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World Finals (16-21 May 2015, Marrakech, Morocco) Hosted by Mohamed V University (UM5), Al
Akhawayn University (AUY), Mundiapolis University (MU), and The Moroccan Association for
Computing Machinery (MACM), one hundred and twenty-eight (128) world finalist teams will compete
for awards, prizes and bragging rights. These teams represent the best of the great universities on six
continents - the cream of the crop.

Battle of the Brains

The contest pits teams of three university students against eight or more complex, real-world problems, with a
grueling five-hour deadline. Huddled around a single computer, competitors race against the clock in a battle of
logic, strategy and mental endurance.
Teammates collaborate to rank the difficulty of the problems, deduce the requirements, design test beds, and build
software systems that solve the problems under the intense scrutiny of expert judges. For a well-versed computer
science student, some of the problems require precision only. Others require a knowledge and understanding of
advanced algorithms. Still others are simply too hard to solve except, of course, for the worlds brightest
problem-solvers.
Judging is relentlessly strict. The students are given a problem statement not a requirements document. They
are given an example of test data, but they do not have access to the judges test data and acceptance criteria.
Each incorrect solution submitted is assessed a time penalty. You dont want to waste your customers time when
you are dealing with the supreme court of computing. The team that solves the most problems in the fewest
attempts in the least cumulative time is declared the winner.
To learn more about the ICPC, please visit http://icpc.baylor.edu or acmicpc.org.
For full coverage of the World Finals including social media, photos, video, live coverage, and live scoreboard go
to ICPCNews, icpcnews.com.
Visit the ICPC podcast series at battleofthebrains.podbean.com for insights from past contestants and current IBM
executives.
Contest Growth
ACM, IBM, UPE, and Baylor University are thrilled that the contest continues to attract the best and brightest
students from around the world. This past year 38,160 contestants from 2,534 universities in 101 countries
competed in regional competitions at over 459 sites worldwide. Since the beginning of IBMs sponsorship in
1997, participation has increased more than 1500%. For more information on previous contests, and last years
final standings and problem sets, please see icpc.baylor.edu. Growth continues.

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45,000

ACM-ICPC Student Participation

40,000

38160

35,000
32043
29479

30,000

25016
25,000
21327
20,000

18297
16818

15,000

12327
9450

10,000
7086
5904 6480
5,000

23811
21957

2520 3114

8619

4368

World Finals 2015 hosted in Morocco the final round following the 2014 Regionals
One hundred and twenty-eight teams from regional contests servicing universities worldwide will advance to the
World Finals to be held at the Palmeraie Resort, Marrakech, Morocco, 16-21 May 2015. The World Finals is
hosted by Mohamed V University, Al Akhawayn University, Mundiapolis University, and The Moroccan ACM.
Morocco hosted the very first regional contest in North Africa and the Middle East in 1997.
Recent medal winners in order of finish are:
2014 Gold:

2013 Gold:

2012 Gold:

2011 Gold:

2010 Gold:

St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Moscow State University (Russia)
Peking University (China)
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
St. Petersburg National Research University ITMO (Russia)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
The University of Tokyo (Japan)
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
St. Petersburg National Research University ITMO (Russia)
University of Warsaw (Poland)
Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (Russia)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Zhejiang University (China)
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (USA)
Tsinghua University (China)
St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Moscow State University (Russia)
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University (Ukraine)

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About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, with more than 100,000 members, is the worlds largest
educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers, professionals, and
students to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the fields challenges. ACM strengthens the computing
professions collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of
technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for lifelong learning, career development, and professional networking. For more information, see www.acm.org.
About IBM
IBM is a globally integrated technology and consulting company. With operations in more than 170 countries,
IBM attracts and retains some of the world's most talented people to help solve problems and provide an edge for
businesses, governments and non-profits. Innovation is at the core of IBM's strategy. The company develops and
sells software and systems hardware and a broad range of infrastructure, focusing on growth initiatives such as
cloud computing, big data and analytics, mobile, social business and security. For more information, visit
www.ibm.com.
About Mohammed V University
Mohammed V University (UM5), the oldest modern university in Morocco, was founded in Rabat in 1957 and
inaugurated two years later by the late King Mohammed V. It also has the distinction of being the mother of
Moroccan universities. Over the years UM5 established branches in other cities such as Casablanca, Fes, Kenitra,
Tangiers, and Tetouan, which eventually became independent universities in 1975. UM5 is a public university that
provides high quality education to over 20 000 students annually. Its alumni include leading government officials,
ambassadors, academics, engineers, lawyers and executives. UM5 takes special pride in being the alma mater of
His Majesty King Mohammed VI and other members of the Royal Family. For more information, visit
www.um5s.ac.ma.
About Al Akhawayn University
Established in 1995, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) is an independent, not-for-profit, coeducational
Moroccan university committed to educating future citizen-leaders of Morocco and the world through a globally
oriented, English-language, liberal-arts curriculum based on the American style. The University enhances
Morocco and engages the world through leading-edge educational and research programs, including continuing
and executive education, upholds the highest academic and ethical standards, and promotes equity and social
responsibility. For more information, visit www.aui.ma.
About Mundiapolis University
Mundiapolis University was founded by a group of business and industrial firms bringing together, into the first
private university campus in Morocco, three major higher education institutions that played a pioneering role,
since 1996, in their respective areas: Polyfinance in financial engineering and business administration, IMADE as
a law school specialized in corporate and business law, and EMIAE in computer and electrical engineering
(EMIAE). For more information, visit www.mundiapolis.ma.
About The Moroccan ACM
The Moroccan Association for Computing Machinery, MACM, comprises a cross section of the computer science
and information technology community committed to increasing the visibility and relevance of ACM in Morocco.
The MACM is focused on a wide range of ACM activities, from creating channels to bring more high-quality
ACM activities to Morocco; to expanding ACM chapters; to enhancing access to the ACM Digital Library and
publications for ACM members in Morocco; to increasing the participation of ACM members in Morocco across
all dimensions of ACM. For more information, visit www.macm.ma.
IBMs Commitment
IBMs sponsorship commitment to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is part of a companywide effort to advance the next generation of technology leaders and problem solvers who have combined skills of
computing science and business management. For more information, visit www.ibm.com/university.

