The top 10 rankings of the 2010 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) were dominated by five Russian teams and four Chinese teams. In first, second, third, and fourth place were Shanghai Jiaotong University, Moscow State University, National Taiwan University, and Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University, respectively. The University of Warsaw claimed eighth place, making it the only non-Russian or non-Chinese team to make the top 10. ACM President Dame Wendy Hall described the ICPC's global nature as an exceptional instance of the association's recent efforts to extend its technical activities, conferences, and services for the computing profession, and to acknowledge computing achievement in international areas. "By strengthening ACM's ties in multiple regions throughout the world and raising awareness of its many benefits and resources with the public and in-country decision-makers, we can play an active role in the critical technical, educational, and social issues that surround the computing community," she said. Hall also stressed the importance of computer science education in the international economy, citing ACM's initiatives to help high school students, teachers, and parents better comprehend the kinds of careers that studying computer science facilitates.
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