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Ultimate champions: Russian students dominate International Collegiate Programming Competition
A team of programmers from the St. Petersburg University of IT, Mechanics and Optics have once again won the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), setting a new record with their 7th champions cup.
The trio from ITMO took first place in the IBM-sponsored competition held in South Dakota, by solving 10 out of 12 problems in the least amount of time. The Champion Cup of 2017 was raised by students of the department of computer technologies – Vladimir Smykalov, Ivan Belonogov and Ilya Zban.
“Demonstrating the elite talent of its team members, St. Petersburg ITMO University successfully solved 10 problems to earn the victory,” organizers said following the award ceremony.
The victory means that ITMO has conquered their opponents for the 7th time in the past 15 years.
A University of Warsaw team grabbed the second gold prize by solving the same 10 problems but over a longer time period. Seoul National University secured the third gold and became Asia regional champions.
Apart from ITMO, two other Russian universities made the top five that solved the 10 out of 12 tasks. St. Petersburg State University team secured the fourth gold prize while the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology emerged with a fifth best and a silver prize.
https://www.rt.com/news/389644-russi...cpc-champions/
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