The staff at the National Television Station ’s Science Education Channel, who were in charge of broadcasting the ACM competition, couldn’t help but share their shock with their colleague Xiao Zhang after checking the backend data.
Xiao Zhang was quite surprised to hear this.
In previous ACM competitions, the number of viewers was basically fixed, fluctuating mostly around five thousand.
But did his colleague just say that the audience suddenly increased by tens of thousands this year?
So Xiao Zhang went to check the viewing data for the ACM competition being broadcasted live on the National Television Station ’s Science Education Channel.
Indeed, there were more than 20,000 to almost 30,000 more viewers.
It’s important to realize that if one wants to watch the ACM competition live, they have to tune into the Science Education Channel on the National Television Station website, as only the National Television Station’s Science Education Channel broadcasts the ACM competition.
So, for the National Television Station, counting audience data is quite simple.
However, what Xiao Zhang and his colleagues completely didn’t know was, where did these two or three extra tens of thousands of viewers come from?
It couldn’t be that the audience size was fixed in the previous years and suddenly surged this year, could it?
At this moment, far away at Mist City Arts and Science University.
Many students there make up the audience that Xiao Zhang and his colleagues at the National Television Station couldn’t account for.
The students of Mist City Arts and Science University knew that the ACM International College Student Programming Competition would begin around nine o’clock tonight.
Although Principal Ding and Director Xu were in Switzerland, Europe, the students of Mist City Arts and Science University spontaneously organized themselves to watch the live broadcast of this event.
Since only the National Television Station’s Science Education Channel would broadcast the ACM competition, everyone flocked to the official website of the National Television Station’s Science Education Channel tonight.
Although the ACM International College Student Programming Competition doesn’t get much attention outside of the computer science circle at universities.
For every student at Mist City Arts and Science University, this is an event worthy of their attention, not just for students in the computer science department.
Because if their Alma mater, Mist City Arts and Science University, could get a good result in this competition, the social status of Mist City Arts and Science University would obviously be enhanced.
Most importantly, every student at Mist City Arts and Science University has a strong sense of honour and humiliation. The honor of the school is also very important to the students.
Who can ignore the fact that the place is their second home?
In the Zurich Central Stadium, the final competition teams from a total of 34 universities worldwide have all taken their places.
Ding Yue, Huang Youjie, and secretary Wen Ruohan are in the rest area for Xia Country’s participating universities, watching the competition progress.
On the field, there are 34 universities, each with a competition team of three people.
Because the competition rules allow for a maximum of three members, each college must choose three contestants. After all, with more people, solving the program will naturally be more efficient.
"Chen Jun, you’ll be responsible for the analysis of each question. Ouyang Chen, you will assist Chen Jun by providing whatever help he needs, and I’ll take care of writing the program!"
Xu Bin made a clear division of labor for this competition.
Because the ACM competition is about efficiency, the faster the team solves the problem, the closer they get to the champion’s seat.
And each team is only provided one computer for answering the questions.
Given this, Xu Bin has allocated the responsibilities: he will control the computer and write the program to answer the questions, while Chen Jun and Ouyang Chen can focus on analyzing each question.
In the 5 hours of competition time, the team which answers at least 7 questions or more in the shortest time wins.
So the coordination and efficient division of labor among the three members are very important for this competition.
"Sure, Director Xu, I will analyze the problem in the most concise way to enable you to answer as efficiently as possible."
Chen Jun nodded seriously and assured.
Ouyang Chen also nodded his agreement. Although his work was the "simplest", he would not relent a bit.
Because Ouyang Chen knew very well that he is an indispensable part of the team. He must do his best to assist Chen Jun in analyzing the problems to achieve the best result for the team.
In the whole team, Xu Bin’s job is apparently the hardest because he needs to write the program to answer the questions after Chen Jun and Ouyang Chen analyze them.
Of course, if there are any difficulties during the answering process, Chen Jun and Ouyang Chen will also play a crucial role in Xu Bin’s braintrust.
In fact, most of the participating colleges’ team work distribution is basically the same as Xu Bin’s.
The details may vary, but distinct division of labor is a must.
Xu Bin would never underestimate his opponents, as they were all from the top computer science universities around the world.
To say that the 102 competitors from the 34 teams on the scene were all computer science geniuses wasn’t an exaggeration!
[National Television Station Science Education Channel Live Room] -
"I see our Xia Country’s university team, Haicheng University of Transportation."
"Haicheng University of Transportation has once secured the champion title in the ACM competition multiple times. They are indeed our country’s largest hope to win."
"This year Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University are also participating, both of which seemed very strong in recent years."
"True. In the past few years, the overall championships were clinched by Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University. But, think about it, their previous participating teams have graduated, right? Can the new teams continue to carry the championship banner and defend their titles?"
"Hahaha, I see our Northwestern University of Science and Technology!"
"To be honest, it’s quite surprising that Mist City Arts and Science University managed to secure a competition slot this year."
"Students from Mist City Arts and Science University have stepped up. Let’s fight for it!"
"I heard that Xu Bin of Mist City Arts and Science University is incredibly talented and has been revered by many grandmasters in the domestic computer science circle."
"Really? Is he that amazing?"
"Anyone immersed in the computer science field would know. Xu Bin has an ID called ’Bin’. The computer gurus nicknamed him —— ’Without me, Bin, the computer world would be an eternal night!’"
"I must be out of the loop."
"As far as I know, Bin might even be able to independently develop a super awesome operating system."
"Like Apple? Windows? Android-kind of operating systems? Is this an exaggeration?"
"It’s just a rumor. No one’s ever seen Bin’s output. Who can’t brag, right?"
"So that means, Mist City Arts and Science University’s team genuinely has some substance?"
"Let’s just wait and see. Who’s pulling an all-nighter to watch the competition tonight?"
"It’s Saturday tomorrow, surely I’ll watch the full competition. It only ends around two o’clock. That’s when the nightlife truly begins."
"666, can you all stay up late ?"
At this point in time, Xu Bin was clearly unaware that he was being discussed by the domestic users watching the competition.
His focus was all on the competition.
The ACM committee quickly confirmed that all preparations were in order for all 34 university teams.
Then they started with the first question.
That is, [Question A].
The ACM competition questions will be presented in the form of A to G, and all the competing teams will start answering.
And the difficulty of the questions will gradually increase starting from A!
Once the first question was given, all the team members of the 34 university teams immediately got into the state.
No wonder they were all top computer science students from around the world.
"Chen Jun, start parsing the question."
Chen Jun began to parse [Question A] in the most convenient way to communicate with Director Xu.
The purpose of this was to enable Xu Bin to start developing the solution program more efficiently based on the analysis of the question.
In other words, Xu Bin and his team could start answering while parsing the question, an efficiency not many teams possess!