Sept. 17 Hello! You are receiving this message because you are on the mailing list for ACM Programming practices. If you would like to be removed from the list, please let me know. The first practice will be this Thursday (September 18) at 5:00pm, in the C4 lab (ENB-220). The practice will take about 3.5 hours, from 5:00pm to 8:30pm. -- Eugene -- Sept. 20 Hello! The next ACM Programming practice will be on September 25 (Thursday), at 5pm, in the C4 lab (ENB-220). The first homework is to solve the six problems from the September 18 practice; it is due on September 25 at 5:00pm. You should e-mail your solutions (executable) to eugene@csee.usf.edu, as non-compressed attachments in one e-mail message. If you do not have the homework problems, you can pick them from my office. -- Eugene -- Sept. 20 Hello! The web page for the ACM Programming Practices is available at www.csee.usf.edu/~eugene/acm. This page will include the practice problems and the results of each practice. -- Eugene -- Sept. 26 Hello! The third ACM Programming practice will be on October 2 (Thursday), at 5pm, in the C4 lab (ENB-220). The second homework is to solve the four problems from the September 25 practice; it is due on October 2 at 5:00pm. You should e-mail your solutions (executable) to eugene@csee.usf.edu, as non-compressed attachments in one e-mail message. You should submit your solutions even for those problems that you solved during the practice. If you do not have the homework problems, you can pick them from my office. The problems are also available on the ACM web page, at www.csee.usf.edu/~eugene/acm. In addition, the web page includes the results of the first practice, second practice, and first homework, as well as the input files used in testing the first homework. -- Eugene -- Oct. 2, 2003 Hello! The fourth ACM programming practice will be on October 12 (Sunday), at 1:30pm, in the C4 lab (ENB-220). The participation in this practice is REQUIRED for all participants of the actual ACM competition. The selection of competition participants (three teams) will be announced shortly after the fourth practice. The third homework is to solve the four problems from the October 2 practice; it is due on October 12 at 1:30pm. You should e-mail your solutions (executable) to eugene@csee.usf.edu, as non-compressed attachments in one e-mail message. You should submit your solutions even for those problems that you solved during the practice. The problems are available at www.csee.usf.edu/~eugene/acm. In addition, this web page includes the results of the three previous practices and two previous homeworks. -- Eugene -- Oct. 12, 2003 Hello! The fifth ACM programming practice will be on October 19 (Sunday), at 3:00pm, in the C4 lab (ENB-220). We will also have a short meeting on October 14 (Tuesday) at 5:15pm, in ENB-313 (NOT in the C4 lab). The purpose of the meeting is to select the teams for the competition. The fourth homework is to solve the eight problems from the October 12 practice; it is due on October 19 at 3:00pm. As usual, you should e-mail your solutions (executable) to eugene@csee.usf.edu, as non-compressed attachments in one e-mail message. The problems are available at www.csee.usf.edu/~eugene/acm. In addition, this web page includes the results of the four previous practices and three previous homeworks. -- Eugene -- Oct. 19, 2003 Hello! The results of the last ACM practice, along with the practice problems and test files, are now available at www.csee.usf.edu/~eugene/acm. The ACM competition will be on October 25 (Saturday) in Daytona Beach. The final organization meeting will be on October 21 (Tuesday) at 5:15pm, in ENB-313 (NOT in the C4 lab). The purpose of the meeting is to finalize the details of the trip and complete the related paperwork. -- Eugene -- Nov. 6, 2003 Hello! We will have a follow-up meeting on November 10 (Monday) at 5:30pm, in ENB-337 (not in the C4 lab). The purpose is to award (small) prizes to the best problem solvers among you, and also to discuss solutions to the competition problems. If you would like to attend but cannot make it on November 10, please let me know. -- Eugene --