Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The team of Saint Petersburg State University won the world championship in sports programming ICPC. The final was held in Baku.
A total of four teams were among the championship's gold medalists. The absolute victory in the competition was won by the team of students from St. Petersburg State University consisting of Maxim Turevsky, Leonid Danilevich and Fyodor Ushakov. The team was trained by Ivan Kazmenko, a coach at St. Petersburg State University in programming.
"We congratulate our students on this triumphant victory! ICPC is considered the most prestigious programming competition among students. And it was our students who became the best among participants from more than 70 countries and about 140 universities around the world, including Harvard and MIT. We are proud that students of different levels – both schools and universities – regularly return from international Olympiads and championships with medals. This allows us to confidently call them world-class masters!" – noted Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
The Deputy Prime Minister also thanked the team’s mentors and teachers from St Petersburg State University for their contribution to the development of the winners’ skills and knowledge.
"Winning gold at such a prestigious competition is a significant achievement, recognition of high skill and well-coordinated teamwork. It is such goal-oriented, brilliantly prepared young minds that determine the future of Russia. Our task is to continue to do everything possible to create conditions in which students can reveal their talents, including in the field of information technology," emphasized the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov.
The main goal of the championship participants was to solve algorithmic problems of varying degrees of complexity using code in a limited time, making a minimum of mistakes and making as few incorrect attempts as possible. The SPbU team solved 11 problems out of 12 in the allotted five hours, ahead of other participants by a large margin.
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