Russian Programmers at ACM 2007 are Among the Winners

At the 31st Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, held in Tokyo, 88 student teams defended the right to be called the best programmers. We are proud to announce that St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics won the bronze medals. Other Russians also performed well - there are two other university teams in the top 10 ranking - Novosibirsk State University took the 6th place and Saratov State University - the 10th.

This achievement is even more impressive if one considers the following numbers: from 6,099 teams selected from 1,756 universities in 82 countries competing at 205 sites and hundreds more competing at preliminary contests worldwide, only 88 teams of students are selected to compete for bragging rights and prizes at finals.

Regular strong performance of Russian students at ACM Championships is an evident proof of the excellent engineering education system in the country which contributes a lot to the sucess of the Russian high-tech and ICT Indusry.