Marathon 2010 - 5th Marathon of Parallel Programming

5th Marathon of Parallel Programming
Introduction
The Parallel Programming Marathon is a SBAC-PAD track that occurs since 2006.
The main purpose of the contest is to spread intelectual enhancements in parallel and distributed programming through a high-leve competition, involving corect resolution and performance gain of the prooposed solution. Undergraduate and post-graduated studens of Computer Science, Computer Engineering and other courses of related area may participate of the Maraton.

Competition teams are composed by three (3) members, graduated or undergraduated students, who are going to have only a computer to solve up to 9 problems during 5 hours of duration. Competition teams can also bring printed hard copy material (e.g. papers, books, manuals).

Judgement is strict. In the beginning of the contest, teams receive problem descriptions and a sequential (serial) solution. Resolution involves not only the correct problem solution, but performance speedup for parallel (or distributed) version, measured acoording to criteria defined by judgement comission for current contest.

When contest finishes, all teams will have their results available and winners will be oficially announced during oficial SBAC-PAD dinner.

Marathon 2010 Co-chairs
Calebe de Paula Bianchini - Mackenzie, BR
Wagner Meira Jr. - UFMG, BR
Nicolas Maillard - UFRGS, BR
Antonio Roberto Mury - LNCC, BR