From October 29 to November 2, the University Paul Sabatier (UPS) will host a crash-course on competitive programming conducted by instructors Grigory Shovkoplyas and Vladimir Smykalov, today's coaches of the multiple award-winning university of St Peterburg (ACM ICPC World Champions in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017).

Locally organized by IRIT at Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, with the help of ENS Lyon, and sponsored by the labex CIMI of Toulouse, this one-week course is part of the World Champions Programming School series where ITMO instructors share their experience with students all over the world.

This course is intended for students and programmers who wish to improve their programming/algorithmic skills, and more specifically for those who wish to train for advanced programming competitions (such as ACM ICPC Contests). To take benefit from this crash-course, the main prerequisite is that each participant/team is fluent with at least one of the following languages : C/C++/Java. Knowledge about some classical algorithms is also recommended.

The course will be in english, it will alternate lab training sessions with problem analysis lectures. During lab sessions, the work on computers will be organised with teams of 1, 2 or 3 persons.

All the event will take place at the UPS campus, 118 route de Narbonne, Tolouse.

Registration :

Registration is free but mandatory, it only requires to apply using this form.

The lunch (except 1-2 Nov.) will be possible at the university restaurants. Accomodation is possible at a near residence (Olympe de Gouges) through the site BedandCrous. Participants have to look for loging themselves. In case of difficulties to find an accommodation, please contact us.

Contacts:
   Sergei.Soloviev{at}irit.fr (replace {at} by @)
   Jose.Moreno{at}irit.fr (replace {at} by @)