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oratuwa Team
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Win
ns the Wo
orld Prize
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Xtreme
Compe
etition
A Univerrsity of Mo
oratuwa Teaam, “Mora Seekers”,
emerged victorious am
mong 721 teaams from mo
ore than 40
me global co
ompetition.
countries in the covetted IEEEXtrem
orld’s most extreme pro
ogramming
IEEEXtream is the wo
competition. The Institute of Eleectrical and Electronic
a
Engineerss (IEEE), whicch celebratess the 125th anniversary
this year is the world’s largest pro
ofessional orrganization fo
or advancement of sciencce and techn
nology
with 365,000 IEEE mem
mbers in oveer 160 countries around th
he world. It iss the leading authority in many
discipliness of engineerring includingg computers. There are 1,,789 IEEE student branchees in 80 coun
ntries.
IEEEXteme, IEEE’s extrreme program
mming compeetition, is a global 24‐hour online contest where stu
udent
teams of three represe
enting studen
nt branches around
a
the world solve a challenging
c
seet of program
mming
problems. This is the first time a country in the
t Asia‐Pacific IEEE won
n this global competition
n. Our
students’ glorious victtory, then, is of huge magnitude. It brings glory to
o our region,, our countryy, our
universities, and ou
ur program
mming
Winning Teams
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ersity of Moratuw
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Univeersity of Auckland
Chulaalongkorn Universiity
Politeehnica University of
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Buchaarest
Tokyo
o Institute of
Techn
nology
Carneegie Mellon Univerrsity
Univeersity of Florida
Univeersity of North Texxas
Princeess Sumaya
Univeersity for Technolo
ogy
Queen’s University, Sch
hool
of Com
mputing
Amerrican University of
Beirutt
Bilken
nt Universitesi
Univeersity of Florida
Univeersity of Sarajevo
Mora Seekkers
Citrus Celeebration
Amobear
Powerhouse
Sri Lanka
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New
w Zealand
Thailand
Rom
mania
Konohanasakuya
Japaan
Brain Eatin
ng Mellon
Vehicle of Puzzle
Texas Codeboys
Cursed Graapes
Unitted States
Unitted States
Unitted States
Jordan
Sapientia et
e
Doctrina Stabilitas
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AUB
Canaada
Bar Code
Team 1/0
Sarajevo Dragons
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Bingh
hamton University
Univeersity of California‐‐
San Diego
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National Technical
Univeersity of Athens
Chulaalongkorn Universiity
Univeersity of California‐‐
San Diego
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Univeersity of British
Colum
mbia
Jamess Cook University of
North
h Queensland
Univeersity of Miami
Tartu University
Univeersity of Passau
Univeersity of Klagenfurtt
Crowbar
The Bagpip
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lubricatorss
AlgoJobs
Turkkey
Unitted States
Bosn
nia and
Herzzegovina
Unitted States
Unitted States
Lebaanon
Greeece
Emertxe
XYZZY
Thailand
Unitted States
Fizz
Canaada
Lorem Ipsu
um
Austtralia
Shocklate
SegaMegaaDrive
Upgrade
Quit pro Code
Unitted States
Esto
onia
Germ
many
Austtria
IEEEXtreme is a challengiing competitiion. It
was held on the 24th of October,
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2009
9. The
online comp
petition started at 00:00 hours
UTC and co
ontinued for 24 hours. During
D
this time, th
he students had to solvee real‐
world probllems and pro
ovide solutio
ons in
Microsoft Visual
V
C++, C/C++, Javva or
languages selected byy IEEEXtream
m as
W
this 24‐hour
2
duraation,
surprises! Within
IEEEXtreme released pro
oblems at tim
mes of
he Intenet. The
their choicce using th
competitorss had to understand the
problem, research, plan a solution, divide
d
ng the threee team mem
mbers,
tasks amon
design the solution, program with
h the
given language, and submit the solution
using Internet. As such, this is well‐known
to be an exttremely challlenging, stren
nuous
and the world’s most
m
“extrreme”
ng competitio
on. Our students
programmin
faced this immense challenge by using their taught and untaught knowledge, good teamwork, planning
out activities, and taking breaks often to keep the concentration level up. All the groups that
represented University of Moratuwa, faced the challenge well and completed the competition.
This year, IEEEXtreme has received an overwhelming response with the participation of more than 700
teams representing more than 40 countries. Twelve teams represented University of Moratuwa. Two of
our teams grabbed the 26th and the 50th places as well. IEEE published top 25 teams on their websites:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/students/xtreme/2009results.html
and
http://www.ieeextreme.org/.
Top 25 teams include a team from Canada, Japan, Jordan, New Zealand, Romania, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
and three teams from the United States. A team from University of Auckland, New Zealand and
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand won the second and third place, respectively. There were teams
representing world’s top‐ranked universities. University of Moratuwa’s victory, in this context, is very
significant.
It is also noteworthy that the IEEEXtreme competition was open for all IEEE student members including
the graduate students. To that end, this achievement also highlights the quality of our undergraduate
programs and skills of our students. Chetiya Abeysinghe and Parinda Jayasiri of the winning team study
in the third year reading for their B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electronic and Telecommunication
Engineering, and Lalintha Polpitiya is reading for his B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering.
Our students’ remarkable achievement signifies the results of the University’s policy to emphasize on
the creativity, utility of our academic programs and the final year projects of the students. Please be
good enough to inform the Faculty, Senate and the Council of this significant achievement.