HYDERABAD: Social media giant Facebook has opened registration for its third annual Hacker Cup, set to begin from January 25.
The very best prize will probably be $10,000 (approx Rs 5.5 lakh) as against $5,000 (Rs 2.75 lakh) recently and as many 25 of the most useful hackers are going to be delivered to Facebook's headquarter in USA, your firm stand out said.
The Facebook Hacker Cup is definitely an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against the other person for fame, fortune, glory along with a shot in the coveted Hacker Cup.
The very best prize will probably be $10,000 (approx Rs 5.5 lakh) as against $5,000 (Rs 2.75 lakh) recently and as many 25 of the most useful hackers are going to be delivered to Facebook's headquarter in USA, your firm stand out said.
The Facebook Hacker Cup is definitely an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against the other person for fame, fortune, glory along with a shot in the coveted Hacker Cup.
"Your competitors will be located in two rounds starting with a web-based qualification, of that 25 of the most useful hackers are then flown by Facebook with their headquarters in Menlo Park, CA," Facebook said.
"The preliminary round will probably be held between January 25 and February 16 while onsite final round is scheduled for March 22-23, 2013.
Contestants will likely be judged on accuracy and speed because they race to resolve algorithmic problems to advance through up to five rounds of programming challenges," it added.
A year ago, the Hacker Cup attracted 8,000 participants from 150 countries, with all the winner- Roman Andreev, hailing from Russia, Facebook said.
"Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook. Whether we're making a prototype for any major product like Timeline at the Hackathon, setting up a smarter search algorithm, or razing walls at our new headquarters, we're always hacking to uncover possible ways to unravel problems," Facebook said in their Hacker's Cup page.
Facebook declared people that registered to get a previous year are automatically registered for the competition year, however, they still must check their information is up-to-date.
Share your views
