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Winner of Global Code Jam
Google Announces Winner of Globa
l Code Jam 2006: Petr Mitrichev of Russia bests field of 21,000 to take home top prize in New York City
NEW YORK, NY - Oct. 27, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcedthat Petr Mitrichev won today's Global Code Jam competition and wasawarded with a $10,000 first prize. Mitrichev topped a field of over21,000 registered competitors from around the world, a record numberfor GCJ. Second place went to Ying Wang of the United States. AndreyStankevich came in third. Second through tenth places carry a cashprize of $5,000.Additional cash prizes went to the other top 100 finalists, whorepresented 24 different countries. Each finalist was flown to New Yorkthis week to compete in the championship round and see firsthand whatis happening in the Google New York office. Last year, Marek Cygan ofPoland took home the grand prize."We're thrilled to bring together such a talented, diverse group ofprogrammers here in New York to celebrate the best in engineering,"said Craig Nevill Manning, engineering director. "Google is passionateabout fostering a community of people who want to build the nextgeneration of tools for users around the globe and providing them withthe opportunity to meet and discuss challenging problems."This is the fourth annual Global Code Jam, which is produced inconjunction with TopCoder, the leader in online programmingcompetition, skills assessment and competitive software development.Google's Global Code Jam is a celebration of the art of computerscience and demonstrates the value Google places on excellent coding.The competition, which began Sept. 5, attracted 21,000 registrants frommore than 100 countries. All entrants participated in an initialqualification round, and 1000 of those went on to a two-roundcompetition field. The top 100 scorers from round two of this phasecame to Google's New York offices for the finals. All of theprogramming for any round could be done in Java, C++, C#, Python or
More information about Google Code Jam 2006 can be found athttp://www.google.com/codejam/.About Google Inc.Google\'s innovative search technologies connect millions of peoplearound the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 byStanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is atop web property in all major global markets. Google\'s targetedadvertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurableresults, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Googleis headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout theAmericas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GooglePress" group.To post to this group, send email to GooglePress@googlegroups.comTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to GooglePress-unsubscribe@googlegroups.comFor more options, visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/GooglePress-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---",0]
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VB.NET.More information about Google Code Jam 2006 can be found athttp://www.google.com/codejam/.About Google Inc.Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of peoplearound the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 byStanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is atop web property in all major global markets. Google's targetedadvertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurableresults, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Googleis headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout theAmericas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/.
l Code Jam 2006: Petr Mitrichev of Russia bests field of 21,000 to take home top prize in New York CityNEW YORK, NY - Oct. 27, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcedthat Petr Mitrichev won today's Global Code Jam competition and wasawarded with a $10,000 first prize. Mitrichev topped a field of over21,000 registered competitors from around the world, a record numberfor GCJ. Second place went to Ying Wang of the United States. AndreyStankevich came in third. Second through tenth places carry a cashprize of $5,000.Additional cash prizes went to the other top 100 finalists, whorepresented 24 different countries. Each finalist was flown to New Yorkthis week to compete in the championship round and see firsthand whatis happening in the Google New York office. Last year, Marek Cygan ofPoland took home the grand prize."We're thrilled to bring together such a talented, diverse group ofprogrammers here in New York to celebrate the best in engineering,"said Craig Nevill Manning, engineering director. "Google is passionateabout fostering a community of people who want to build the nextgeneration of tools for users around the globe and providing them withthe opportunity to meet and discuss challenging problems."This is the fourth annual Global Code Jam, which is produced inconjunction with TopCoder, the leader in online programmingcompetition, skills assessment and competitive software development.Google's Global Code Jam is a celebration of the art of computerscience and demonstrates the value Google places on excellent coding.The competition, which began Sept. 5, attracted 21,000 registrants frommore than 100 countries. All entrants participated in an initialqualification round, and 1000 of those went on to a two-roundcompetition field. The top 100 scorers from round two of this phasecame to Google's New York offices for the finals. All of theprogramming for any round could be done in Java, C++, C#, Python or
More information about Google Code Jam 2006 can be found athttp://www.google.com/codejam/.About Google Inc.Google\'s innovative search technologies connect millions of peoplearound the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 byStanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is atop web property in all major global markets. Google\'s targetedadvertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurableresults, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Googleis headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout theAmericas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GooglePress" group.To post to this group, send email to GooglePress@googlegroups.comTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to GooglePress-unsubscribe@googlegroups.comFor more options, visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/GooglePress-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---",0]
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VB.NET.More information about Google Code Jam 2006 can be found athttp://www.google.com/codejam/.About Google Inc.Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of peoplearound the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 byStanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is atop web property in all major global markets. Google's targetedadvertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurableresults, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Googleis headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout theAmericas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/.
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