review all applications in time. Please submit ASAP if you would like to be considered. Apologies for the inconvenience.

UPDATE 2: The contest is in less than a week! Note that we changed the venue from the MIT Media Lab to Huntington Hall (10-250). There will be thousands of dollars in cash prizes and also exclusive merchandise!

The schedule for contest day is below. We are excited to see everyone!

  • 8 AM — 9 AM: Contestants check-in + breakfast
  • 9 AM — 10 AM: Opening Ceremony + Last minute team formation
  • 10 AM — 10:30 AM: Buffer time as teams are guided to different classrooms.
  • 10:30 AM — 1 PM: The first combined round
  • 1 PM — 2:30 PM: Lunch break + Round one Discussion
  • 2:30 PM — 5 PM: Beginner division round + Advanced division round
  • 5 PM — 8 PM: Mini-activities + Food!
  • 8 PM — 9 PM: Closing ceremony + Announcing Winners + Solutions Review

UPDATE: The contest date and location have been finalized and registration is now open! Find more details on our latest blog post. You can also gain more insights into the inner workings of M(IT)^2 through our Blog!

Please join our Discord server here!

Hello Codeforces!

We (codetiger927, czhang2718, duality, keta_tsimakuridze, kingofpineapples, Olympia, rqi, SHZhang, SuperJ6, Tlatoani), current students at MIT, are excited to announce that we are running a new programming competition — the MIT Informatics Tournament, aka M(IT)^2!

The contest, which is scheduled for January 20th, 2024, will be a full-day event with a hybrid format: an in-person competition at the MIT Media Lab, and an online division held at the same time. Participants form teams of up to three people. Participation is open to everyone, regardless of age!

There will be two rounds, each 2.5 hours long with 6 problems. The first round will have the same problems for everyone, while the second round will be split into Beginner and Advanced divisions, and you do not have to choose which division to participate in until the first round is complete. See the logistics page for more details.

We expect a difficulty distribution roughly ranging from Div. 2 A to Div. 1 E.

For more information, check out our website, and registration is now open on a first-come-first-serve basis!

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CODETIGER ORZ!!

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SHZhang OTZ!

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Are teams necessarily from the same country?

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MIT ORZZZZZZZZZ

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Please consider adding rust and/or kotlin

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    Hi! Those are currently not on our list but shouldn't be too hard to add. I guess the organizers' concerns are, do you think contestants will actually use these languages? Cause we might need to worry more about the solvability of the problems for each language, say with Kotlin, and I am personally not too familiar with it.

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      Do not worry about solvablility. If a problem is solvable in C++, it is solvable in rust. If a problem is solvable in java, it is solvable in kotlin. And I guess I can guarantee at least one extra team :)

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Hi, that's a cool initiative!

I didn't find anything in the rules about the number of computers per team. Do standard opencup rules apply, that is, at most one computer per team is used for editing source code at any moment of time (other computers may be used for refreshing the scoreboard etc)? Or every teammate can code their problem simultaneously?

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    Citing from their logistics page:

    Each team member may use their own device to compete, and for online teams, it is not necessary that all members of the team are in one physical location

    So it looks like the latter.

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      Yes, that's correct. Each team member may have their own device and write code at the same time.

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This logo is the cutest thing I have seen in my life

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3 person team solving 6 problems? Thonk

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Thanks for the great initiative.

What's the fee for participation? Is it free?

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Is there a reason for not having the contest in February, similar to Battlecode or HMMT? More people would be able to take it in-person if the dates were around the same time.

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    Hi! January is the IAP (independent activities period) at MIT when students can freely pursue their hobbies and such. This gives us the most flexibility since not only we are on break, but many other universities also on winter break. I believe this is also why Battlecode, which takes place a majority of the time during January, chooses IAP.

    That being said, is there a particular reason why February would work better for you/the others than January?

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please mention the time zone

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