The 2nd NAPROCK International Programming Contest

Themed Section

Travel and Computer — Software Which Promotes a Rich Trip– 

About the Theme

Have you ever got weary of a long trip ? You can change such a boring trip into more pleasant one with a software in our competition! This year’s themed section focuses on a software which makes our travel more attractive and/or convenient.

The 21st Programming Contest is held in Kochi, one of the four prefectures in Shikoku Island. Shikoku is famous for a kind of pilgrimage. Each pilgrim called “o-henro-san” visits 88 temples throughout the island by foot. There has been a tradition of hospitality to accept those pilgrims with warm hearts in Shikoku. You can face such a hospitality through your experience like visiting historical places, hearing local dialects, seeing some beautiful sights or tasting local cuisines. All of these experiences refresh and enlighten all pilgrims and also all of you!

Every submission to the competition of this section could be a software which makes our trip and some tourist sites more attractive, introduces a joy of travel, or gives us some experiences of great travels. The expected software, for example, includes a brand-new tourist information system based on computer or Internet, a virtual travel system or a system to create any unknown travel experiences etc.

Let’s make our long and boring trip more attractive with your imagination and a bit of programming tips!

Notes

1. Use of original peripheral equipments is unlimited, but it will be evaluated according to how effectively it helps the programming or software. They must fit in the display space, and the installation must be also completed within “40 minutes” in the final round.
2. The originality of the works is basically the most important feature at the judgment, but usefulness, completeness of the works and programming skills would also be evaluated by the referees.

Introduction

NAPROCK international programming contest. Is held in commemoration of 21st Kosen Procom. Students learning at Technical Colleges or Universities can make use of everyday learning and compete with ideas in information processing technology.

There are three branches Themed section, Original section, and Competition. The challenge is to make full use of recent information processing technology that continues developing. Incomplete applications will be accepted, but possible usefulness and real world applications will be considered in the contest.

This Kosen Procom contest aims to promote flexibility of thinking through programming, at a very high level. To date high evaluations have been obtained for each field represented. This contest also attracts a national audience through NHK’s educational broadcasting. It is promoted as a creative educational project. As there is participation by overseas teams, this contest also fosters international exchanges in the field of information processing technology.

We are waiting for enthusiastic applications from many technical college and university students.

Sponsors

Main Sponsor

• NAPROCK (Nourishment Association for Programming Contest KOSEN) non profit organization(NPO)

Co-sponsor

• Technical College Association

Supporters

• Toshiba Solutions Corporation
• Shiko Engineering&Maintenance Co.,Ltd
• Nextware Ltd. (other supporters to be confirmed)

Supervising School

• Kochi National College of Technology

Secretariat

• NAPROCK non-profit organization (NPO)

Programming Contest Homepage

• Official site: http://naprock.jp/IntProcon/

• Kosen-PROCON official site: http://www.procn.gr.jp/

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 (Teikyo Heisei University)
  • Prof. Yoshitoshi Kunieda (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Prof. Teruo Matsuzawa (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Shigemi Mikami (NHK)
  • Chikara Miyaji (JISS)
  • Prof. Toshinori Yoshioka (Nagaoka University of Technology)

and the planning company examination committees on behalf of cooperation

Dates and Location

Application period

1st July.2010 (Thr) — 30th July.2010 (Fri)

Please apply in specifying the following contents and send by E-mail to mmoro@nagaoka-ct.ac.jp

• Entry Section
  Systems name
  Entry member list (Full name, Position subject, Year, Age),
  Systems outline (Less than 300 words)

Abstract and System configuration period

20th Aug.2010 (Fri)

Please apply in specifying the following contents and send by E-mail with MS-Word or PDF files to mmoro@nagaoka-ct.ac.jp

• Themed section and Original Section: 1 page of A4 paper size.
• Competition: Half page of A4 paper size.
Detail of information and Templates will be upload on Webpage.

Examination document period

15th Oct.2010 (Fri)

please apply in specifying the following contents and submit on entry.

Themed section and Original Section:

• Less than 10 page of A4 sized 4 copies of Manual.
• 3 copies of Program souse list

Competition: 1 copy of Program souse list

Contest Date

16th Octorber.2010 (Sat) 〜17th Octorber.2010 (Sun)

Location

Kochi City Cultural Plaza(Karupoto) (Kochi-ken Kochi-city Kutanda 2-1)

Qualification Requirements

All students of Japanese technical colleges who submit an application during the on-line registration period, (including advanced course students)

Collection section

(Please check the details on the programming contest official homepage)

@Number of teams per technical college

• Themed section: Maximum 2 teams (members per team 2-5 persons)
• Original section: Maximum 2 teams (members per team 2-5 persons)
• Competition: Maximum 1 team (members per team 2-3 persons)

Please subscribe one project per team.

Duplicate registration of a student is forbidden.
That is, the same student cannot belong to two or more teams.

The combined team by the student of plural schools isn’t recognized.

A student cannot change his/her registration from one section to another e.g. from Themed section to Original section.

Change of a registrant after preliminary passage is accepted about a Competition. However, change of an instruction teacher cannot be accepted.

About an entry

Please apply with software that is executable with PCs, and that is possible for the demonstration and presentation in the final contest or competition.

Examination Method

Themed Section and Original Section

The presentation and demonstration will be examined synergistically. The frame of reference of the examination is originality, technical capabilities of systems development, usefulness, ease of use, manual/documentation preparation, speech and presentation skills, etc. The operations manual and program source list will also be graded. Participating teams must submit an operations manual and a program source list at 16 Oct. 2009 .

Competition

A confrontation game will determine victory or defeat.

Award

In the Themed Section and the Original Section, the following prizes will be awarded.

Grand Prize	1 team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize
Second Prize	1 team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize
Special Prize	a few team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize​

The following prizes are awarded in the competition.

Grand Prize	1 team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize
Second Prize	1 team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize
Special Prize	a few team	A Certificate of Merit and an extra prize

Notes

1. The completeness of the system
   
   Please complete with entry application system idea.


2. System transportation
   
   Competitions bear the transportation expense of the system, for the demonstration of the free section in the final contest and in the participant competition. You will be notified after the preliminary stage about the transportation procedure. In addition, each team must prepare own computers.


3. the exhibit space
   
   The exhibit space for the final contest is confined to 180cm in width, 180cm in depth, and 200cm in height per 1 system. Please keep within a rule. In addition, we are going to offer Internet connection to each booth.


4. Intellectual property
   An applicant has the copyright for the entry, but must permit a recorded video, the process control computer official site, and the pamphlet of the following documents.


• Documents (a work introduction, application contents manual) which you submit at the time of application
• Documents (a pamphlet manuscript, an operation manual) which you submit in the final contest
• Data for photograph / video of the final contest and presentation


5. The Results of the final contest will be delivered LIVE via the Internet.



This competition is part of the 20th Kosen Procon. Kosen Procom executive committee in co-operation with Supervising Schools.

Contact

• Procon Committee
  Makoto Yamazaki (Nagaoka National College of Technology)
• NAPROCK Staff
  Sawako Tanaka

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