The 2025 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship

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This event will be hosted by National University of Singapore, School of Computing

on the occassion of 50 years anniversary of our school
and organised by NUS Centre for Nurturing Computing Excellence (CeNCE).

How to Participate

Top 65 teams (up to 195 contestants and up to 65 coaches from up to 65 Universities) from 5 other ICPC Asia Regionals in Nov-Dec 2024 (see below), inclusive of 2 invited teams from South Pacific Regionals have been invited for the 2025 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship as per ICPC Asia Pacific Championship (2024-25 cycle) selection rules.

  1. Sydney/Australia (Sun, 20 Oct 2024 — completed, scoreboard),
  2. Taichung/Taiwan (Sun, 17 Nov 2024 — completed, scoreboard),
  3. Seoul/South Korea (Sat, 23 Nov 2024 — completed, scoreboard),
  4. Jakarta/Indonesia (Sun, 01 Dec 2024 — completed, scoreboard),
  5. Hanoi/Vietnam (Fri, 13 Dec 2024 — completed, scoreboard),
  6. Yokohama/Japan (Sun, 22 Dec 2024 — completed, scoreboard).

Registration

Qualified teams have been promoted to the 2025 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship in the ICPC global system.
The coach of qualified teams have been contacted by the organiser to confirm the intention to participate and to follow up with the registration process. This process is ongoing (from Mon, 23 Dec 2024) and to be completed by Fri, 17 Jan 2025.

Table of accepted teams (last update: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 AM; 64/65, one more to go):

Country/Region University Team Name(s)
Japan (JPN)
9 Universities, 14 teams
The University of Tokyo
Kyoto University (3)


Institute of Science Tokyo (3)


Tohoku University
Waseda University
Keio University
Osaka University (2)

National IT, Tokuyama College
University of Tsukuba
Screenwalkers
Objective-KUB1
Red Phobia
THS
AMATSUKAZE
Bocchi The Tech
WADATSUMI
suzukaze_Aobayama
2get
Anonyms
kotamanegi_hint_kureya
kotamanegi_marukajiri
XNOR
I_do_understand_the_danger
South Korea (KOR)
Invited: 13 teams

Accepted (so far): 12+1*
# Universities: 9
Seoul National University
KAIST (3)


Sogang University (2)

Yonsei University
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Korea University
Hanyang University (2)

Kyung Hee University
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
DaXingHao
Gyerantak
BIGSHOT
slowforce
AllTimeLegend
Redshift
Endgame
PhoKing
DolAndDool
one more pending
Catastrophe
WayInWilderness
Everyone
Vietnam (VNM)
7 Universities, 12 Teams
University of Science, VNU-HCM
UIT - VNU HCM (3)


National Economics University (2)

UET - VNU (3)


University of Science and Technology - Danang
HCMC U of Technology and Education
Ho Chi Minh City U of Technology
HCMUS-AtCoder
UIT.KHQ.TheUnkillableDemon
UIT.KNT.2mic1cup
UIT.TTT.Baka
NEU. gugugaga
NEU. THQ
IBM Cloud
Azure
Heroku
BKDN.Arcane
Make HCMUTE Great
HCMUT FieryFirefly
Taiwan (TWN)
5 Universities, 10 Teams
National Taiwan University (2)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (3)


National Tsing Hua University (3)


National Central University
National Taiwan Normal University
std_abs
fruit_advantages
NYCU_MyGO!!!
NYCU_CartesianTree
NYCU_FriedShrimp
XL-pants
RedCapeFlyingCat
BreakfastEatToFull
__builtin_orz()
NTNU_SSH
Singapore (SGP)
3 Universities, 7 Teams
National University of Singapore (3)


Nanyang Technological University (3)


Singapore Management University
Penguin Feeder
Jägermeister
Spiral
7 is our favourite number
nameless
acwyfiphite
BogoSort
Indonesia (IDN)
3 Universities, 5 Teams
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Universitas Indonesia (2)

BINUS University (2)

codemaxxing
404 Skill Not Found
For You and For Me
Lebah Ganteng
N-Dimensional Sum
Australia (AUS)
2 Universities, 2 Teams
UNSW Sydney
University of Melbourne
W[3]-complete
habibi
Philippines (PHL)
1 University, 1 Team
De La Salle University
Kuuhaku
Thailand (THA)
1 University, 1 Team
Chulalongkorn U
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Payment of Registration Fee

Accepted teams need to pay a registration fee of 280 SGD per team.

