ICPC World Finals Moscow 2021 Information

Final Release as of 19 August 2021 Update

About the ICPC World Finals Moscow 2021

The 44th Annual World Finals of the ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC Moscow 2021) is coming to Moscow, October 1-6, 2021, in Manege, hosted by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). Known as the ICPC World Finals Moscow 2021 or simply ICPC Moscow 2021, the competition is the championship round of regional competition bringing together 58,963 talented university students from 3,406 universities in 104 countries on 6 continents.

These World Finalists, the top 2% advancing from the ICPC Regionals, are among the best of the best future software engineers, computer scientists, developers, and founders of the mission-critical digital services essential to serve the needs of today’s communities across the globe.

The ICPC operates under the auspices of the ICPC Foundation and is headquartered at Baylor University. Since 1970, the ICPC has been sponsored by the UPE International Honor Society.

About the ICPC World Finals Championship 2021

The ICPC World Finals Championship is the signature competition at the ICPC World Finals. Teams of three university students vie to solve the most problems in the least time from a set of problems of different levels of difficulty in a gruelling competition. The Championship determines bragging rights for top collegiate algorithmic problem solvers from universities that span the globe.

The competition is in two Divisions: Championship and Invitational. Championship teams compete onsite on the traditional “level playing field” for five hours. The Invitational “level playing field” permits teams with offsite team members and access to limited Internet resources. The Invitational is conducted for three hours. Competition will begin on October 4, 2021, at 16:00 Moscow Time.

Once a competition begins, the scoreboard tracks all of the submissions of teams. Upon the conclusion of competition, the Judges qualify teams for honors by confirming that teams met all qualification requirements throughout the competition including attendance and participation at all required events. Honors are awarded within Division: High Honors (top 25%), Honors (top 50%), and Honorable Mention.

The Judges verify that top teams in the Invitational Division met a set of requirements that assures that the results are accurate and that the teams competed within the rules on a level playing field. The Judges then determine and award the Invitational Awards: Invitational Medals and UPE Honor Society First-to-Solve Awards.

The Judges certify that top teams in the Championship Division met a set of stringent requirements that assures that the results are correct and that the teams competed within the rules on the traditional level playing field. These certified teams are eligible for ranking and for the Championship Awards: ICPC World Champion, ICPC Medalists (Gold, Silver, and Bronze), and the UPE Honor Society First-to-Solve Awards.

All awards and honors will be presented at the ICPC Awards Ceremony on October 5, 2021.

About ICPC Moscow 2021 Events

Many participants chose to arrive several days early to acclimatize. Registration and the ICPC Welcome are October 1, 2021. Events continue with the Tech Showcase and walking tours within the Kremlin and Red Square district, leading to the Invitationaling Ceremony in Zaryadye Concert Hall on October 3. The ICPC World Finals Championship will be held at the Manege in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2021, starting at 16:00 Moscow Time. The competition caps a full day of activities including the Dress Rehearsal, Practice Contest, and Judges’Briefing. The following day, we will have the ICPC Challenge and Awards Ceremony concluding on October 5, 2021.

Hosted by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MIPT is making it easy to participate in Moscow. All participants will receive rapid, easy, no cost, contact-free visa processing as part of registration.

Our goal is for participants to experience the majesty of Moscow and the thrill of the World Finals with the same or higher level of comfort and safety that they experience at their home campuses. Our health protection protocol for ICPC events is based on the success of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum conducted in June 2021 thatmeets all health regulations and recommendations by WHO. We are collecting special requirements from each participating university to ensure that each participant may be able to follow the home university’s health protocols while in Moscow.

About ICPC Moscow 2021 Safety Measures

To maximize safety for others, participants need to be fully vaccinated before arrival and be preparedto provide documentation. MIPT will be glad to assist in requesting that your local authorities provide rapid access to vaccines. Exceptions may be granted for health or other reasons.

MIPT will provide ample access to preventive health supplies at registration, hotel, and events. MIPT will provide PCR testing on arrival and during your stay with your ICPC Name Tag digitally linked to the results. MIPT will provide assistance and insurance for participants and invited guests to cover any costs associated with emergencymedical treatment or required quarantine at your hotel in Moscow.

Access to ICPC events is gained through rapid checkpoints that require only your mask, a normal temperature scan, and scanning your ICPC name tag to confirm your negative PCR result. In this way, you will know that the people at the event have a valid negative PCR test.

Planning for the ICPC Moscow 2021

Think Fault Tolerant. Teams are encouraged to set up a practice facility that might qualify for offsite team member participation. That provides practice with a workstation similar to that at the World Finals and provides for an alternative for competing for honors in the event that unforeseen circumstances prevent travel.

Participants are encouraged to purchase refundable tickets and/or trip insurance, travel medical insurance,and consider planning for quarantine upon return. Your university may offer or recommend options. It is a matter of being prepared and then focusing full attention on the ICPC World Finals.

In Moscow, participants will be the honored guests of MIPT, the City of Moscow, and the Ministries of the Russian Federation. Using digital technology, coordinated organization, and goodwill, MIPT looks forward to welcoming participants to the ICPC World Finals at the airport. And, should circumstances prevent meeting you in Moscow, ICPC is preparing to bring digital ICPC Moscow 2021 to you. We look forward to welcoming participants to Moscowat the 44th Annual ICPC World Finals Championship, ringing in the dawn of the Digital Millennium.

About ICPC Moscow 2021 Sponsors and Host Partners

JetBrains, the ICPC Global Programming Tools Sponsor, provides its globally-recognized tools and global support for the World Finals and ICPC programs worldwide.

As ICPC Diamond World Finals Sponsor, Huawei will provide The ICPC World Finals Challenge, an event that explores the challenges of emerging technology.

They will be joined in the ICPC Tech Showcase by ICPCGold Sponsors, IBM Quantum, AWS Educate, and Deviation Games, who offered ICPC Challenges and Regional Support, together with ICPC Program Sponsors, Endure Capital and Two Sigma, who provided critical support for ICPC regional competition.

MIPT has assembled a great cast of host partners that will ensure that the ICPC World Finals Moscow will be extraordinary. MegaFon serves as Digital Partner. 1C Company serves as Official Partner. Strategic partners and sponsors are Raiffeisenbank Russia, VTB Bank and Russian Post JSC. Technical Partner is Yandex, and the Partners are JSCo “Russian Railways” and JSC “Post Bank”. All provide support and critical infrastructure. Visit them at the ICPC Tech Showcase, October 2-3.

Moscow City, together with the Ministry of Digital Development, Media and Mass communications, Presidential Grant Foundation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Foreign Ministry are working together to provide the community support critical to the success of the ICPC World Finals Moscow.

Binding together the strengths of academia, industry, and community, we will host ICPC Moscow 2021 for this next generation of top talent as they gear up to take on the challenge of building engines of prosperity and platforms that will help life blossom in the dawn of the Digital Millennium.