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Is herbert coming back?

• 07-22-2008 12:12 AM

  Anirudh Goel Joined on 10-31-2006 Posts 54	Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact hi friends, does any body have an idea whether herbert is coming back for round 1 or not..? i wanted to keep a session on imagine cup and herbert in my campus, so i wanted to know if it's coming up this time too!
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• 07-22-2008 12:46 AM

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  szsz Joined on 12-10-2006 Posts 89	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact I cannot say for sure but apparently it is :)

• 07-22-2008 1:04 AM

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  trss Joined on 01-05-2007 Posts 89

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact  oh! but Brian was telling it would be something different this time right? Herbert is indeed great but is there something greater coming up ;) let's hope for the best. and i also hope the Robotics doesnt have anything to do with the theoretical algorithm competition we've been having till now! hope it is just there to add spice to the name of this invitational! trss

• 07-22-2008 1:33 AM

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  szsz Joined on 12-10-2006 Posts 89	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact theory is something that you do not put into practice... in every round so far we had to make our algorithms work. so far this has been the only way to keep the competition objective

• 07-22-2008 1:47 AM

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  trss Joined on 01-05-2007 Posts 89

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact that is a good point but IMHO theory is something that has the potential to be put into practice and in fact almost always is put into practice. it is indeed great to watch the algorithms being put into practice in the form of Robotics and stuff but developing the algorithms for them which enables them to be as fast and less memory consuming is essential which we must be proud to be good/striving to be good at and which is what the competition has been doing till now whether it is to keep it objective or whatever. in fact in the second round we did not have to bother about VB/C# language concepts at all. just the utilities it provided which were quite great and algorithmic programming is all what was needed. i personally like it this way though ofcourse different people have different interests. trss

• 07-23-2008 5:24 PM

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  r1cs1 Joined on 09-02-2006 Posts 89	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact all i hope is a team competition, hehe :D  (up to 2 students / team) "Impossible is nothing!" ImagineCup 2006 Algorithm Finalist ImagineCup 2007 Algorithm Judge ImagineCup 2009 SoftwareDesign Finalist

• 07-23-2008 5:50 PM

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  trss Joined on 01-05-2007 Posts 89	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact  yeah. most wanted feature! forgot abt it though it is d best thing tat can happen. :) and yes 2 students/team shud be really ideal. guess everyone wants this?! trss

• 07-24-2008 9:38 AM

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  MarijaAnic Joined on 10-24-2007 Posts 14	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact As I remember, Brian (aka Brain) mentioned that this year we could have one new game in first round, beside Herbert. And that competitors could choose between these two. But that was just something like one idea, so who knows.

• 07-24-2008 11:16 AM

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  Psyho Joined on 09-04-2006 Posts 67

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact Having teams is a really bad idea because it makes impossible to create fair problems for the finals.  So if we really want teams, I'd say that we should go for 4 persons per team and have extremely complicated problems. And don't compare it to PH where teams bring their own code and changes for the finals are usually minimal (the exception is last year) while in algorithms people need every minute out of those 24h. This year If I remember correctly, everyone was still coding having 20 minutes left. And with only 2 minutes 3 guys were still coding - but I guess it's mine fault :)

• 07-25-2008 1:31 AM

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  RichardC Joined on 08-31-2006 Posts 749	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact I agree with Psho but my fear is that this competition will be totally different from Algo! Project Hoshimi Lead Manager http://www.project-hoshimi.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7079743105

• 07-25-2008 3:39 PM

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  r1cs1 Joined on 09-02-2006 Posts 89

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact what do u mean by fair problems? what do u think what is a fair problem? I don't think anything would be unfair if there would be teams with 2 persons, especially cuz i think it will be much more complex than algo was .. while i do think 4 persens per team and extremely complicated problems are not the perfect choice... however i strongly aggree with richard, definitely it will be a totally new/different invitational... so all in all, it's hard to say anything while we don't know the exact rules, but in advance i wouldn't say that make it to a team invitational is a really bad idea..  thoughts? "Impossible is nothing!" ImagineCup 2006 Algorithm Finalist ImagineCup 2007 Algorithm Judge ImagineCup 2009 SoftwareDesign Finalist

• 07-25-2008 4:10 PM

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  Rac Joined on 10-15-2006 Posts 141

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact  Hello Psyho: And with only 2 minutes 3 guys were still coding - but I guess it's mine fault :)   Yeee, Microsoft should have charged u with the costs of all energy drinks that competitiors drunk :]    I want algorithms the same they were till now. I dont care that for several billion people its seems unattractive :P. And if its going to be changed ;( I vote for 2 members teams - for one it may be too difficult, and 3-4 is a crowd :P.   "Please my simu, what's the path for level 25? " (AjJi)

• 07-26-2008 4:47 AM

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  zero.lin Joined on 12-22-2007 Posts 96

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact hi friends, it has been long time silence ,glad to hear you again :) Rac: Yeee, Microsoft should have charged u with the costs of all energy drinks that competitiors drunk :]  they arent free?! we must thanks psyho ,haha last year is my first year in algo ,it is totolly new for me and i like everything in it . greatly  it will be new again :) i only hope it will be individual game .

• 07-30-2008 1:03 PM

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  Gribok Joined on 11-13-2006 Posts 185

  Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact Rac: And if its going to be changed ;( I vote for 2 members teams - for one it may be too difficult, and 3-4 is a crowd :P. I vote for 3-4 members: One team like Psyho, Roman, Gribok,..  And nobody stop us. Looks to return back to Imagine Cup 2009 (Robotics & Algorithms) Winner of the Imagine Cup 2008 (Project Hoshimi) Finalist of the Imagine Cup 2007 (Algorithms)

• 07-30-2008 5:19 PM

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  r1cs1 Joined on 09-02-2006 Posts 89	Re: Is herbert coming back? Reply Contact u think? :) what about team of szsz, rac, r1cs1? :D we could make some headache for you :D hehe "Impossible is nothing!" ImagineCup 2006 Algorithm Finalist ImagineCup 2007 Algorithm Judge ImagineCup 2009 SoftwareDesign Finalist