ACM Contest Logistics

UO CIS and UO Information Services are hosting the ACM Pacific Region Programming Contest at the University of Oregon in Eugene on November 7, 2009. This is one of five sites where teams from the region compete to solve as many programming problems as they can during the five hour contest.

Travel and Lodging Information

Eugene is located on Interstate 5 about 110 miles south of Portland and 285 miles south of Seattle. Alaska Airlines has flights from Seattle and Portland, and United Airlines has flights from Portland and San Francisco. Amtrak provides rail service from Seattle and Portland. Click on these directions for details on how to get to Eugene and the UO campus.

We have reserved a block of rooms at:

Best Western New Oregon Motel
1655 Franklin Boulevard
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 683-3669

This hotel is located across the street from the UO campus on the northeast corner of Franklin Boulevard and Agate Street. It is just a few minutes walk from Deschutes Hall and the EMU. Rooms for contest attendees are $86.99 per room, per night (2 beds per room). Contact the hotel directly to make reservations, and indicate that you are with the ACM Programming Contest in order to get this rate.

Contest and meeting sites

The Friday night pizza party will be held in Deschutes Hall, home of the CIS Department on the UO campus. Deschutes Hall is the second building in at the southwest corner of Franklin Boulevard and Agate Street.

Saturday morning breakfast, registration and orientation will be in Deschutes Hall. Registration will be in the lobby by the entrance to the building, breakfast and orientation will be in the large colloquium room on the second floor. The EMU is a short walk south and west of Deschutes. The practice session, de-briefing, and the contest itself will be held in the EMU Computer Lab on the lower level of the EMU. See this map of the EMU lower level for the locations of the Computer Lab. The EMU Computer Lab and administration of the contest software is being provided by the UO Information Services Department.

See this interactive campus map to locate Deschutes and the EMU.

On Friday evening and Saturday, you may park near the EMU on 15^th and 13^th streets and Onyx Street in spaces marked as reserved from 7am-6pm M-F, or otherwise not marked as reserved at all times. There are also a number of spaces on 13th between Deschutes and the EMU that are marked as car pool only - you may park in these spaces after 6PM Friday and all day Saturday. Metered visitor parking is also available just south of the EMU. This parking lot is approached from 15th Street and University Avenue. The meters are checked on Saturdays and will need to be fed throughout the day.

Contest Schedule

Note - details of this schedule may change. Please check back two days before the contest for any additional final information.

Common schedule for all five sites. All times are Pacific Standard Time.

UO Contest Site Director

David Atkins, (541) 346-4413, datkins@uoregon.edu