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2009 ACM Programming Contest Results and Webcast
Jon Larsson writes "Yesterday, the 33rd World Finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest were held at KTH — The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. World Champions, for the second consecutive year, are the Saint Petersburg State University of IT, Mechanics and Optics. They won in competition with 99 other teams from all six continents — the best of the over 7000 teams participating in the qualifying rounds during the past half year. The full results can be found here and the contest problem set is available here (PDF). For the first time ever, the whole event was broadcast live, both on the web and on national TV in Sweden. The broadcast was produced by media students of KTH and the Lillehammer University College in Norway. The webcast in its entirety (over 7 hours) can be viewed here."
How to great to know that Russia is number #1 for 2 years in a row. Now we can all look forward to these kids having long and successful careers helping the Russian mafia steal money from other countries, helping the Russian government to destabilize it's former USSR neighbors, and other such "fun" things that we'll all have to deal with.