Communications of the ACM
Russian Whizzes Win Global Collegiate It Contest
Credit: ICPC
The St. Petersburg State University of IT, Mechanics and Optics has won this year's ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), besting 111 other teams from around the world by solving nine of 12 problems in five hours. The problems featured real-world issues that require optimal solutions, such as having to build the best communications system between moving asteroids. The 112 teams competing in the ICPC were all finalists of an earlier regional round that involved 25,000 students from more than 2,200 universities in 85 countries.
"The ACM ICPC is a wonderful opportunity for students from around the world to come together, collaborate, and exchange different views and experiences," says ICPC executive director and Baylor University professor Bill Poucher in a press release. "I am excited to see how these students will utilize the amazing knowledge they've gained from this contest and from one another as they continue their academic and professional pursuits."
The University of Warsaw came in second in the competition, followed by the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Shanghai Jaio Tong University, Belarusian State University, Zhongshan University, Harvard University, the Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, the University of Waterloo, and Moscow State University.
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