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{{Short description|Worldwide competitive programming contest for university students}}

[[File:ICPC Foundation logo.svg|thumb|Logo of the ICPC Foundation]]

The '''International Collegiate Programming Contest''' ('''ICPC''') is an annual multi-tiered [[competitive programming]] competition among the [[university|universities]] of the world.<ref name="CACM">{{cite web|url = https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/165692-the-worlds-smartest-programmers-compete-acm-icpc/fulltext | title = The World's Smartest Programmers Compete: ACM ICPC | publisher = Communications of the ACM | first = Chas| last = Kurtz| date = July 2, 2013}}</ref> Directed by ICPC Executive ''[[Director of National Intelligence|<span lang="id">Director</span>]]'' and Baylor Professor William B. Poucher, the ICPC operates autonomous regional contests covering six continents culminating in a global World Finals every year. In 2018, ICPC participation included 52,709 students from 3,233 universities in 110 countries.

The ICPC operates under the auspices of the ICPC Foundation and operates under agreements with host universities and non-profits, all in accordance with the ICPC Policies and Procedures.<ref name="icpcpp">{{Cite web |url=https://icpc.global/compete/ICPC-Policies-and-Procedures.pdf |title=ICPC Policies and Procedures |access-date=2018-08-01 |archive-date=2017-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829081054/https://icpc.baylor.edu/compete/ICPC-Policies-and-Procedures.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1977 until 2017 ICPC was held under the auspices of [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] and was referred to as ACM-ICPC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icpc.global/community/history/Factsheet-2017.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307093311/https://icpc.global/community/history/Factsheet-2017.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2022|title=ICPC Factsheet 2017}}</ref>

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Compared to other programming contests (for example, [[International Olympiad in Informatics]]), the ICPC is characterized by a large number of problems (eight or more problems in just 5 hours). Another feature is that each team can use only one computer, although teams have three students. This makes the time pressure even greater. Good teamwork and ability to withstand pressure is needed to win.

== 2004–20242004–2025 finals ==

=== 2004 World Finals ===

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===2011 World Finals===

The 2011 ACM-ICPC World Finals were held in Orlando, Florida and hosted by main sponsor [[IBM]]. The contest was initially scheduled to be held in [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], [[Egypt]] in February, but was moved due to the political instability associated with the [[Arab Spring]]. [[Zhejiang University]] took first place with the [[University of Michigan]] at Ann Arbor, [[Tsinghua University]], and [[Saint Petersburg State University]] taking 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively each receiving gold medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cm.baylor.edu/ICPCWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Results%20World%20Finals%202011 |title=ICPC 2011 World Finals Results |date=2011-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118225744/https://cm.baylor.edu/ICPCWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Results%20World%20Finals%202011 |archive-date=2011-11-18 }}</ref>

China (2G) United States (1G) Russia (1G, 2S, 2B) Germany (1S) Ukraine (1S) Poland (1B) Canada (1B)

===2012 World Finals===

The 2012 World Finals were held in Warsaw, Poland. They were inaugurated on 15 May and hosted by [[University of Warsaw]].<ref>{{in lang|pl}} [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114877,11730989,Zainaugurowano_Mistrzostwa_Swiata_w_Programowaniu.html Wiadomości - Gazeta.pl]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. Retrieved on 2013-07-30.</ref> [[St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics]] won their fourth world championship, the most by any University at the time. [[University of Warsaw]], [[Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology]], and [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]] took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively each receiving gold medals.

Russia (2G, 1B) China (1G,1S) Poland (1G) United States (1S) Hong Kong (1S) Belarus (1S, 1B) Canada (1B) Japan (1B)

===2013 World Finals===

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2013 top thirteen teams that received medals are:

Japan (1G) Russia (1G, 1S, 2B) China (1G, 1B) Taiwan (1G) Poland (1S, 1B) Ukraine (1S) Belarus (1S) United States (1B)

*[[St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics|Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics]] (GOLD, WORLD CHAMPION),

*[[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]] (GOLD, 2nd Place),

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Following teams were awarded medals in ICPC 2014:<ref name = ref_result/>

Russia (2G, 2B) China (1G, 1S, 1B) Taiwan (1G) Japan (1S) Poland (1S) Croatia (1S) Slovakia (1B)

'''Gold'''

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=== World Finals Luxor (2022 & 2023) ===

To synchronize with the schedule after all rescheduling because of [[Covid-19 pandemic]] both 46-th and 47-th world finals were scheduled to take place in the same time in November 2023 in [[Sharm El Sheikh]]. Because of [[Israel–HamasGaza war]] and related safety concerns, it was rescheduled once again and finally happened in [[Luxor]] in April from 14th to 19 April 2024. To avoid confusion about dates, the event was referred to as World Finals Luxor (World Finals Sharm before rescheduling), with two competitions as 46th and 47th separately, if needed, in all official materials.

Two competitions were held in parallel, with intersecting problem sets. In 47-th finals, due to very close results (less than 40 penalty minutes difference between 12 and 16 place), additional bronze medals were awarded at the next finals in Astana.

Source: Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest |url=https://icpc.global/community/results-2022 |website=The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest |url=https://icpc.global/community/results-2023 |website=The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest}}</ref>

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|+ 46th Finals medalists

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=== World Finals Baku (2025) ===

==Winners==

The 49th ICPC World Championship will be held in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], from August 31 to September 5, 2025, hosted by [[ADA University]] in partnership with the [[Central Bank of Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2025 ICPC World Finals |url=https://worldfinals.icpc.global/ |website=ICPC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Baku’s ADA University and Partners to Host the 2025 ICPC World Finals |url=https://www.ada.edu.az/en/news/696-baku-s-ada-university-and-partners-to-host-the-2025-icpc-world-finals |work=[[ADA University]]}}</ref>

==1990 ==

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|+ Several time winners

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| 1983

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| [[University of Nebraska|University of Nebraska - LincolnNebraska–Lincoln]]

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| [[Melbourne, Florida]]

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 1990 ||

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== Renowned participants ==

Some former ICPC finalists have made remarkable achievements in the software industry and research. They include [[Adam D'Angelo]], the former CTO of [[Facebook]] and founder of [[Quora]]; [[Nikolai Durov]], the co-founder of [[Telegram Messenger]]; [[Matei Zaharia]], the creator of [[Apache Spark]]; [[Tony Hsieh]], the CEO of [[Zappos]] and a venture capitalist; [[Amit Sahai]], renowned professor specializing in security and cryptography; [[Craig Silverstein]], the first employee of [[Google]]; and {{ill|Jakub Pachocki|pl}}, chief scientist of [[OpenAI]]. {{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

== See also ==

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{{Association for Computing Machinery}}

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[[Category:Programming contests]]

[[Category:Baylor University]]