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. Details are available in the full information brochure.

Audience

Junior Level — students with some programming experience
Senior Level — requires considerable programming experience

International Collaborations

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

Date

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Overview and Guidelines

An overview of the CCC outlines its scope and structure.

Registration Information

The Early Bird Deadline is January 26, 2010. Registrations will be accepted online until February 9, 2010. Registrations are also accepted by fax or e-mail. View fees.

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

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

Results

See the most recently available results booklet for stage 1 and stage 2, averages and cutoffs and Canada's IOI results. Teachers can access their students' results.