AITEC NEWS No.18

	July 17, 1998
	Issue #18 (issued on July 10, 1998 in Japanese)

Special Issue for " KLIC Programming Contest 1998"

INDEX

Introduction
Message from the Editorial Desk

Introduction

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The KLIC Programming Contest is back again this year.
Test your KL1 programming ability with KLIC!

We have expand the contest this year to enable more people to enjoy KL1 programming, but this will be the final contest so we look forward to your entry!

1. Contents of Contest

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There are the following three entry categories in the contest. Select a category of interest (you can enter more than one category).

(1) ENTRY CATEGORY: KL1 users from novice to expert can try KL1 programming to solve a given subject. Those who get the correct answer will be candidates for an award.

(2) SPEED CATEGORY: Demonstrate your programming performance in either a sequential environment or parallel environment.

(3) IDEA CATEGORY: We set no subject in this category . You create a program to solve your own subject in either a sequential environment or parallel environment. We will primarily judge the uniqueness of your idea.

- Copyright The copyrights for submitted programs shall belong to the applicants. However, please note that AITEC reserves the right to use the winning programs without payment, for advertisement purposes.

2. Award Announcement

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(1) ENTRY CATEGORY: A programming subject and a checking program will be announced. Programs which solve the given subject correctly with a checking program to be published will be candidates for receiving an award.

-- Supplementary prize: 20,000 yen for a program, for up to 50 programs If more than 50 programs are award candidates, we will choose 50 from among them by lottery, and those that are not chosen by the lottery will receive a book token worth 5,000 yen for domestic applicants, for up to 100 programs (a check for the equivalent amount for overseas applicants).
*One person or one group can receive a book token for only one program.

In order to offer participants a better chance of winning an award in the Entry Category, we will choose nominees from among those who have not received any awards in the past or this contest, in case awards are chosen by lottery.

(2) SPEED CATEGORY and IDEA CATEGORY: The submitted programs will be reviewed by the judging committee of this contest according to its selection standards, and first and second prizes and honorable mentions will be chosen in each category. The award for each prize is as follows:

-- Supplementary prizes for Speed Category and Idea Category:

1st prize (supplementary prize: 300,000 yen for 1 program)
2nd prize (supplementary prize: 100,000 yen for 3 programs)
Honorable mention (supplementary prize: 50,000 yen for 6 programs)

Participation prize: a book token worth 5,000 yen for domestic applicants (a check for the equivalent amount for overseas applicants)
The judging committee will select this award program according to its selection standards.

The award information will be informed to all participants by e-mail by December 5. The "Cyber" Awards Ceremony will be held on the WWW.

3. How to Participate and Schedule

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(1) How to Participate in the Contest

Please send us your program that solves the subjects published late in July, according to the submission guides that will be announced together with the subjects. The programs should reach the contest secretariat by October 31.

The contest is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Novice KL1 users are especially welcome. The KLIC tutorial text is on the KLIC WWW page for your reference.

(2) Schedule (Provisional)

Announcement of Subjects and Submission Guides: Late in July, 1998 (to be decided)
Deadline for Program Submission: October 31, 1998
Awards Announcement Date: November 30 (to be decided)
Ceremony of Award Honors: Early in December, 1998

4. Contest Information and Mailing List

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We suggest you register with the Mailing List to get the contest information. Mailing List members will receive details of how to apply, Q&A information, and latest contest information by e-mail.

You can register with the Mailing List on the WWW via the following URL, which also has information on the contest:

http://www.icot.or.jp/AITEC/FGCS/KLICON/main-E.html
Please fill out the following items and send e-mail to the following address with the subject name "ENTRY."

To: klic-contest@icot.or.jp

Subject: ENTRY

Please include the following information in your entry form:

Name: If you apply as a group, please write the leader's name first, followed by the names of all the members.
E-mail address: If you apply as a group, please write the Internet addresses of all the members.
Entry Category: You can apply for more than one of the above categories.

5. How to Obtain KLIC System (environment for running your program)

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You can make ftp transfers with the KLIC system at the following addresses:

http://www.icot.or.jp/AITEC/COLUMN/KLIC/klic.html

/pub/klic/v3.0/klic.tgz

ftp://ftp.logos.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/klic/klic.tgz

Please consult us if you cannot obtain a parallel environment to check your program. (klic-contest@icot.or.jp)

6. How Programs will be Judged

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ENTRY CATEGORY: Programs will be judged as to whether they solve a given subject correctly with a checking program to be published.
SPEED CATEGORY: Programs will first be judged on how fast and efficiently they solve the given subject. Next, the algorithm, the structure of the program and the documentation will be judged.
IDEA CATEGORY: We will first screen programs using the documentation submitted, then check the programs. We will take the idea and documentation quality into account in the judgment. We may also ask the programmer to check the program operation themselves.

The environments for running your program are as follows:

ENTRY CATEGORY: A UNIX workstation
SPEED CATEGORY: A UNIX shared memory parallel processing server
IDEA CATEGORY: Either environment (1) or (2), depending on the program

7. Inquiries

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For the latest information about the contest on the AITEC Homepage: http://www.icot.or.jp/

Don't hesitate to send e-mail if you have any questions to: klic-contest@icot.or.jp(Mr. Kaneda)

8. KLIC Programming Contest Executive Committee & Technical Members, Host and Secretariat

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(1) KLIC Programming Contest Executive Committee

Fumio Mizoguchi, Prof., Science University of Tokyo (Chairperson)
Takashi Chikayama, Prof., University of Tokyo (Co-Chairperson)
Kazunori Ueda, Prof., Waseda University
Hayato Ohwada, Lecturer, Science University of Tokyo
Jiro Tanaka, Associate Prof., University of Tsukuba
Keiji Hirata, Principal Researcher, NTT
Akira Aiba, Principal Researcher, AITEC

KLIC Programming Contest Executive Committee Technical Members

Yu Inamura, Verisign Japan K.K.
Eiji Sugino, Iwate Prefectural University
Daigo Sekita, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Akihiko Nakase, Toshiba Corp.
Yutaka Niibe, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Tetsuro Fujise, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Kazuaki Rokusawa, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

(2) Host

The Research Institute for Advanced Information Technology (AITEC) of
the Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC)
(URL: http://www.icot.or.jp)

(3) Secretariat

Kazuo Yamatsugu and Kiyoshi Kaneda
Department of FGCS Technology
The Research Institute for Advanced Information Technology (AITEC)

Address: 2F Shiba Tokyo Kaijo Bldg., 2-3-3, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan

Tel: +81-3-3456-3191
Fax: +81-3-3456-4877

Message From the Editorial Desk

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The subjects for ENTRY CATEGORY and SPEED CATEGORY will be published on the Contest Homepage (http://www.icot.or.jp/AITEC/FGCS/KLICON/main-E.html), late in July. Please look out for them. We will also announce them in AITEC NEWS.

If you have any questions and opinions about the contest,
please contact us at: klic-contest@icot.or.jp

We look forward to your participation!

                
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