Problem Contest

Every year at SUnMaRC, there is a student Problem Contest that runs concurrently with the conference. Below are the details concerning this year’s contest.

Rules and Guidelines

• There will be two sessions for the Problem Contest:
  • Session 1: 7:30-9:00pm on Friday, LMC main lobby
  • Session 2: 6:30-8:00pm on Saturday, LMC main lobby
• No electronic calculating devices allowed, except where it says otherwise.
• List of currently solved problems is available here.
• Solutions must include: problem number, student name, and student institution.
• Session 1: Following Friday evening’s plenary talk, the Problem Contest will be begin. During this time, the first student to submit a correct solution to a particular problem will earn 2 points for themselves and for their school. Once a problem has successfully been solved, no other student may receive credit.
• Session 2: Following Saturday afternoon’s plenary talk, Session 2 of the Problem Contest will begin. During the second phase, a second batch of problems will be released. Similar to Friday evening, the first student to submit a correct solution prior to 8:00pm will earn 2 points for themselves and for their school. During 6:30-8:00pm, once a problem has successfully been solved, no other student may receive credit.
• The school that earns the most points will win the highly coveted SUnMaRC Problem Contest trophy. NAU won the team award last year.
• The top 3 individual scores will receive a prize.
• The team and individual awards will be announced on Sunday at 10:45am in the LMC main lobby.