High School Programming League 2008/2009

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High School Programming League 2008/09 is over, remember to visit the site in September to take part in the next edition.

Contest news

2009-06-09 14:42:54 Final results by Łukasz Kuszner

Top contestants in the High School Programming League 2008/2009 are:

1. Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
2. Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza, Białystok, Poland)
3. Keshav Dhandhania	(Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata, India)
4. Łukasz Kalinowski	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
5. Alan Kutniewski	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7, Szczecin, Poland)

6. Michał Makarewicz, 7. Jakub Woyke, 8. Karol Brzuśkiewicz, 9. Krzysztof Waszak, 10. Przemek Komosa, 11. Łukasz Jocz, 12. Robert Kozikowski, 13. Artur Kraska, 14. Tomasz Obuchowski, 15. Anna Piekarska, more...

Top 5 schools in in the High School Programming League 2008/2009 are::

1. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland    (coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)

2. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 w Bydgoszczy, Poland    (Coach: Prof. Piotr Dobosiewicz)

3. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7 w Szczecinie, Poland    (coaches: Prof. Rafal Spręga and Prof. Czesław Drozdowski)

4. III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Poland    (coach: Prof. Ryszard Szubartowski)

5. Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia    (coach: Prof. Elena Novikova)

The Software Developer`s Journal subscriptions receive: Krzysztof Ropiak (rellend), Mateusz Kołaczek (plkolek), Kajetan Kochański (invert), Tomasz Skarżyński (tomek007), Piotr Sokólski (pietras).

The Linux+ subscriptions receive: Artur Zochniak (arjamizo), Li Peiqian (lipeiqian), Mislav Balunović (misl4av), Nguyen Quang Anh (quang_anh_91). Wenyu Cao (wcao).

The Hakin9 subscriptions receive: Michał Wyleżoł (armageddon), Wojciech Stępniak (djlinux), Hanson Wang (hansonw1), Li Peiqian (lipeiqian), Nguyen Quang Anh (quang_anh_91), Jacob Plachta (sourspinach), Krzysztof Janota (risterral), Sergei Fedorov (sergei_fedorov), Rafał Sławik (slawik), Wiktor Teleżyński (wiktort).

Books from List B receive: Adrian Jaskółka (adrianoo), Dawid Dąbrowski (davidex), Karol Brzuśkiewicz (fshadow), Janusz Kukla (jeykey), Michał Krasnoborski (krdln), Paweł Przytarski (przytarski), Marcin Radecki (radomencounter), Tomasz Skarżyński (tomek007), Tymoteusz Gach (tyga), Wojciech Terepeta (w7400).

2009-06-08 01:51:50 Credits by Łukasz Kuszner

Thanks to honorary patrons

Informatics Olympiads in: Poland, Japan, Vietnam, Switzerland, New Zeland, India and The Australian Computer Programming Competition for recomendations.

Contest Sponsors:

Ivo Software, ABE Marketing and CoreEditor

Special thanks to: Weronika Czarkowska, Adam Dzedzej, Robert Gerbicz and Krzysztof Ocetkiewicz.

2009-06-06 12:31:16 The contest has ended by Łukasz Kuszner
A big thank-you to all participants of the High School Programming League. We hope that you had at least as much fun solving problems as we did preparing them. The official standings will be available in 48 hours. Please feel free to share your opinions about the contest with us. We love feedback as it will help us to make the next edition even better.

2009-05-30 08:58:37 The end of the 7th series forwarded by Łukasz Kuszner
The deadline of the 7th problem set series has been extended until Saturday, June 6.

2009-05-03 22:37:34 Results of the 6th series by Łukasz Kuszner
Top 5 contestants in the 6th contest series are:

1. Michał Makarewicz	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
2. Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
2. Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza, Białystok, Poland)
4. Łukasz Kalinowski	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1, Bydgoszczy, Poland)
5. Keshav Dhandhania	(Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata, India)

Top 3 schools:

1. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland    (Coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)

2. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7 w Szczecinie, Poland    (Coaches: Prof. Rafal Spręga and Prof. Czesław Drozdowski)

3. III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Poland    (Coach: Prof. Ryszard Szubartowski)

The Software Developer`s Journal subscriptions receive: Anna Piekarska (aniap), Karol Brzuśkiewicz (fshadow), Karol Grodzicki (qj0n), Arkadiusz Wróbel (skater), Radosław Wrzalski (redw).

The Linux+ subscriptions receive: Sergei Rogulenko (rogulenkosv), Keshav Dhandhania (keshav_57), Ivan Katanić (ikatanic), Jacob Plachta (sourspinach), Hanson Wang (hansonw1).

