The University of California San Diego has announced that a student programming team, Fallen Star, will compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals in Kazakhstan this September.
The ICPC is the world’s oldest algorithmic programming contest, with teams competing annually in several elimination rounds.
Teams are given five hours and one computer to solve 10 to 13 algorithmic programming problems in the shortest time possible.
The three-member team from the Jacobs School of Engineering, with students Stanislaw Strzelecki and Shang Zhou from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Zexing Chen from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, hopes to continue its rise after claiming a bronze medal at the 2024 ICPC North America Championship.
Fallen Star solved eight issues at the North American Championship, edging out 45 teams from across North America to earn bronze.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Columbia University teams received silver, with nine problems solved.
In comparison, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology team solved ten problems to win gold.
The success of Fallen Star is a result of dedication, a desire to excel, and remarkable teamwork.
The team placed first in the 2024 ICPC Challenge powered by NSA, a specialized contest to help teams prepare for the main event.
Fallen Star’s latest win at the divisional level is the second time teammates Strzelecki and Zhou have clinched a spot in the World Finals. They were one of 140 teams to compete in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in 2023.
Over the past 20 years, the ICPC community has spread globally, with annual participation levels reaching 60,000 team members representing 3,450 universities in 111 countries.
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