Sunday, October 20, 2019

[DMANET] CG Challenge: No Limited Class

Dear friends and colleagues,

As previously announced, the CG Challenge 2020 included the
option of running a „Limited Class" - see below as a reminder.

After evaluating the feedback we received and gauging the effort
required for setting up another, special server, we have come to the
conclusion that we will NOT add this new experiment to next year's
CG Challenge.

That will of course not stand in the way of all kinds of regular, „open"
submissions. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of your work!

Best regards and all the best,
Sándor Fekete, Joe Mitchell, Erik Demaine

> Further details are available via the challenge webpage,
> https://cgshop.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/competition/cg-shop-2020/
> including a link for downloading problem instances, and to the submission
> site for uploading solutions.
>
> IMPORTANT NOVELTY:
> In addition to the „Open Class" of the Challenge, in which solutions are only judged based on the
> number of convex faces obtained (using any type of available computing equipment), we are
> considering the introduction of a „Limited Class", which will be based on timed
> execution on specific equipment at our site, with evaluation based on test runs for additional
> benchmark instances. In addition, we would offer a „Junior Class" for teams consisting
> exclusively of junior researchers.
>
> As the setup for such a „Limited Class" comes with serious additional effort on our side,
> we want to be sure that this is worth it. If you are interested in participating in these variants,
> please write to us by October 14:
> (1) Drop us a line/email voicing your interest.
> (2) Add specific preferences or recommendations, if you have any.
> Based on the feedback, we may announce further steps and details.
>
>

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