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  • USC Programming Contest

    Sun, Sep 26, 2010 @ 01:00 PM - 06:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

    Receptions & Special Events


    From the event page here: http://contest.usc.edu/

    Have fun!
    Extend your resume!
    Show how smart you are!
    Impress your friends!
    Win cash and other prizes!
    Represent USC at the ACM Programming Contest!

    Do you like to solve problems like the following ones?

    * To pay your friends a dollar, you can give them, for example, four quarters, or five dimes and ten nickels. Write a program that calculates how many different combinations of coins there are that make up a given amount of money (say, 20 dollars) from pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

    * You are given the description of a lake as a polygon, as well as your own position in a boat somewhere on the lake. When you throw a rock in the water, the waves travel away from the impact point at a speed of 1 meter per second. Write a program to calculate the earliest time at which a wave will hit the shore.

    * You are given the names of n people who are to be divided into k alphabetical segments, for instance, to stand in line for registration at USC. An "alphabetical segment" consists of all people whose last name starts with a letter between two given endpoints (for example, D-H). Write a program that finds a division into k alphabetical segments such that each person is in exactly one segment, and the number of people in the largest segment is minimized.

    Participate in the USC Programming Contest!

    The contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate USC students, regardless of major, as long as they were born in (current year - 23) or later.

    We use the USC Programming Contests to pick students that we train for the ACM Regional Programming Contest. If you like all details of the USC Programming Contests and would like to keep updated about the contests, you can subscribe to the USC contest mailing list.

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    The USC Programming Contests are organized by David Kempe, Liang Huang, Suya You, Alex Dimakis, the USC ACM student chapter, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon of the Computer Science Department of USC. Please contact David Kempe (dkempe(at)usc(dot)edu) with any questions.

    Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 105/109/115

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Kanak Agrawal

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  • Celebrity Autobiography

    Sun, Sep 26, 2010 @ 08:30 PM - 11:30 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Student Activity


    *This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP by visiting the event website http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873311 beginning Wednesday, September 1, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 7:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 8:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.

    “A bracing tonic foranyone weary of our fame-addled culture.”—The New York Times

    There’s no better place than Los Angeles to explore the nature of fame, and there’s probably no better form for deconstructing it than Celebrity Autobiography. An audience favorite in both L.A. and New York, the hilarious show features a rotating roster of comedians such as Kristen Wiig, Fred Willard and Ryan Reynolds who read excerpts from the memoirs of stars like Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T.

    Photo credit: Dan Dion

    For further information on this event:
    visionsandvoices@usc.edu

    Location: The Broad Stage, Santa Monica

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Daria Yudacufski

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