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Baylor Universitys Commitment

Baylor University has been the home of the ICPC since the late 1980s, where it has been managed under the
direction of Executive Director and Professor, Dr. William B. Poucher with global enterprise technology
development headed by Dr. Jeff Donahoo, Deputy Executive Director. The ICPC contributes to Baylors global
mission to encourage the next generation to develop and apply their problem-solving talents to the challenges that
face the world today and the world to come. Chartered by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest institution
of higher learning in the State of Texas. You may find more about Baylor at www.baylor.edu.
Upsilon Pi Epsilons Commitment
The Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Computer Science Honor Society recognizes the best students of computer
science and engineering in the world. Since its earliest participation, the UPE has provided support and
scholarships to the World Finals teams. The UPE boasts the longest continuous relationship to the ICPC, dating
back to 1970 with the first event held at Texas A&M by members of the Alpha Chapter of the UPE. For more
information about other UPE activities, its chapters, and its membership click on: upe.acm.org.

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2015 World Finalists 128 teams

Africa and the Middle East
Al Akhawayn University [URL]
Team name: Ifrane
Cairo University - Faculty of Computers and
Information [URL]
Team name: Amateur Pros
Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Ain Shams
University [URL]
Team name: Tau
German University in Cairo [URL]
Team name: Bool Shift!
Tishreen University [URL]
Team name: MC^2

Arab Academy for Science and Technology

(Alexandria) [URL]
Team name: _CPC For Dummies!
ENSA Marrakech, UCA [URL]
Team name: while(true);
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University [URL]
Team name: FortyTwo
The American University in Cairo [URL]
Team name: The A-Team
University of Cape Town [URL]
Team name: I Can't Pronounce Catachthonic

Asia
Amrita School of Engineering, Kollam [URL]
Team name: Complexity_Simplified
Beijing Institute of Technology [URL]
Team name: BIT illusion
Beijing Normal University [URL]
Team name: deadline
Fuzhou University [URL]
Team name: Monologue
Huazhong University of Science & Technology [URL]
Team name: Skyline
Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi [URL]
Team name: angle
Indian Institute of Technology - Madras [URL]
Team name: shockers
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad [URL]
Team name: Believe
Jilin University [URL]
Team name: Major Battle
Korea University [URL]
Team name: Team X
Nanyang Technological University [URL]
Team name: AAA
National University of Defense Technology [URL
Team name: ALPC_NeverFarewell
Peking University [URL]
Team name: Valkyrie
Shahid Beheshti University [URL]
Team name: Dark Side of Trianguli
Shanghai Jiao Tong University [URL]
Team name: Dracarys
Sharif University of Technology [URL]
Team name: Saboon
South China University of Technology [URL]
Team name: SCUT_Low_Profile
Tsinghua University [URL]
Team name: ThinkingBear
University of Engineering and Technology - VNU [URL]
Team name: Java#
University of Science and Technology of China [URL]
Team name: FuQiang
University of Tsukuba [URL]
Team name: nekonyaso
Zhejiang SCI-TECH University [URL]
Team name: shenshanlaoyao

Beihang University [URL]

Team name: TheWaySoFar
Beijing Jiaotong University [URL]
Team name: Hyacinth
Fudan University [URL]
Team name: KuroRekishi
Hangzhou Dianzi University [URL]
Team name: HDU-D-Ark
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay [URL]
Team name: codetemplars
Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur [URL]
Team name: BitBees
Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee [URL]
Team name: 3Spades
Jahangirnagar University [URL]
Team name: JU_Assassins
KAIST [URL]
Team name: OriGoGi
Kyoto University [URL]
Team name: Colorful Jumbo Chicken
National Taiwan University [URL]
Team name: | 0| 1
National University of Singapore [URL]
Team name: ThanQ+
Seoul National University [URL]
Team name: cpp
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology [URL]
Team name: SUST_DownToTheWire
Shanghai University [URL]
Team name: Final Battle
South China Agricultural University [URL]
Team name: aabbxx
The University of Tokyo [URL]
Team name: !#$%&()*+-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
University of Electronic Science and Technology
of China [URL]
Team name: UESTC MonaLisa
University of Indonesia [URL]
Team name: BerinGAS
University of Tehran [URL]
Team name: Odd Factory
Yazd University of Iran [URL]
Team name: Baadgir
Zhejiang University [URL]
Team name: Perditio

