Two students from Edinburgh University have triumphed at this year’s CodeVita, one of the world’s largest coding competitions with more than 49,000 university teams participating.
The competition is run by global technology firm Tata Consultancy Services, with $10,000 awarded to the winners, along with a paid internship opportunity with the company.
The six-hour final, which took in Mumbai in India, included 15 teams from across the world solve coding problems and algorithms in a highly gamified environment which tested the competitors’ technical knowledge, their ability to execute and implement computer code in a structured setting as well as their speed, agility and creativity.
Marijonas Petrauskas and Karolis Greblikas from University of Edinburgh were the ultimate winners, taking first place ahead of rival teams from India and Peru.
The team comprising Marijonas Petrauskas and Karolis Greblikas from University of Edinburgh, UK bagged CodeVita’s 1st prize of $10,000. The team from IIT Hyderabad – Vinay Guthal and Pushkar Singh walked away with the 2nd prize of $7,000, while Jonathan Anthony and Luis Alberto from Universidad Nacional from Peru bagged the third prize of $3,000.
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