Mathematics and Computing Contests

Canadian Computing Competition

The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) aims to benefit secondary school students with an interest in programming. It is an opportunity for students to test their ability in designing, understanding and implementing algorithms. It is also used to determine participation in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

Audience

Junior Level — any student with at most one course credit in computer science programming
Senior Level — all other students

Any student may choose to participate in the Senior contest.

Dates

Stage 1 — Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Registration Information

Schools register online. The deadline is February 14, 2012. View fees.
Registrations are also accepted by fax or e-mail.

Schools that have not registered for previous contests are encouraged to participate.

Detailed Information

The CCC rules and guidelines describe the structure of the competition, allowed programming languages, format of the Stage 1 contest and grading process.

International Collaborations

The CCC is also held in China at The University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University.

Preparing for the Competition

We encourage students to prepare. Places to begin include:

copies of past competitions, solutions and test data
the book Programming Challenges by Skiena and Revilla (published by Springer) — a nice introduction to common computing competition algorithmic problems
example programs illustrating input and output
links to useful software

If you are interested in participating in the CCC but have not learned how to program, then you might want to investigate CS Circles.

Results

Results booklets (Stage 1 and Stage 2), stage 1 regional winners, stage 2 invitees, and averages and cutoffs are online. Teachers can access their students' results.

Recognition

We recognize top-performing students.