A team of students from the International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT-H) will represent India at the Association of Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) World Finals to be held at Peking University, Beijing, on April 19.
The team comprising TooWeakTooSlow, comprising of Tanuj Khattar, C.G. Vedant, and Rajas Vanjape, all fourth year CSE/CSD students, topped the regional finals of the ACM-ICPC and will be among the few Indian teams to represent at the world finals, which is considered the Olympics of programming.
In the hugely popular Battle of Brains round, teams of three university students are given eight or more real-world problems to solve within a five-hour deadline and test their logic, teamwork strategy and mental endurance.
Around 135 teams from over the world are invited for the finals. The other Indian teams to advance to the finals are from IITs in Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Patna, Roorkee and IIIT-Bangalore.
The IIIT-H team has consistently won the regional on-site as well as online rounds ranking as the number one team across India.
According to the ICPC website, 46,381 contestants from 2,948 universities in 103 countries competed in regional competitions at over 530 sites worldwide this year.
The team credits faculty advisor Saswata Shannigrahi for his guidance and teaching algorithms, specifically for ICPC problems.
The team carries not just expertise but also experience with two members, Tanuj and Rajas, having made it to the finals of the ICPC last year.
