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Each team participating in the preliminary contest must strictly adhere to the following rules. Universities are responsible for ensuring their teams comply with all regulations.
Violation of any rule will lead to immediate disqualification. Universities are responsible for ensuring their teams comply with all regulations.
The contest is a team event, no assistance from anyone outside the registered team members (Three contestants) is permitted.
Teams may use books or online reference materials (If permitted by their university) during the contest. However, if plagiarism or identical code is detected between teams, all involved teams will be penalized.
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots or code-generating tools to solve contest problems is strictly prohibited.
Participants are not allowed to use Q&A or discussion platforms (e.g., Stack Overflow, Reddit, or similar sites) to seek help.
Contest problems, hints, or partial solutions must not be shared publicly during the contest.
Note: If using pastebin or similar tools, ensure that they are strictly private and accessible only to your team.
All teams from the same university must participate from their university campus to ensure fairness.
Each team must be physically present at their university during the online contest.
Teams or members participating remotely or from outside the university will be disqualified.
Any team with absent members during the preliminary contest will not be allowed to participate in the onsite regional contest, even if they qualify. Team members should not leave before the end of the contest.
Physically challenged participants may be considered as an exception, subject to prior approval if required.
Mobile and tablet usage guidelines
Teams should not use mobile phones or tablets to access the internet.
Teams must follow the instructions of their local contest supervisor or faculty coordinator during the entire contest period.
A university may swap or replace a team if necessary, provided the replacement team is selected strictly based on the official online preliminary contest ranking. (Suppose University X qualified 3 teams from the online preliminary contest - Team A (Rank 1), Team B (Rank 2), and Team C (Rank 3) and the team after Team C is Team D. If Team B cannot participate in the regional contest for any reason (Eg Disqualified for cheating), the university may replace Team B only with the next eligible team Team D (Rank 4 team of University X). The university cannot replace Team B with any team that ranked lower than Team D (Unless Team D is also disqualified) or did not solve any problem in the preliminary round.
Such substitution must be approved by the university contest coordinator and reported to the ICPC Dhaka Regional Organizing Committee before the onsite round with proper reason.
Any arbitrary replacement or selection outside the ranking order will not be accepted. No substitutions or replacements will be accepted after the deadline.
Suppose University X qualified 3 teams: Team A (Rank 1), Team B (Rank 2), Team C (Rank 3), and Team D (Rank 4). If Team B cannot participate, the university may replace Team B only with Team D (next eligible team). The university cannot replace Team B with any team that ranked lower than Team D or did not solve any problem in the preliminary round.
The user ID and password for both the mock and preliminary contests will be provided only to the official contest coordinator of each university or institution.
Teams must collect their credentials directly from their coordinator. Contest organizers will not issue credentials directly to individual participants.
If any team member leaves the contest site during the contest, the team's password must be changed immediately to maintain contest integrity.
This is critical for maintaining the security and fairness of the competition.
If a team violates any contest rule, the university coordinator of that university has the authority to disqualify the team after informing the ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest 2025 Committee.
Fair play and integrity are the cornerstones of ICPC. All decisions made by the organizing committee are final.
If you have any questions about these rules and regulations, please contact the ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest 2025 organizing committee.
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