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Students from St Petersburg State University placed first in the International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals. According to the scoreboard, students from Shangai Jiao Tong University and Harvard placed second and third respectively in the 40th annual programming competition operated under the auspices of ACM. …

  1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

    Makes an enlightening reading...

    The first place is not surprising. Neither are the first 30-40 rankings.

    The more interesting parts of the ranking are that:

    1. No Indian entries before No 57 and the first entries are nowhere near the "technological powerhub" (quotes intended and needed) of Bangalore.

    2. Imperial College of London scored worse than The University of Aleppo in the bombed-out part of Syria destroyed by the civil war.

    3. The Norh Koreans are at 37th place.

  2. Gene Cash Silver badge

    My alma mater, the University of Central Florida, scored 33rd. The highest US team, ahead of Stanford, Berkeley, and Rice.

    Not a bad showing for the blokes from "Mousewitz"

    1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

      You missed MIT in 5th place. US is actually quite well represented (which is not surprising).

      The surprise for me was the number of Polish Universities in the top 50 as well as the presence of the two Egyptian and one Syrian university in the top 100.

  3. Gene Cash Silver badge

    > missed MIT in 5th place

    6th actually, and I'm not used to it being spelled out. And Harvard in 3rd.

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