Question

The user “JiaT75” inserted a backdoor in a tool for this task (10[1])that was caught by Microsoft developer Andres Freund in March 2024. Kolmogorov complexity can be conceptualized (10[1])as measuring (10[1])an optimal form of this process. (10[4]-5[2])Inputs (10[1])for this task can be preprocessed (10[1])by the Burrows–Wheeler transform, (10[2]-5[1])which arranges “similar” characters together. (10[1])One algorithm for this task uses symbol frequencies (-5[1])to construct (10[1]-5[2])a prefix tree. (10[3]-5[1])A family of algorithms for this task is named for Abraham Lempel and (10[1])Jacob Ziv. (10[2])Shannon’s source coding theorem (-5[1])bounds the efficiency of this process. (-5[1])Huffman codes can be used to perform (10[3])a “lossless” form of this (10[2])task. (10[13])For 10 points, name this process that decreases the number of bits needed (10[1])to store information, (10[3])which can (10[1])create .zip files. ■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: data compression [or word forms; accept lossless data compression or lossy data compression; accept data decompression or word forms; accept LZ compression or LZW compression or Huffman compression; prompt on Huffman coding or encoding or word forms until “source coding” is read] (The first line refers to the XZ Utils backdoor.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%49.33
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%63%111.50
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%22%93.89
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%80.29
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%99.25
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%46.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y1191%0%9%68.60

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ABirmingham1110
Omer KeskinOxford AManchester2710
Linus LuuCambridge BBristol A2910
Abby SmithBerkeley CStanford M3510
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B35-5
Jiping FangUIUC DWashU C35-5
Matthew WestPurdue AWashU B3510
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)3510
Kevin YeSFUUBC B3510
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B3610
Matthew Wang (UG)UBC AUW A4210
Danny Peelan (DII)Pitt AOhio State A (UG)4610
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AImperial A4610
Aisling SkeetDurham ACam D46-5
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan State A5110
Bharath RamGeorgia Tech DAuburn A59-5
Will LockeTennesse BClemson A61-5
Sebastian VerasGeorgia Tech CTusculum A61-5
Anne Fjeld (DII)AlbertaUW B6110
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AGeorgia A64-5
Alex AkridgeIndiana ANotre Dame6410
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas C6410
Danny FischerWarwick BDurham B6410
Katherine LeiStanford LStanford A7710
Ezra SantosUChicago APurdue C7910
Yash MandaviaUIUC BIndiana B7910
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BArkansas83-5
Logan MathisSIUE AUChicago B89-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E9610
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State C (UG)9610
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriMississippi State9610
JacobOSU CKenyon A10110
Charlie LowmanImperial BOxford B10110
Caleb SlusherSouth Carolina AEmory B10210
TJ PickeringAuburn BGeorgia Tech F10210
Coy MierAuburn CEmory A10210
Davis JohnsonPurdue DWashU D10210
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ACentral Oklahoma10210
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BMcGill E10210
Roan DowlingIowaTexas D10210
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas A10210
Brynn JonesOregon StateOle Miss10210
Chris LevesleyWarwick ASouthampton B10210
Cormac BeirneLSE ACambridge C10210
David WorleyLSE BVanderbilt10210
Lovel HearnEdinburghBristol B10210
Adam MonuskoMichigan BCWRU D (DII)11510
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AAlabama A11810
Reilly MelvillePurdue BMiami11810
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan D (DII)11810
Sam HewittWashU CUIUC D12010
Malachi LedfordTusculum AGeorgia Tech C12410
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech D12410
Asheton WilbanksClemson ATennesse B12410
Jack CaseyUIUC CNorthwestern A12410
Liam StarnesUChicago BSIUE A12410
Aaron Garcia (UG)ArkansasTexas B12410
Alessandro D'TtaasioCam DDurham A1240