Congratulations to all the winners, a big thank-you to all participants of the 6th series, and good luck in the 7th series!

2009-05-02 12:00:00 The 6th series of the contest is over! by Łukasz Kuszner
The official standings will be available in 48 hours. Have fun with the 7th series problems. Good luck.

2009-04-25 13:01:55 Last week of the 6th series by Łukasz Kuszner
This is the last week of the 6th problem set series. Starting with today, submissions to "Intergalactic Security Organization III" problem are visible only to the submitting contestant.

2009-04-16 18:55:54 The end of the 6th series forwarded by Łukasz Kuszner
The deadline of the 6th problem set series has been extended until Saturday, May 2. All the problems of the 6th series of the contest are now available for solving!

2009-04-02 22:03:28 Results of the 5th series by Łukasz Kuszner
Top 5 contestants in the 5th contest series are:

1. Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
2. Keshav Dhandhania	(Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, India)
3. Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
4. Michał Makarewicz	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
5. Robert Kozikowski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)

Top 3 schools:

1. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Polska    (Coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)

2. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 w Bydgoszczy, Polska   (Coach: Prof. Piotr Dobosiewicz)

3. III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Polska    (Coach: Prof. Ryszard Szubartowski)

The Hakin9 subscriptions receive: Michael Suchacz (mikulus), Radosław Wrzalski (redw), Karol Brzuśkiewicz (fshadow), Sebastian Olender(ebe) i Artur Iwicki (supervegeta).

Congratulations to all the winners, a big thank-you to all participants of the 5th series, and good luck in the 6th series!

2009-03-28 13:36:49 The 5th series of the contest is over! by Łukasz Kuszner
The official standings will be available in 48 hours. Have fun with the 6th series problems. Good luck.

2009-03-14 12:00:00 HS08ISO2 test case by Łukasz Kuszner
The Intergalactic Security Organization II test case has been revealed.

2009-03-12 02:11:47 The end of the 5th series forwarded by Łukasz Kuszner
The deadline of the 5th problem set series has been extended until Saturday, March 28. All the problems of the 5th series of the contest are now available for solving! The archive of problems from previous series is available.

2009-02-24 13:28:05 Results of the 4th series by Łukasz Kuszner
Top 5 contestants in the 4th contest series (2 of the contestants have been classified ex aequo at first position):

1. Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
1. Jakub Pachocki	III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Poland
3. Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
4. Karol Brzuśkiewicz	(Zespół Szkół w Biskupcu, Poland)
5. Michał Makarewicz	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)

Top 3 schools:

1. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland    (coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)

2. Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia    (coach: Prof. Elena Novikova)

3. III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Poland    (coach: Prof. Ryszard Szubartowski)

The Linux+ subscriptions receive: Karol Brzuśkiewicz (fshadow), Jakub Pachocki (meret), Arkadiusz Wróbel (skater), Rafał Sławik (slawik) and Dariusz Świerad (lizard).

The CoreEditor Pro software packages are drawn by: Grzegorz Ozga (grzegorz3284), Sebastian Olender (ebe), Marcin Radecki (radomencounter), Mateusz Kołaczek (plkolek) and Marcin Skiba (ilu2112).

Congratulations to all the winners, a big thank-you to all participants of the 4th series, and good luck in the 5th series!

2009-02-21 12:00:01 The 4th series of the contest is over! by Łukasz Kuszner
The ranklist will be updated today. The official standings will be available in 48 hours. Have fun with the 5th series problems. Good luck.

2009-02-14 19:57:17 Last week of the 4th series by Łukasz Kuszner
This is the last week of the 4th problem set series. Starting with today, submissions results to "Intergalactic Security Organization" problem are visible only to submitting contestant.

2009-02-01 01:28:13 The end of the 4th series forwarded by Łukasz Kuszner
The deadline of the 4th problem set series has been extended until Saturday, February 21.
All the problems of the 4th series of the contest are now available for solving!

2009-01-16 00:48:05 Results of the 3rd series by Łukasz Kuszner
In the 3rd contest series 8 of the contestants have been classified at first position (ex aequo):

Melnikov Alexander	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
Keshav Dhandhania	(Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata, India)
Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
Artur Kraska	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 w Bydgoszczy, Poland)
Alan Kutniewski	( Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7 w Szczecinie , Poland)
Michał Makarewicz	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
Jakub Woyke	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7 w Szczecinie, Poland)

The prizes were drawn at random: Jakub Woyke receives external disk drive, Sergei Rogulenko receives books and all contestants listed above receive magazine subscriptions.

