PSP Finals 2019: Proposal from Vietnam === 1. Vietnam National University Hanoi (VNU) is willing to host the PSP Finals 2019. Time: mid-December to before Christmas Number of teams: ~50 2. All slots for WF will be decided based on the result of PSP Finals. 3. For selection to the PSP Finals: Our thoughts here are based on the fact that teams can participate in 2 regionals. In case we limit teams to 1 regional, this should not affect the solutions. - All WF medalist should get 1 team automatically qualified. - After that, we proposed 2 solutions: - Based on regionals' size: using Shieh-Ishihata formula (except using team-rank instead of university-rank) - Base on previous year's performance: - For 2019, each regional get the same X teams (if we have 7 regionals, X=7) - From 2020 onward: we ranked the regionals using the average rank of teams from that region in the last PSP Finals. (if we have 7 regionals, it could be 4+5+6+7+8+9+10 or 6+6+7+7+7+8+8). The problem is with this is: there are countries that don't host regionals every year. This problem can be resolved if we have a consistent list of hosts. - Apart from this: - We should limit the number of teams from the same university to 3 (this number can be discussed). - We should have 1-3 wild cards for countries that do not have any team qualified. 4. For organizing PSP Finals: - PSP Final Contest director is from the host university (country). - PSP Problem setters/Judging team should consist of at least 3 different regionals. - PSP Final Sponsorship Management is from the host university (country).