Introduction to HKOI 13 January 2007

Benefits of Joining HKOI  Improve your problem solving skills  Prizes (you already have some)  Chances to represent Hong Kong in international  competitions Free trips  Make new friends  Prepare for other competitions e.g. ACM ICPC

External Competitions  International Olympiad in Informatics  IOI 2007 at Zagreb( 札格拉布 ), Croatia In August, 2007  Four representatives from Hong Kong  IOI 2007 will be Linux-only 

External Competitions  National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) 2007  Five representatives from Hong Kong  At least one of which will be a girl  For students aged 18 or below on 30 June 2007 

External Competitions  SEARCC/AIC  Not guaranteed  For students not older than 17 years old  Compete in teams of three

IOI/NOI Team Formation Test  9 June 2007  Normally 4 tasks in 4 hours  The top 7 contestants and the top female contestant

Preparing for the TFT  Attending the HKOI training  HKOI Homepage Training Materials  HKOI Newsgroup news://news.hkoi.org/hkoinews://news.hkoi.org/hkoi Asking questions

Training Sessions  Almost every Saturday except holidays  AM session: 10:00am - 1:00pm  PM session: 2:00pm - 5:00pm  Room 123, Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building, CUHK

Preparing for the TFT  Additional References Introduction to Algorithms  The MIT Press; 2 edition (September 1, 2001) by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford SteinThomas H. CormenCharles E. LeisersonRonald L. RivestClifford Stein OIBH (for Beginners only)

Preparing for the TFT  Online Judges HKOI Online Judge: UVA OJ: USACO: