Hello Codeforces! Phillips Academy CS club is proud to announce The 2024 Andover Computing Open (TACO)!!

TACO consists of 2 rounds with 5-6 problems, and we offer two divisions — the Beginner division problems will be at the USACO Bronze/Silver level (Codeforces div2-3) and the Advanced division problems will be USACO Silver+ (Codeforces div1-2). The contests will be held online on Codeforces. The problems are authored by ETK.. The first and the second round will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 12 PM EST and Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 2 PM EST. We will also have workshops for competitors to attend and speaker sessions as well! Furthermore, we will have over $10,000 worth of prizes for participants! Top winners will win up to $300 + awesome swags provided by our generous sponsors Jane Street and Mathworks!

For more details and registration, please visit our website and join our discord server!

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to DM the organizers in the Discord Server, or email us at [email protected].

Hope to see you guys on June 15th, 2024!

Sincerely, TACO Organizers

Hello Codeforces! Phillips Academy CS club is proud to announce The 2023 Andover Computing Open (TACO)!!

TACO consists of two 75-minute rounds with 5-6 problems, and we offer two divisions — the Beginner division problems will be at the USACO Bronze/Silver level (Codeforces div2-3) and the Advanced division problems will be USACO Silver+ (Codeforces div1-2). The contests will be held online on Codeforces. The first and the second round will take place on May 20th, 2023 at 1:45 PM EST and May 20th, 2023 at 3:30 PM EST.

Between the rounds, we have prepared app-building workshops for our participants to enjoy. And we have invited Prof. Brian Dean, the director of USACO to speak and answer questions at our event. We are also honored to be joined by Dr. Xinyun Chen this year. Dr. Chen was part of the team that built AlphaCode — the coding AI that is able to solve Codeforces competitive programming problems! Dr. Chen will be speaking on her project and sharing her invaluable experience at the forefront of AI with our participants!

Furthermore, we will have over $10,000 worth of prizes for participants! ALL participants will receive $50 credits from X-Camp. Top winners will win up to $300 Amazon gift cards and an iPad! There will also be Desmos Swag, HRT swag, Jane Street swag, AoPs products, and more!

For more details and registration, please visit our website and join our discord server!

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to DM the organizers in the Discord Server, or email us at [email protected].

Hope to see you guys on May 20th, 2023!

Sincerely, TACO Organizers