Thursday, September 30th

11:59 PM Online registration for the contest closes! If you are interested in participating, please make sure you are registered by this time.

Friday, October 1st

On Friday, all registered contestants will be sent an email containing a user login and password to the live online costest site. If you registered for the contest, but have not received this confirmation by Friday evening, please contact the contest organizers immediately!
6:00 PM (approx) More detailed instructions and a test problem will be posted online on the live contest page (link will be on the main page). The contest system will hopefully start accepting submissions for the test problem, so that you can test your login/password and ensure that you can submit solutions to the problems for the contest.

Saturday, October 2nd

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
   Gates B02 & B21		 Students doing the contest in the Gates building, you should find and set up your workspace in one of the two computer rooms. Ensure that you are able to edit, compile, and run code on your system. Paper copies of the contest instructions and the test problem, along with reminders of your contest login information, will be distributed at this time. We will quickly go over rules and answer questions before the contest starts.
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
   Gates B02 & B21		 The contest begins! All contest problems will be distributed to contestants in Gates B02 and B21, and will also be posted online. The live contest page will start accepting submissions for the contest problems.
6:00 PM
   Gates 104		 Head over to Gates 104 after the contest finishes, where we'll have pizza and drinks courtesy of Palantir Technologies. We will announce the final results of the contest here, and wrap up with a discussion of the problem set for those interested in learning more.

Sunday, October 10th

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
   Gates B02 & B21		 Round 2 of the SLPC begins! The contest format and rules will be exactly the same as the first contest. Follow the link from the main page to the live contest site, and use your login and password from last week to submit your solutions.
6:00 PM
   Gates 104		 Join us in Gates 100 where we'll have pizza and drinks, this week courtesy of our sponsor, Facebook. The results will be announced, and rumor has it that there will be some prizes given away too. We'll run through the problem set again so that you don't have to go home wondering.