Bonus points¶

You can get additional points if you e.g. take part in programming contests during the course. We will post information about such opportunities here and advertise them also in the Zulip forum of the course. To receive points, simply submit the relevant form in this section, and our course staff will check it.

Course feedback¶

If you submit course feedback using the official Aalto course feedback system, you will get 1 extra point.

NCPC practice contest¶

We will organize an online practice contest on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 12.00pm–5.00pm. This is an opportunity for everyone to get extra points, your team will get 2 extra points per task solved. Here is the link to the contest in CSES: cses.fi/517/list/.

Even if you aren’t planning to take part in NCPC, please consider making good use of this opportunity! You can even compete as a 1-person team in the practice contest if you don’t have a team.

Please create a new user account for your team here, and use the team user account to compete: cses.fi/register?team

Please follow the usual NCPC rules (see here), in particular:

just one computer per team
no Internet access (other than official language reference documentation), no Googling, no AI-tools

It’d be great if you use the same team name for the practice contest and the real contest, if you are taking part in both!

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.

NCPC¶

NCPC, the Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest, will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2024. If you take part in NCPC, all team members will get 3 points for each problem that you solve.

Please note that you will need to register your team in advance; you cannot compete unless you have registered. This is a contest held at many physical sites in parallel, and there is a site at Aalto University, in the computer science building.

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.

HIIT Open¶

HIIT Open will be held on November 16, 2024. If you take part in HIIT Open, all team members will get 3 points for each problem that you solve.

Please note that you will need to register your team in advance; you cannot compete unless you have registered. This contest is held at Aalto University, in the computer science building.

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.

Advent of Code¶

Advent of Code starts on December 1, 2024, and there will be a two-part puzzle each day until December 25.

For each day you will get points as follows:

2 points if you fully solve a daily two-part puzzle within the first 24 hours after the puzzle was published.
1 point if you fully solve a daily two-part puzzle by the end of December.

So if you actively follow Advent of Code daily, you can get up to 50 points (!), and if you take a more relaxed schedule, you can get up to 25 points.

A+ presents the exercise submission form here.