Dyalog - APL Problem Solving Competition

Description

Joining the competition is as easy as...

 Step 1: Sign up

Sign up for the challenge or log in using your Student Competitions/Sqore account.

 Step 2: Download the APL software

Dyalog provides an educational licence, free of charge, to all those in full time education. Apply for an educational licence here.

 When applying for a licence, you need to specify the operating system that you’ll be using; the options are Linux, macOS or Microsoft Windows. Note: You need OS X Yosemite operating system on the Mac for Dyalog to run (it won’t run on an iPad or older OS X).

Step 3: Complete Phase I

In Phase I of the competition you will be introduced to APL as you tackle 10 small problems that can each be solved using a single line of APL code.

Step 4: APL Phase II

Things start to heat up in Phase II. Here you will be challenged with a set of problems of varying complexity. You'll code your solutions and upload a file containing the code.

 You can choose to answer questions within one, or all, of the following categories:

• Cryptography
• Physics
• Neural Networks

Step 5: Wait for your results!

The winners of the competition will be announced on the competition website on 3 September.

 The competition is open to students and professionals around the world