Iran varsity win programming contest at IIT-Kanpur
KANPUR: The two-day Association for Commuting Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) concluded at Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur. A team from Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran was declared as the winner.
On the last day, the participants had to battle out in the competitions for almost five hours. The programming contest concluded in the afternoon. The team from Iran was adjudged winner while Indian Institute of Technology-Indore bagged second place. Team from IIT-Delhi came third. IIT-Bombay remained on the fourth position. IIT-Roorke, IIT-BHU and IIT-Kanpur remained on the eighth, tenth and eleventh positions respectively.
The top three teams were given prizes by CSMU vice-chancellor Ashok Saxena and dean research and development AK Chaturvedi, in presence of Phalguni Gupta, ACM contest director and AK Ghosh, dean of student affairs, IIT-Kanpur.
Amirkabir University of Technology has qualified for the world finals of ACM ICPC scheduled to be held in St Petersburg, Russia, in June 2013.
The contest challenged participants, working in three-person teams, to rely on programming skills and creativity during a five-hour battle of logic, strategy and mental endurance.
Times of India