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Europe
Belarusian State Economic University [URL]
Team name: 1C++
Belarus State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics [URL]
Team name: Belarusian SUIR 2
ETH Zrich [URL]
Team name: Sub-ETHa
Friedrich-Alexander-University ErlangenNuremberg [URL]
Team name: Old Fafhioned Typefetting
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University [URL]
Team name: Kazan FU #1
Lviv National University [URL]
Team name: LNU Penguins
Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology [URL]
Team name: The Moon
National Research University Higher School of
Economics [URL]
Team name: #1
Nazarbayev University [URL]
Team name: NU 1
Saint Petersburg Academic University Nanotechnology
Research and Education Centre RAS [URL]
Team name: SPb AU 1: Nibbler
St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics
and Optics [URL]
Team name: SPb ITMO University 1
Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University [URL]
Team name: Flawless
University of Bucharest [URL]
Team name: Unibuc Infoarena Coders
University of Warsaw [URL]
Team name: Warsaw Eagles 2015
University of Zagreb [URL]
Team name: Zagreb

Belarusian State University [URL]

Team name: BelarusianSU
Charles University in Prague [URL]
Team name: MFF
Free University of Tbilisi [URL]
Team name: Tbilisi FreeUni
Jagiellonian University in Krakow [URL]
Team name: Jagiellonian
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology [URL]
Team name: Omogen Heap
Moscow Aviation Institute [URL]
Team name: MAI #9
Moscow State University [URL]
Team name: Moscow SU Tapirs
National University of Science and Technology
"MISiS" [URL]
Team name: MISiS-1
Odessa National Mechnikov University [URL]
Team name: ONU 1 2/3
Saratov State University [URL]
Team name: Saratov SU 2
St. Petersburg State University [URL]
Team name: SPb SU is a ball
Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya [URL]
Team name: Enguany tampoc?
University of Copenhagen [URL]
Team name: Lambdabamserne
University of Wroclaw [URL]
Team name: UWr1

Latin America
Escuela Superior De Computo Instituto Politecnico
Nacional [URL]
Team name: Escoolers
Federal University of Minas Gerais [URL]
Team name: Literally Tourists
Universidad Autnoma de Aguascalientes [URL]
Team name: Peludos
Universidad de Buenos Aires - FCEN [URL]
Team name: Melarita
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia [URL]
Team name: Programators Mark II
Universidade de So Paulo [URL]
Team name: I am Root
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande [URL]
Team name: Manoel borboleta e miguxos
Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogot [URL]
Team name: UNRasTasTas
Universidad Simn Bolvar [URL]
Team name: Team Phoenix

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas-Universidad Nacional de

Rosario [URL]
Team name: Caloventor en Dos
ITESM Campus Monterrey [URL]
Team name: Locos
Universidad Catlica San Pablo [URL]
Team name: Codesumare
Universidad de La Habana [URL]
Team name: UH++
Universidad de Oriente - Sede Antonio Maceo [URL]
Team name: Napster
Universidade Estadual de Campinas [URL]
Team name: Rua do sabo
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [URL]
Team name: Guns N' Codes
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra [URL]
Team name: 2ez4MySWAG

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North America
Carleton College [URL]
Team name: Turing Morocco
Cornell University [URL]
Team name: Cornell huehue
Harvard University [URL]
Team name: Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology [URL]
Team name: MIT2
Northwestern University [URL]
Team name: Mildcat
Rice University [URL]
Team name: Rice Gray
University of Calgary [URL]
Team name: U Calgary
University of California Los Angeles [URL]
Team name: UCLA Blue
University of Chicago [URL]
Team name: Conjurers of Cheap Tricks
University of Maryland [URL]
Team name: University of Maryland
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities [URL]
Team name: Benchwarmers
University of Waterloo [URL]
Team name: Waterloo Black
Virginia Tech [URL]
Team name: The Traveling Salesmen

Carnegie Mellon University [URL]

Team name: XP-Developer
Georgia Institute of Technology [URL]
Team name: Yellow Jackets
Iowa State University [URL]
Team name: Run Length Encoding
Messiah College [URL]
Team name: Falcons 1
Princeton University [URL]
Team name: Schneidartha
Stanford University [URL]
Team name: Stanford White
University of California at Berkeley [URL]
Team name: Berkeley Blue
University of Central Florida [URL]
Team name: UCF Knights
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [URL]
Team name: Quadrature Rules
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor [URL]
Team name: Victors
University of Southern California [URL]
Team name: Trojans
University of Wisconsin - Madison [URL]
Team name: Do you even PSPACE?

South Pacific
The Australian National University [URL]
Team name: ANU-Red
University of New South Wales [URL]
Team name: YujOHappyBot

The University of Western Australia [URL]

Team name: mikelback