Detailed instructions on how to pay (electronically) using SoCPay system have been emailed by Ms Irene Ong on Wed, 08 Jan 2025.

Singapore Visa and/or Invitation Letter

Most citizens of Asia Pacific countries do not need visa to enter Singapore except a few.
Any team coach with member(s) that need Singapore visa and/or formal invitation letter (for budget/official leave application) should contact the RCD as soon as possible.
Official invitation letters will be issued to teams who have formally accepted the invitation from Thu, 02 Jan 2025 onwards.

Prizes

The winner will be crowned as the 2025 Asia Pacific Champion and recognized at the 2025 World Finals Opening Ceremony.
Top 4/next 4/next 8 teams (from distinct Universities) will receive Gold/Silver/Bronze medals and prizes from sponsors.
Top X (TBC, usually ≈[12..15]) teams in this championship will advance to the 2025 ICPC World Finals.

Venues

These are the list of important venues for this event:

  1. Singapore Changi Airport (Changi),
  2. Main contest building: NUS COM3 building (Global and Local Sponsors will have dedicated rooms)
  3. ICPC Asia Pacific Championship 2025 Approved Hotels (transportation back-and-forth between Airport/Contest Venue/These Hotels are provided; but each accepted team will have to settle the accommodation fees with these hotels directly - details below):
    1. RELC International Hotel, please fill in this booking form (PDF) and email that form to the hotel management directly (IHReservation@relc.org.sg)
    2. Park Avenue Rochester Hotel, please fill in this booking form (online) and follow up with the automatic reply from the hotel directly
  4. Ceremony venue: NUS University Cultural Centre,
  5. The contest venue: COM3 Multipurpose Hall (COM3-01-MPH 1+2+3) + adjoining room: Seminar Room 13 (ALC) (COM3-01-22) (with webcast connection between the two rooms),
  6. Coach rooms during the contest: COM3-2-MR24 and MR25,
  7. Excursion venue: Universal Studios Singapore,
  8. For medical emergencies: University Health Centre
    (PS: Participants are encouraged to have a Worldwide Medical Insurance coverage).

Schedule

The event will run from Thursday, 27 February 2025 until Sunday, 02 March 2025.
The rough breakdown of the contest dates are:

Time Event Venue
Thursday, 27 February 2025
12nn-8pm Arrival Day
We will provide Grab vouchers for each team
(one car/taxi per team of four: 1 coach, 3 contestants, 2 luggages)
Please go from Changi to NUS COM3 building first
Teams will do registration, photo taking, and early-visit sponsor rooms at NUS COM3
before going to hotel (details TBC)
(go straight to hotel if flight arrives after 7pm SGT)



