BOSPRE 2018 at Brandeis University

Saturday 10/13/2018 8:30-4:00 in the Volen Center for Complex Systems

IMPORTANT Before the Contest: This year we are not providing hardcopies of the contest help/demo files available from the BOSPRE site. So if you want any of these, print them before the contest.

Directions: The contest will be held in the Volen Center for Complex Systems at Brandeis University. See the google map at this link for directions.

Since it is the weekend, you can park anywhere that is available and legal. If you have trouble finding the campus or building, or trouble getting into the building, call Tim Hickey at 617-935-9065

Here is a link to the Rules of Bospre 18. You must bring your own computer to connect to the Contest Server and you should bring at least one backup computer.

8:30 - 9:45am	Register at the registration table as you enter the lobby of Volen Center. Registration is $75; make checks payable to Brandeis University. Cash is also acceptable, but we cannot process credit cards. Each team will be provided with chairs and desk space for a team of three. Breakfast (bagels, pastries, fruit, juice, coffee) will be provided at this time in the atrium in front of the computer cluster. There is also a Starbucks right around the corner if you want espresso or fancier drinks and pastries.
9:50 - 10:00am	VERY short meeting in Volen 101 solely to introduce the people running the contest and answer questions. In theory, everything you really need to know is in the contest help/demo files that you read in advance and printed out to bring with you. The meeting will end at 10:00am SHARP with problems being handed out, after which teams will start working on the problems in Volen 106.
10am - 3pm	The actual contest! After the contest starts, the contestants can run hpcm_get to set up their problem directories.
noonish:	Lunch for contestants/coaches will arrive in the Volen Attrium. It will be available for the rest of the contest. We will have lunches for all team members, coaches, and staff.
3:00 - 3:30pm	De-stress. Take group picture! Discussion of problems as we wait for results. Announcement of final scores and winners in Volen 101.