Arrange a Contest
If you want to arrange a programming contest, and you don't have enough equipments or time to setup an automated judge, the Universidad de Valladolid Online Judge will be pleased to host the contest for you.

• What do I need to setup my own contest?
  1. A problem set: From four up to 99 problems. You'll have to supply us the html pages with problem descriptions, as well as the problem test inputs and outputs (in plain text or an specific automated judge for some of them). Also, for each problem you must send us at least one correct solution (written in C, C++, Pascal or JAVA).
  2. The list of the teams who will participate in the Contest. You should choose a limited set of users from the Online Judge, and optionally allow all the Online Judge members to participate on your contest (in this case, the judge shows two separate ranklists). You must provide at least a list of six Online Judge members interested in participating in your contest.
  3. The date for the contest.
  4. Optionally, your homepage address.
  5. The contestants should be familiarized with the 24 hours Online Judge. The only difference between submitting a problem to the 24 hours judge and submitting it to the contest judge is the number of the problem (a letter starting from A, instead of a problem number starting from 100).
  6. You must be familiarized with unix tar and gzip or winzip commands. You must be able to unpack a gziped tar file or Winzip zip file, modify some files, and pack it again.

• How to setup my contest?
  1. Simply, download the sample contest kit (a tar gziped file), read its README file and follow its instructions. Usually, you'll only need to edit a file and replace the example files by your own ones. This kit, updated for your contest, is called the contest template. It contains also a basic contest rules template that you can modify to meet your needs.
  2. Send back to us, by mail your contest template, to the following e-Mail address: contest@acm.uva.es; then, yo must send a brief e-Mail to shahriar_manzoor@yahoo.com to notify us.
  3. Wait 24-72 hours for our confirmation. You'll receive a reply by mail and your contest will be listed on these pages (in the contest Schedule). If you want to add or remove teams, test inputs/outputs or problems descriptions, remember that you should notify us the changes at least 72 hours before the contest starts.

• Conditions and terms of use.
  1. The contest problem set, rules and any related material whould be written only in one of these languages: English or Spanish. We can't accept any other languages (by the moment).
  2. The final contest template must be sent us at least 72 hours in advance of the date of the contest. If you change something before the contest, please write us a few letters about your changes (besides sending us the updated contest template). On the other hand, contests can't be setup before three months of the expected date.
  3. No more than one contest can be setup at a time. If there is already a contest set for some date, you should choose another date.
  4. All dates are setup in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). The maximum length for a contest is 6 hours.
  5. The Online Judge verdict is only an automated judge verdict. The contest organizers may setup a more prioritized human judge. In fact, they provide the contest rules.
  6. We need a sample source code to solve each problem because we need to test the judge before the contest (ensuring that input/outputs set works properly).
  7. The ACM chapter at the Universidad de Valladolid will keep in secret all the information received about the contests, in special the problem descriptions and test input/outputs/solutions. Only after the end of the contest we may publish it.
  8. The previous point does not applies if our system receives an attack, and some hackers spread out our files.
  9. The ACM chapter at the Universidad de Valladolid is given explicit and irrevokable permission to use all problems, descriptions, and test input/outputs received for its own purposes at the end of the contest without charge. This includes but is not limited to the 24 hours Online Judge, other programing contests, and any other publications including papers, articles, books, and electronic media.
  10. The ACM chapter at the Universidad de Valladolid is not responsible about the problems descriptions, and test inputs/outputs. Contestants should contact the contest organizers.
  11. The ACM chapter at the Universidad de Valladolid does not warranty and is not responsible about the possible failure or malfunctions of the judge software, or the possible network problems during the contest. For contests supporting local or regional chapters in any university or country, we perhaps may provide a human expert supervising the Online Judge during the contest.
  12. The ACM chapter at the Universidad de Valladolid may accept or deny the celebration of a particular contest. All the contents received (problems descriptions...) will be revised by human experts. If we don't agree with some contents, we may not allow such contest.

NOTE: A sample judge in Pascal can be found here.