[Shanghai, China, November 17, 2025] Chu Xieting, a Chinese contestant studying at Georgia Tech, came out on top at the Third ICPC Challenge Championship powered by Huawei. Co-hosted by the ICPC Foundation and Huawei, the Challenge Championships bring together top international programmers to explore and solve real-world industrial problems. This year’s event, themed “Exploring Technology Foundation and Practice in the Era of Intelligence”, took place at Huawei’s Lianqiu Lake Campus in Shanghai and attracted more than 110 contestants and coaches from over 30 countries and regions.
Large language models (LLMs) are widely used in search, Q&A, and numerous other scenarios. Managing and using the memory of LLMs in a way that enables AI assistants to deliver more personalized services has long been a major headache for the industry, so this year’s Challenge Championship focused on Memory Management for Large Language Models. Contestants worked tirelessly across five hours to discover optimal solutions for the problem. In a nail-biting finish during which the lead changed multiple times, Chu Xieting won the First Prize. Chen Yusi from Tsinghua University, Hirotaka Yoneda from the University of Tokyo, and Zhu Jianfeng from Peking University won the Second Prize. Another six contestants from Lobachevsky University, the University of Tokyo, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, the Faculty of Sciences of the National University of Engineering (UNI), the University of Bologna, and HSE University took home the Third Prize.
Chu Xieting, First Prize winner at 2025 ICPC Challenge Championship powered by Huawei
AI is the fourth Industrial Revolution, bringing with it unprecedented changes. Addressing these new dynamics will require the brightest minds from around the world. During the event, Zhou Hong, Vice President of Huawei’s 2012 Laboratories, said, “The ICPC Challenge Championship powered by Huawei is a world-class platform where contestants are encouraged to ask questions and tackle challenges head-on. The problem presented this year embodies the real-world challenges we face, and we have been careful to frame it in clear language. So contestants can better understand these industrial challenges, push themselves, and hone their ability to systematically solve real-world problems.”
During the event, a Tech Salon and a Challenge Roadshow were held, in which the contestants, coaches, and industry experts had in-depth discussions about AI and advanced computing, and delved into problem-solving approaches.
Since 2019, Huawei and the ICPC have co-hosted a range of challenges, bringing together more than 100,000 participants. These events have grown into a global arena where programming enthusiasts can explore the frontiers of industry. Over the past year, Huawei has contributed 87 real-world problems (including those related to software algorithms) to the ICPC and other major international contests that have attracted more than 150,000 contestants from around the world.
“Moving forward, Huawei will provide more industrial problems,” said Tian Xingpu, Vice President of Huawei’s Human Resource Management Department. “We are fully committed to collaborating with contest organizations, universities, and industry partners. Together, we will cultivate professionals, drive tech advancement and industry development, and bring the benefits of innovation to more people.”
Contestants work against the clock to solve the problem.
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