Changi → COM3


COM3 → hotel
Friday, 28 February 2025
8-8.30am Bus transfer Hotel → UCC
8.30-9am Leadership Welcome
For VIPs, ICPC HQ reps, RCDs, chief judge, ITC chair, global and local sponsors
UCC VIP Lounge
Late Registration
For (expected only a few) teams who arrived after 7pm SGT on 27 Feb
UCC
9.15-10am Global Sponsor(s) Tech Talk 1
Huawei
10-11am Opening Ceremony
Performances, Speeches, and Team Introduction
11-11.45am Global Sponsor(s) Tech Talk 2
Jane Street
12nn-1pm Welcome Lunch
1-1.30pm Bus transfer UCC → COM3
1.30-2.45pm Visit sponsor rooms
For global and local sponsors
COM3
2.45-3pm Contestants enter contest floor COM3-1-MPH
3-5.30pm Dress Rehearsal
Teams need to bring their team notebooks to the dress rehearsal
and leave them at the workstation after the dress rehearsal
The last 30 minutes are for Q&A Session
5.30-7pm Dinner / visit sponsor rooms COM3
7-7.30pm Bus transfer COM3 → Hotel
Saturday, 01 March 2025
9-9.30am Bus transfer Hotel → COM3
9.45-10am Contestants enter contest floor COM3-1-MPH
10am-3pm The Championship
With livestream (TBC), reference: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 version
Contestants will have lunch outside COM3-1-MPH
The rest will have lunch at a separate venue (TBC)
3-4.30pm Rest / visit sponsor rooms COM3
4.30-5pm Bus transfer COM3 → UCC
VIP Arrival
UCC VIP Lounge
5.30-7pm Closing Ceremony
Montage, Speeches, Performances, ICPC Resolver, and Award Ceremony
UCC
7-8.30pm Celebration Dinner
8.30-9pm Bus transfer UCC → Hotel
Sunday, 02 March 2025
9-10am Bus transfer (if joining excursion, i.e., outbound flight ≥5pm SGT)
Please check out and leave all luggages at hotel concierge.
PS: Direct airport transfer via Grab car/taxi (otherwise).
Hotel → USS

Hotel → Changi
10am-6pm Excursion
Free and easy (lunch meal voucher provided)
USS
2-6pm Departure
Teams need to exit USS about ~3 hours before their outbound flight,
to go back to hotel (~20m), pick up own luggage (~10m), and go to Changi (~30m).
We will provide Grab vouchers.
USS → Hotel
Hotel → Changi

Reference: The Old 2024 Schedule.

Social Media

To stay informed, follow us on Instagram (icpcapac).

The previous 2024 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship, Hanoi, Vietnam

The previous 2024 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship website is no longer live (see Web Archive).
But the AP Championship 2024 Scoreboard and the photo gallery can still be accessed.

Organizing Committees

ICPC Asia Director
Professor C Jinshong Hwang
ICPC Asia Pacific Director
Professor Katsuhiko Kakehi (email: kakehi@waseda.jp)
ICPC Asia Pacific Championship 2025 Director
Associate Professor Steven Halim (email: dcssh@nus.edu.sg)
A/Prof Halim is the main point of contact for the ICPC Asia Pacific Championship 2025
Deputy Director
Associate Professor Tan Sun Teck (email: tanst@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Administration
Irene Ong Hwei Nee (email: ionghn@nus.edu.sg),
Teo Pei Pei
International Judge Committee
Jonathan Irvin Gunawan (chief judge),
The list of other Judge members is not shown until the Championship is over
International Technical Committee
Associate Professor Rie Shigetomi Yamaguchi, The University of Tokyo (chair),
Hiroki Sato (member),
Yu Sugawara (member),
Andreas Martin (Printing Coordinator),
Vio Albert Ferdinand (Balloon Coordinator).
Contest Operations
Long Vuong Hoang (chair)
Host Technical Committee
Musa Bin Hashim (SoC IT Unit),
Other members (TBC)
Host Volunteer Coordinator
Dr Jithin Vachery
Ceremonies (Opening/Closing)
Dr Adi Yoga Sidi Prabawa (chair),
Dr Ashish Deepak Dandekar (member),
Dr Eric Han Liang Wee (member),
Dr Daren Ler Shan Wen (member).
Transportation
Dr Daren Ler Shan Wen
Accommodation
Outsourced to one or two hotel(s) — please use the booking form of RELC/booking link of Park Avenue Rochester
Website
Felicia Limanta
Vio Albert Ferdinand
Social Media
Felicia Limanta