Rules

The final day!

It's the last day of the NCSS Challenge 2008. Over the past five weeks, the participants have written literally tens of thousands of Python programs, and I'm sure we'll get a final surge today.

Well done to everyone who has taken part! We're constantly amazed by the effort you have all put in and the quality of your code. And if you're scrambling to solve some final problems today, good luck!

The scoreboard will take us some time to finalise, since we need to chase up some things manually and add or remove some points here and there, so check back later in the week for the final results.

ELIGIBILITY

The challenge is open to all primary and secondary students in Australia, including students studying via distance education and home schooling.

All entries must be individual: no team entries are permitted.

Results of the NCSS Programming Challenge will be taken into consideration in assessing applications for the National Computer Science School (NCSS).

RULES

Solutions must be submitted by the website http://challenge.ncss.edu.au by the weekly deadline.

Solutions can be submitted after the weekly deadline will still be checked by the automated testing system, but will not be awarded marks, and will not count towards your final score.

The solutions you submit must be your own. It is fine to discuss the problems, and to read code in books or on web sites to get ideas, but you must be the author of any code you submit. It is not okay to copy anybody else's code and submit that as if it is your own.

At the judges' discretion, marks will be deducted if the automatic marking system is abused: you may not submit substantially the same program repeatedly with minor changes until it passes all tests.

Participants who do not abide by the rules will be disqualified from the competition.

The judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

	NCSS Challenge 2008 Rules

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The final day! It's the last day of the NCSS Challenge 2008. Over the past five weeks, the participants have written literally tens of thousands of Python programs, and I'm sure we'll get a final surge today. Well done to everyone who has taken part! We're constantly amazed by the effort you have all put in and the quality of your code. And if you're scrambling to solve some final problems today, good luck! The scoreboard will take us some time to finalise, since we need to chase up some things manually and add or remove some points here and there, so check back later in the week for the final results. read more...	The NCSS Programming Challenge will run from Monday 28 July 2008 to Monday 25 August 2008. ELIGIBILITY The challenge is open to all primary and secondary students in Australia, including students studying via distance education and home schooling. All entries must be individual: no team entries are permitted. Results of the NCSS Programming Challenge will be taken into consideration in assessing applications for the National Computer Science School (NCSS). RULES Solutions must be submitted by the website http://challenge.ncss.edu.au by the weekly deadline. Solutions can be submitted after the weekly deadline will still be checked by the automated testing system, but will not be awarded marks, and will not count towards your final score. The solutions you submit must be your own. It is fine to discuss the problems, and to read code in books or on web sites to get ideas, but you must be the author of any code you submit. It is not okay to copy anybody else's code and submit that as if it is your own. At the judges' discretion, marks will be deducted if the automatic marking system is abused: you may not submit substantially the same program repeatedly with minor changes until it passes all tests. Participants who do not abide by the rules will be disqualified from the competition. The judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

NCSS Challenge 2008, challenge@it.usyd.edu.au