Top 3 schools:
1. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 7 w Szczecinie, Poland
 (coaches: Prof. Rafal Spręga and Prof. Czesław Drozdowski)
2. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland
 (coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)
3. III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni, Poland
 (coach: Prof. Ryszard Szubartowski)

The Expressivo text to speech software packages are drawn by: Hanson Wang, Adam Głowacki, Rafał Sławik, Damian Dziurzyński, Mislav Balunović.

Congratulations to all the winners, a big thank-you to all participants of the 3rd series, and good luck in the 4th series!

2009-01-13 12:00:37 The 3rd series is over! by Łukasz Kuszner

The official standings will be available in 48 hours. The problems of the 4th series of the contest are available for solving! The sponsors for this series are: Wolfram Research, CoreEditor.pl and Linux+ Magazine.

2009-01-06 22:31:13 The end of the 3rd series forwarded. by Łukasz Kuszner
For technical reasons, the deadline of the 3rd problem set series has been extended until Tuesday, January. 13.

2008-12-09 16:56:53 The 3rd problem set series is under way! by Łukasz Kuszner
The sponsors for this series are: Sphere Research Labs, Software Developer's Journal, Ivo Software and ABE Marketing

The series closes on January 10. Good luck!

2008-12-02 19:49:18 Results of the 2nd series by Łukasz Kuszner

Top 5 contestants (individual standings):

1. Sergei Rogulenko	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
2. Melnikov Alexander	(Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia)
3. Marcin Jarczewski	(I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland)
4. Artur Kraska	(Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 w Bydgoszczy, Poland)
5. Przemek Komosa	(V Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Gdańsku, Poland)

Top 3 schools:
1. Physico-Technical Lyceum #1, Saratov, Russia
 (coach: Prof. Elena Novikova)
2. I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Białymstoku, Poland
 (coach: Prof. Ireneusz Bujnowski)
3. Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 1 w Bydgoszczy, Poland
 (coach: Prof.Piotr Dobosiewicz)

The lucky draw winners are: Krzysztof Janota, Karol Grodzicki, Dariusz Świerad, Wojciech Stępniak and Mateusz Kołaczek.

Congratulations to all the winners, a big thank-you to all participants of the 2nd series, and good luck in the 3nd series!

2008-11-29 12:00:00 The 2nd series is over! by Łukasz Kuszner
The ranklist will be updated today. The official standings will be available in 48 hours. The problems of the 3rd series of the contest are now available for solving!

2008-11-22 17:44:03 Last week of the 2nd series. by Łukasz Kuszner
This is the last week of the 2nd problem set series. Starting with todays noon, submissions results to "Sorting the Shifts" problem are visible only to submitting contestant. We remind also, that before November 28 you are allowed to register your school and join the contest keeping the points awarded in the first contest series.

2008-10-27 13:36:34 Official results of the 1st series by Adrian Kosowski

2008-10-25 23:01:16 The 2nd problem set series is under way! by Adrian Kosowski

Please have a look at the list of problems and prizes of the second problem-set series. The sponsors for this series are: Sphere Research Labs, Hakin9 Magazine, and Ivo Software. The series closes on November 29.

2008-10-25 12:00:00 The 1st series of the contest is over! by Łukasz Kuszner
The ranklist will be updated before 13:00 today. The official standings will be available in 48 hours.
The problems of the 2nd series of the contest are now available for solving!

2008-10-18 12:38:45 Last week of the 1st series. by Łukasz Kuszner
This is the last week of the 1st problem set series. Submissions to "Shopping for points" problem are tested on all 10 data sets and the results will only be visible to submitting contestant. Also the lengths of submitted source codes to "Illegible account numbers" problem will not be on public display.

2008-09-27 12:00:00 The "0 series" special contest is over by Adrian Kosowski
The winner of the 0 series special contest is Łukasz Dąbek, a student of the 14th High School in Wroclaw, Poland ("Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr XIV im. Polonii Belgijskiej we Wrocławiu"), who solved the problem ATM in 27 of the languages available at SPOJ. The prize is an Apple iPod shuffle MP3 player, congratulations!

2008-09-20 23:29:21 The 1st problem set series is under way! by Adrian Kosowski

Please have a look at the list of problems and prizes of the first problem-set series. The sponsors for this series are: The Mayor of Gdynia, Linux+ Magazine, and Ivo Software. The series closes on October 25. Make sure your school joins the contest and does not miss out on the fun!

2008-09-20 11:59:48 Problem set series 1 by Adrian Kosowski
Series 1 consists of 5 problems, each worth a maximum of 10 points. Three problems will be made available at 12:00, the remaining two, and a complete list of prizes - at 20:00.

2008-09-17 00:00:01 Test problem by Łukasz Kuszner
The test problem HS08TEST has been made available. Enjoy!