• Top Asia Southeast and Pacific sub-region team(s) from this Regional Contest will advance to the 2019 ICPC World Finals in Porto (31 March-05 April 2019)..
• We have prepared these set of trophies and cash prizes worth exactly S$5,000 for the following categories:
  1. "Champion", "Runner-up", "Second Runner-up", and "Third Runner-up"
     The "Champion", "Runner-up", "Second Runner-up", and "Third Runner-up" teams must come from FOUR (4) different Universities.
     In another word, the top FOUR (4) teams from FOUR (4) different Universities will get the prizes.
     The "Champion" team will receive S$1,500.
     The "Runner-up" team will receive S$1,200.
     The "Second Runner-up" team will receive S$900.
     The "Third Runner-up" team will receive S$600.
     
  2. "First Team to Solve a Problem" as recorded by Kattis.
     The First Team to solve any problem will receive S$50.
     Remarks: This is a risky prize as some teams may submit without actually test first...
  3. "First Team to Solve Problem [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L]" as recorded by Kattis.
     There are N=12 problems posed in this Regional Contest and the first team (from any University) to solve each problem will get a prize.
     The First Team to solve a problem X where X ∈ [A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L] will receive S$50.
     There is no limit on how many "First to Solve" prize that a single team can win.
     Therefore, the "First Team to Solve a Problem" will actually get S$50+S$50 = S$100.
     
  4. "Last Team to Solve a Problem" as recorded by Kattis.
     The Last Team to solve any problem just before the end of contest (e.g. AC at minute 299, as recorded by Kattis, just before 'End of Contest' signal) will receive S$150.
     Remarks: This is a very risky prize...

• Teams that qualify from the Preliminary Contest in September 2018 may participate in this Regional Contest.
• Additionally, a few wildcard slots will be approved by the RCD on case by case basis.
• The same rules that were applicable to the Preliminary Contest also apply to the Regional Contest, and are detailed in the following sites:
  1. ICPC Regional Rules
  2. ICPC Asia Director Blog
• Additional rules specific to this Regional Contest are as follow:
  1. Contestants cannot bring any electronic device inside the contest floor (including calculator and gadget like Apple Watch)
  2. Teams are generally NOT allowed to bring external keyboard/mouse for this contest. We have provided a Full HD laptop, good keyboard, and good external gaming mouse by default. Of course, if your team member has specific special needs, you have to contact the RCD separately and such request will be handled on case by case basis.
  3. Papers and basic stationeries are provided so teams do not have to bring those inside the contest floor
  4. Contestants are not allowed to access other webpages other than https://asiasg18.kattis.com, access to the public https://open.kattis.com and other Kattis subdomains will be blocked from contest floor
  5. Only hard copy reference material is allowed (one set of up to 25 single-sided A4 pages of any font size per team) — this material will be verified during registration and after practice session
  6. Each team can bring one printed English dictionary without any annotation and such dictionary will also be verified during registration and after practice session
  7. Each team is entitled to bring (reasonably small) mascot (e.g. soft toy, rubber duck, etc) — this will be verified during registration and after practice session
  8. The member of each team can only discuss the problemset among the three of them during the 5-hours contest

The 2018 ICPC Asia Singapore Regional Contest will use the following venues:

• Opening and Closing Ceremonies @ LT15 (map),
• Contest @ COM1 Seminar Room 1 (map),
  
• Campus Accommodation @ Sheares Hall (map).
• Excursion @ Sentosa.

Final 2018 Schedule:

Guests may use the free NUS internal shuttle busses to commute within the campus.

