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| Received today |
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| Received on 13 June |
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| Leftmost t-shirt was received on 16 June. code jam t-shirts were won from Code Jam competitions |
Monday, 27 July 2020
With Compliments from Google Singapore
Friday, 17 July 2020
From Google Singapore
Google Singapore is quite a generous and caring employer! Lim Li has been working from home for her internship with Google Singapore since the beginning of her summer break. So far Google has delivered to her a computer notebook, console, intern T-shirts, backpack, caps, google spectacles, etc., and just yesterday, a box of snacks (see above image).
Friday, 10 July 2020
IMO 2020 Singapore Team
Singapore Team comprises the following students:
(not in order of ranking)
Aloysius Ng Yangyi, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
David Toh Hui Kai, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Tan Wee Kean, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Tan Xu Chen, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Low Choo Ray, RI Year 5
Hu Xinghui, RGS Year 4
Congratulations!
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Sunday, 5 July 2020
Saturday, 4 July 2020
Sunday, 14 June 2020
Singapore Schools' Oxbridge Applications, Offers & Acceptances in 2019 Admission Cycle
'2019 Admission Cycle' refers to applications made from September 2018 onwards for admission to courses starting in October 2019 or by deferred entry for courses starting after 2019.
Note: only schools with 5 or more applicants to Cambridge/Oxford, and with 3 or more offers, are shown.
Sources: Cambridge, Oxford
For statistics on admission cycles 2018 and earlier, refer to an earlier post here
| 2019 Admission Cycle | Cambridge | Oxford | ||||||||
| UCAS Sch ID | Applns | Offers | Acceptances | Applns | Offers | Acceptances | ||||
| 45126 | Tanglin Trust School | 9 | <3 | <3 | 11 | 3 (27%) | 3 (27%) | |||
| 45199 | HCI | 78 | 29 (37%) | 24 (31%) | 66 | 15 (23%) | 13 (20%) | |||
| 45681 | ACSI | 67 | 20 (30%) | 17 (25%) | 61 | 11 (18%) | 8 (13%) | |||
| 45769 | NUSH | 29 | 11 (38%) | 7 (24%) | 10 | 5 (50%) | 4 (40%) | |||
| 45777 | DHS | 18 | 9 (50%) | 8 (44%) | 14 | |||||
| 46015 | RVHS | 9 | 3 (33%) | <3 | 11 | |||||
| 47033 | UWCSEA Dover | 7 | <3 | <3 | 37 | 9 (24%) | 9 (24%) | |||
| 48055 | TJC | 4 | <3 | <3 | 5 | 3 (60%) | 3 (60%) | |||
| 48056 | RI | 99 | 35 (35%) | 24 (24%) | 128 | 31 (24%) | 22 (17%) | |||
| 48058 | NJC | 17 | 5 (29%) | 4 (24%) | 23 | 8 (35%) | 5 (22%) | |||
| 48091 | VJC | 16 | 4 (25%) | 3 (23%) | 27 | 3 (11%) | 3 (11%) | |||
Sources: Cambridge, Oxford
For statistics on admission cycles 2018 and earlier, refer to an earlier post here
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
NUS 2019/2020 Semester 2 Exam Results
Lim Li's NUS Year 2 Semester 2 Exam Results
^CS3235 A+
^CS3243 A
^CS4231 A+
#LAJ2201 B+ (S/U option exercised)
#MA2101S A- (S/U option exercised)
#MA3233 A+
#PC1432 A+
^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP
CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.90
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.84
^CS3235 A+
^CS3243 A
^CS4231 A+
#LAJ2201 B+ (S/U option exercised)
#MA2101S A- (S/U option exercised)
#MA3233 A+
#PC1432 A+
^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP
CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.90
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.84
Sunday, 7 June 2020
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 3 Results
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 3 Results
Singapore's Results
Rank nickname (real name), score
#57 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 36
#99 shenxy13 (Shen Xing Yang), 23
#163 btzy (Bernard Teo), 17
#195 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 17
#205 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 17
#304 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 12
#355 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 12
#375 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 12
#419 fenwicktree, 12
#458 czxcjx, 12
#489 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 10
#515 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 4
#566 limli (Lim Li), 4
#580 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 4
#616 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 4
Singapore's Results
Rank nickname (real name), score
#57 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 36
#99 shenxy13 (Shen Xing Yang), 23
