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Team of MSU programmers beat rivals from 25 countries at international festival

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Team of MSU programmers beat rivals from 25 countries at international festival


18.03.2019

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Red Panda team of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) won the main prize of the festival on sports programming MosCode, which was held in Russian capital. Representatives of 42 universities from 25 countries of the world fought for the victory. Russian participants took the entire pedestal, TASS reports. 

Almost Retired team, representing Nizhny Novgorod State University, took second place. HaVKa-papstvo team of VK social network became the third. Leading universities of the USA, Germany, Israel, China, Singapore and other countries sent their teams to the festival. 

Organizers of the festival noted the high level of competition and stressed that the strongest young programmers of the world gathered in Moscow. 

In addition to the tasks of the organizing committee, the participants solved tasks presented by the leaders of Russia’s and world digital industry. According to Vice-Rector of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Alexey Maleev, real issues and problems that participants face during the championship give students an opportunity to get in touch with programming in a practical way. 

MosCode allowed participants to prepare for the ICPC World Programming Championship Final, which opens in Portugal on March 31. Russkiy Mir reported that 10 teams from universities of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Saratov and Arkhangelsk won the right to represent Russia in the final tournament as a result of semi-final. 

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