16.11.2015 Polish team with a medal at the world programming contest
A team from the University of Warsaw won bronze in the finals of the 34th ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). 128 students from all over the world competed in the finals in Marrakesh, Morocco. Each team had one computer and five hours to solve 13 algorithmic problems. The competition jury awarded 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals. The first place went to the team from ITMO University in St. Petersburg in Russia, who has managed to solve all the tasks.
The University of Warsaw was represented by three students from the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics. The team solved 9 tasks and won 12th place, winning a bronze medal and $ 2.2 thousand prize. In addition, the team was praised for being the first to complete two of the assigned problems.
More than 38 thousand students from 101 countries participated in qualifying rounds for this year's event. 128 teams advanced to the finals, including the representation of the University of Warsaw for the 21st time in a row. “No other university in the world can boast being in the world finals ever since the first time they competed” - commented on the UW website.
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) is organized by the Association for Computing Machinery, an association of IT practitioners and theorists. It is the oldest, most prestigious and largest such competition in the world in terms of the number of participants. University teams from around the world compete for the title.
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