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Programming Invitational Provides Tune-p For Icpc World Finals
The Arley D. Cathey Learning Center provided the setting for the 2013 University of Chicago Invitational Programming Contest. Balloons signify correctly solved problems.
Credit: Jason Smith / University of Chicago
For the second consecutive year, the 23 teams from across North America, all qualifiers for the International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, tested their mettle at the University of Chicago Invitational Programming Contest, a tune-up to the finals.
The tune-up took place March 29 to 31 in the Cathey Learning Center of Harper Memorial Library. Next stop for the teams will be St. Petersburg, Russia, where they will compete in the Association for Computing Machinery's ICPC World Finals June 30 to July 4. UChicago will return to the World Finals this year after appearances in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2002, and 2001.
Taking first- and second-place gold medals for solving eight problems at this year's invitational were the University of Toronto and Stanford University, respectively. The ranking of teams that solved the same number of problems was determined by the amount of time it took them to solve the problem.
The third-place silver medal went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which solved eight problems. Carnegie Mellon University took the fourth-place silver medal with seven solved problems.
Earning fifth- and sixth-place bronze medals were the University of Central Florida and the University of British Columbia, respectively. Both teams solved seven problems. UChicago's team finished twentieth, with two solved problems.
This year's sponsors were Palantir (gold sponsor), Groupon (silver sponsor), Classified Ventures and Jane Street (bronze sponsors), and GrubHub (supporting sponsor). The sponsors covered all travel and lodging expenses for the teams, and provided nearly $10,000 in cash prizes to the top six teams.
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