NEW YORK – At the finals of the 2015 ACM International

Collegiate Programming Contest, St. Petersburg National Research University of

IT, Mechanics and Optics placed first, the only competitor to solve all the

problems to win the contest. Second place went to Moscow State

University, followed by the University of Tokyo in third place. Two

Chinese universities, Tsinghua and Peking, finished fourth and fifth,

respectively. In sixth place was the University of California, Berkeley.

The competition pits teams of three university students

against thirteen complex, real-world problems and a demanding five-hour

deadline. It showcases the analytical and coding skills of the contenders

from 128 teams competing in the final round.

“The ACM IPCS competitors have demonstrated an

extraordinary level of creativity and teamwork in solving extremely difficult

programming problems,” said ACM President Alexander Wolf, who attended the

event in Marrakesh. “The remarkable caliber of this year’s students

reflects the success of their institutions in providing a stimulating and

creative environment for developing the critical skills that drive innovation

on a global scale. We applaud the efforts of all participants who took on

this challenge.”

Other top twelve medal finishers included the University of

Zagreb, Charles University in Prague, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earlier rounds of the

competition included a record number of more than 38,000 contestants

representing over 2,500 universities from 101 countries. The top four

teams won gold medals as well as employment or internship offers from

IBM.

Two schools tied for 13th place, and 13 institutions tied

for 15th place. From the North America Region, thirteenth place went to

the University of Waterloo, and five universities tied for 15th place,

including Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard

University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of

Southern California.

Other European Region winners include the University of

Wroclaw in 13th place, and Belarusian State University, Jagiellonian University

in Krakow, and Lviv National University in 15th place.

Also tied for 15th place were Sharif University from the

Middle East and Africa Region; Universidad de Buenos Aires from the Latin

America Region; and from the Asia Region, Fudan University, KAIST (formerly the

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), and the University of

Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Gold medals were awarded to the top four finishers, with

silver medals going to the fifth through eighth place winners, and bronze

medals to the ninth through the 12th place winners.

This international competition is organized by ACM www.acm.org, whose membership includes more than

100,000 computing educators, researchers, professionals, and students

worldwide. Financial and systems support for ACM-ICPC is provided by

IBM.

Full results are available at http://icpc.baylor.edu/scoreboard/