Facebook on Wednesday opened registration for its 2012 Hacker Cup.
"Programmers from around the world will be judged on accuracy and speed as they race to solve algorithmic problems to advance through up to five rounds of programming challenges," Facebook mobile engineer David Alves wrote in a blog post.
To compete, participants must solve at least one problem correctly in an online qualifying round that will take place on Jan. 20. Three subsequent rounds will follow on Jan. 28, Feb. 4, and Feb. 11 to narrow it down to the top 25, who will then be flown to Facebook headquarters for the final showdown.
The winning hacker will be awarded $5,000 and dubbed world champion, with their name immortalized on the Hacker Cup trophy. Second place will get $2,000 and third will receive $1,000. Those ranked fourth through twenty-fifth will take home $100.
Facebook hosted its first Hacker Cup last January, an event that started off with 11,768 competitors from all over the world. Many nations were represented among the top 25 finalists, too, with competitors hailing from Russia, Poland, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States. Participants spent two days at Facebook headquarters, meeting with engineers, eating in the company cafeteria, and catching a glimpse of Facebook culture.
Facebook will likely use this event to lure talented coders to the company. In fact, it's used hackathons in the past to build products like Facebook chat.
You can register for the Hacker Cup on Facebook.com, and try your hand at some of last year's problems.
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Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398389,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05079TX1K0000992
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