• 37 teams that qualify from the online Preliminary Contest and have declared commitment to join the onsite Regional Contest have been advanced to the onsite Regional Contest.
• 13 teams who did not join/did not qualify from the Preliminary Contest were accepted on case by case basis by the RCD. Coaches of these wildcard slot teams have to register their new teams at ICPC site.
• The registration fee to join the onsite Regional Contest is a flat 300 SGD per foreign team. This fee is inclusive of Sentosa Fun Pass: 55 Tokens for 3 (adult) contestants + 1 (adult) coach (worth 4*51 = 204 SGD). This fun pass can be used to play various attractions in Sentosa (estimated worth half day of fun). Teams have to buy their own extra tickets at Sentosa ticketing kiosks if they want more. Note that there is no option to reduce registration fee by opting out the third excursion day.
• The registration fee to join the onsite Regional Contest is a flat 150 SGD per local team. This fee does NOT include the excursion fee.
• Foreign teams from the same University who want to stay in NUS campus (Sheares Hall, no air con) during the contest have to pay additional 3 * (n1*34 + n2*52) SGD where n1 is the number of contestants and n2 is the number of coaches. The standard check-in time is Tuesday, 11 December 2018 after 2pm and the standard check-out on Friday, 14 December 2018 before 11.00am (3 nights). To minimize administrative issues, teams who want to come earlier or depart later than these standard check-in/check-out timings are advised to find hotel outside NUS. There is no option to reduce in-campus accommodation fee by opting out the first and/or last night.
• The commitment is final when the payment is received. Afterwards, the RCD will change your team's Pending status to Accepted.
• Illustrations:
  1. University A (non Singapore University) has 2 coaches who bring 2 teams to Singapore site 2018. All of them want to stay in NUS campus. University A has to pay: 2*300 + 3 * (6*34 + 2*52) = 600+924 = 1,524 SGD.
  2. University B (non Singapore University) has 1 coach who brings 3 teams to Singapore site 2018. All of them want to stay in hotel outside NUS campus. University B has to pay: 3*300 = 900 SGD (but has to find separate hotel booking).
  3. University C (Singapore University) has 2 coaches who brings 3 teams to Singapore site 2018. None of them need to stay in NUS campus. University C has to pay: 3*150 = 450 SGD.
• Payment details (we only accept SGD):
  

  1) Payment by Telegraphic Transfer (for overseas teams)
  For payment in Singapore Dollars :
  Beneficiary's Name : National University of Singapore
  Beneficiary's Account No. : 032-000313-3
  Beneficiary's Bank : DBS Bank Ltd, Singapore
  Bank Address : 6 Shenton Way, DBS Building, Singapore 068809
  SWIFT Code : DBSSSGSG
   
  2) Payment By Interbank GIRO (for payment in Singapore Dollars and for Singapore Teams Only)
  Credit your payment to the same bank account as above (7171 is DBS Bank code):
  National University of Singapore,
  DBS Account No. : 7171-032-0320003133
  

• The payment deadline is Friday, 02 November 2018, 05.30PM SGT (GMT+9), a few days after the Saturday, 27 October 2018, 23.59PM SGT (GMT+9) registration deadline for all teams.
  We absorb the 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed by Singapore government and any minor transfer charges from your remitting and/or our receiving (DBS) banks.
• If you have any issue with payment, please contact the RCD directly to settle the issue on case by case basis.

UPDATE 16/11/2018: The registration period is over.

List of Accepted Teams

• Travel
  • As Singapore is a major port, there are many available flights to Singapore, from various Asian countries/regions. Guests are recommended to fly in to Singapore on the evening before the first day of the Regional Contest, i.e. Tuesday, 11 December 2018, PM/evening.
  • Most Asian-country passport holders do not require a visa to enter Singapore.
  • Singapore has lots of tourist attractions. We welcome all Regional Contest guests to extend their stay in Singapore after the contest.
• Accommodation
  • Campus Accommodation (see the publicly displayed rates here)
    • Campus hostel accommodation @ Sheares Hall are available for all foreign contestants at S$34 (2018 rate) per night, per single-room.
    • The same accommodation is available to one coach per team at S$52 (2018 rate) per night, per single-room.
    • We absorb the 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST), so S$34 (contestant) and S$52 (coach) rate per night above are nett.
    • There is no double room available in Sheares Hall.
    • These single rooms are limited and available on First Come First Serve basis.
    • There is fan but no Air-Conditioning unit in Sheares Hall rooms.
    • This campus accommodation is strictly only available for 3-nights block booking (check in by Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 after 2pm and check out by Friday, 14 Dec 2018, before 11.59am).
  • Hotels
    • There are several hotels within walking distance of NUS.
    • There are also many other hotels in the city centre and it is generally easy to commute to NUS Kent Ridge campus (or anywhere in Singapore) via MRT, bus, and taxi.