NAPROCK2012​/Outline

  • Main Sponsor
    • NAPROCK (Nourishment Association for Programming Contest KOSEN) non profit organization(NPO)
  • Co-sponsor
    • Technical College Association
  • Supporters
    • Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    • Nextware Ltd. (other supporters to be confirmed)
  • Conditions
    • Japan:core course students of technical colleges and non-degree graduate program students (The person who participates in the final programming contest)
    • Overseas: university student (The person who was selected in Japan by preliminaries)
  • Theme
    • Catch Copy [Go to Procon! Get the power!]
    • Themed Section: [Brighten the Society by Solving t- he Declining Birthrate and Aging Population with ICT]
    • Competition : [Count the Dice]
  • Important Dates
    • June 30 : Submission Deadline of Initial Registration Form
    • June 25-July 23 : Official entry
    • July 31 : Submission deadline of participants’ information,
      each participant’s passport No. and photo
    • August 17 : Notification of Invitation
    • September 24 : Submission deadline of the developed software
    • October 13-14 : Programming contest
  • Examination method and schedule
    • Method
      Themed and Original sections selected by demonstration and presentation, Competition is elimination tournament
    • Date
      October 13 (Sat) – 14 (Sun) , 2012
    • Location
      Omuta Cultural Center(Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan)
    • Judging committee
  • Chairperson
    • Prof. Yasuko Kaminuma (Information Processing Society of Japan Fellow)
  • Committee member
    • Dr. Shiro Usui (RIKEN BSJ)
    • Prof. Kyoji Umemura (Toyohashi University of Technology)
    • Prof. Hajime Ohiwa (Soai University)
    • Prof. Teruo Matsuzawa (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
    • Akinobu Saneshige(NHK)
    • Chikara Miyaji (JISS)
    • Prof. Yasunori Sugita (Nagaoka University of Technology)
    • Ryoya Mori(Toshiba Solution)

and the planning company examination committees on behalf of cooperation

  • Awards
    • Themed Section:
      International Grand Prize, International Excellent Prize, International Special Prize
    • Original Section:
      International Grand Prize, International Excellent Prize, International Special Prize
    • Competition:
      International Champion, International Second Prize, International Special Prize
  • Information
    we guide a contest implementation guideline after 1st july. Please confirm formal HP as follows.
  • Contact Address
    • Procon Committee — Technical questions for entry
      Tetuya KOJIMA (Tokyo National College of Technology)
      E-mail: kojt@tokyo-ct.ac.jp
    • NAPROCK Staff — Questions about schedule, registration, invitation or other NAPROCK’s supports
      Sawako Tanaka
      E-mail: stanaka_npo@nextware.co.jp