ICPC 2025 final - College level STEM (CS) competition result.

[Anonymous]

Mostly East Asian universities in the top 10

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index.html

First place - Russian uni.
Second place - Japanese uni.
Third place - Chinese uni.

[Anonymous]

Where is Stanford? hmmmm

[Anonymous]

They didn’t enter. Only 19 colleges from North America entered.

UMD did well overall. Interesting that Harvard did the best for NA and beat MIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t enter. Only 19 colleges from North America entered.

UMD did well overall. Interesting that Harvard did the best for NA and beat MIT.

Harvard's CS department is better than the rankings show. The issue is it's very theoretically oriented. Which is less desirable for graduate education right now (people want to dive into applications, esp. AI related) but very good if you're an undergrad trying to grasp the essentials of the subject for the first time.

[Anonymous]

which usa universities entered?

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Anonymous wrote:which usa universities entered?

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index_North%20America.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t enter. Only 19 colleges from North America entered.

UMD did well overall. Interesting that Harvard did the best for NA and beat MIT.

Harvard's CS department is better than the rankings show. The issue is it's very theoretically oriented. Which is less desirable for graduate education right now (people want to dive into applications, esp. AI related) but very good if you're an undergrad trying to grasp the essentials of the subject for the first time.

In AI development, large language models (LLMs) are still largely theoretical, which is why many of the recent hires have PhDs. This isn’t something you can fake—you’re either genuinely skilled at it or you’re just good at talking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:which usa universities entered?

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index_North%20America.html

Thank you. Interesting that UT-Dallas did fairly well - above Purdue even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t enter. Only 19 colleges from North America entered.

UMD did well overall. Interesting that Harvard did the best for NA and beat MIT.

Harvard's CS department is better than the rankings show. The issue is it's very theoretically oriented. Which is less desirable for graduate education right now (people want to dive into applications, esp. AI related) but very good if you're an undergrad trying to grasp the essentials of the subject for the first time.

In AI development, large language models (LLMs) are still largely theoretical, which is why many of the recent hires have PhDs. This isn’t something you can fake—you’re either genuinely skilled at it or you’re just good at talking.

lol.
A big tech company spends more than Harvard's entire endowment on building LLMs (not mainly on salaries).

[Anonymous]

Congratulations to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND!!!!

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index_North%20America.html

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Anonymous wrote:
lol.
A big tech company spends more than Harvard's entire endowment on building LLMs (not mainly on salaries).

Isn't that a good thing? the rich still can milk from human intelligence.... nothing to do with Harvard or not. Anywhere they can find intelligent people they will invest their $$$

[Anonymous]

Globalization is unstoppable. Thanks to technology, learning is accessible to everyone—not just those at elite institutions.

Success favors the best adapted.

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Fear the Turtle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mostly East Asian universities in the top 10

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index.html

First place - Russian uni.
Second place - Japanese uni.
Third place - Chinese uni.

Ok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:which usa universities entered?

https://worldfinals.icpc.global/scoreboard/2025/finals/index_North%20America.html

Thank you. Interesting that UT-Dallas did fairly well - above Purdue even.

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