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International programming contest honor for Jiao Tong
7/4/2005 8:13

Shanghai Daily news


Shanghai Jiao Tong University topped the 29th ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, which closed in the city yesterday.
Comprising three undergraduate computer science majors, the Jiao Tong team named "Spirit," solved eight of the 10 expected computer application problems, one more than other participating teams, in yesterday's five-hour final contest.
Apart from the gold medal, the team will be awarded US$10,000 bonus by the US Association for Computer Machinery, the organizer of the annual contest, which has preliminary regional rounds before the finale, this time in Shanghai.
"The final championship was a culmination of our years of hard work," said Yu Yong, the team coach.
It is the second time for Jiao Tong to top the contest after it became the first Asian university to win the ACM/ICPC championship in 2002.
Moscow State University, St Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics and University of Waterloo followed Jiao Tong to take the next three spots by working out seven problems.
Altogether 78 teams from 29 countries and regions attended the contest.