#163 btzy (Bernard Teo), 17
#195 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 17
#205 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 17
#304 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 12
#355 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 12
#375 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 12
#419 fenwicktree, 12
#458 czxcjx, 12
#489 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 10
#515 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 4
#566 limli (Lim Li), 4
#580 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 4
#616 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 4
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Snapshot of NUSH Class of 2017 University Destinations and Courses Taken
NUS High School Class of 2017 University Destinations and Courses Taken
Cohort size: 165
Number of students (names are hidden) captured in the spreadsheet below: 124 (the rest unknown, to be updated when more data is collected)
Male students who have served National Service will be enrolled in Aug/Sep 2020
Last updated: 14/3/21
Scholarships:
A*Star Undergraduate Scholarship
ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship
Brunei Scholarship
Cambridge Trust Scholarship
Duke Karsh International Scholarship
DSTA Scholarship
Economist Service Scholarship
Lee Kong Chian Scholars' Programme
MND Edge
NUS Merit Scholarship
NUS Science & Technology Scholarship
Public Service Commission Scholarship
Smart Nation Scholarship
SMU Global Impact Scholarship
Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award (Medicine)
NUSH Class of 2013 University Destinations and Courses taken can be found here
Cohort size: 165
Number of students (names are hidden) captured in the spreadsheet below: 124 (the rest unknown, to be updated when more data is collected)
Male students who have served National Service will be enrolled in Aug/Sep 2020
Last updated: 14/3/21
| S/N | Country/University | Name | Course/Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | |||
| 1 | National University of Singapore | Accountancy | |
| 2 | Accountancy | ||
| 3 | Architecture | ||
| 4 | Biomedical Engineering | ||
| 5 | Biomedical Engineering | ||
| 6 | Business | ||
| 7 | Chemical Engineering | ||
| 8 | Chemical Engineering | ||
| 9 | Chemical Engineering | ||
| 10 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 11 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 12 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 13 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 14 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 15 | Computer Engineering | ||
| 16 | Computer Science | ||
| 17 | Computer Science | ||
| 18 | Computer Science | ||
| 19 | Computer Science | ||
| 20 | Computer Science | ||
| 21 | Computer Science | ||
| 22 | Computer Science | ||
| 23 | Computer Science | ||
| 24 | Computer Science | ||
| 25 | Computer Science | ||
| 26 | Computer Science | ||
| 27 | Computer Science | ||
| 28 | Computer Science | ||
| 29 | Computer Science | ||
| 30 | Computer Science | ||
| 31 | Computer Science | ||
| 32 | Computer Science & Mathematics | ||
| 33 | Computing/Information Security | ||
| 34 | Electrical Engineering | ||
| 35 | Engineering | ||
| 36 | Engineering | ||
| 37 | Engineering Science | ||
| 38 | Environmental Science | ||
| 39 | FASS | ||
| 40 | FASS/Communications | ||
| 41 | FASS/Economics | ||
| 42 | FASS/Environmental Studies | ||
| 43 | Food Science and Technology | ||
| 44 | Law | ||
| 45 | Life Sciences | ||
| 46 | Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 47 | Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 48 | Medicine | ||
| 49 | Medicine | ||
| 50 | Medicine | ||
| 51 | Medicine | ||
| 52 | Medicine | ||
| 53 | Medicine | ||
| 54 | Psychology | ||
| 55 | Science | ||
| 56 | Science | ||
| 57 | Science/Computational Biology | ||
| 58 | Science/Data Science & Analytics | ||
| 59 | Science/Data Science & Analytics | ||
| 60 | Science/Mathematics | ||
| 61 | Science/Mathematics | ||
| 62 | Science/Mathematics | ||
| 63 | Science/Pharmacy | ||
| 64 | Science/Pharmacy | ||
| 65 | Science/Physics | ||
| 66 | Science/Physics | ||
| 67 | Science/Physics | ||
| 68 | Science/Statistics | ||
| 69 | Theatre Studies | ||
| 70 | Unknown | ||
| 71 | Unknown | ||
| 72 | Unknown | ||
| 73 | Unknown | ||
| 74 | Nanyang Technological University | Bioengineering | |
| 75 | Biological Sciences and Medicinal Chemistry | ||
| 76 | Environmental Engineering | ||
| 77 | Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 78 | Medicine | ||
| 79 | Medicine | ||
| 80 | