CodeStar Contest is an online contest organized by AlphaStar Academy in association with HackerEarth. It is intended for pre-college students. This 3 hour individual contest consists of 8 problems, which are roughly arranged by difficulty. They are all algorithmic problems that vary in difficulty from very easy to hard. Easy problems can be done even with basic programming skills. Each problem is given the same weight, thus it is in your best interest to solve the easiest problems first.
Date: October 26, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 5pm – 8pm (Pacific time)
Prizes:
The prizes as follows:
- Special Prize: XBOX One S
- 1st place – $300.00
- 2nd place – $200.00
- 3rd place – $100.00
- $500 voucher to top 10 participants to use at AlphaStar Academy courses or camps. Vouchers expire on August 31st, 2020.
- HackerEarth t-shirts to the top 20 participants
Problem Writing Committee:
- Bennett Liu
- Harker School class of 2020
- USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2016-present)
- Eric Zhang
- Harvard U. class of 2023
- International Olympiad in Informatics Gold medalist (2018, 2019)
- Fatih Gelgi, Ph.D
- Computer Science Program Director, AlphaStar Academy
- International Olympiad in Informatics Bronze medalist (1999)
- Isaac Li
- UCLA class of 2023
- USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2016-2019)
- Justin Li
- UCLA class of 2023
- USA Computing Olympiad Platinum contestant (2017-2019)
- Metin Aktulga, Ph.D.
- Assist Professor, Dept. of CSE, Michigan State U
- International Olympiad in Informatics participant (2000)
- Sukru Tikves, Ph.D.
- Senior Engineer, Google
- International Olympiad in Informatics Silver medalist (1997, 1998, 1999)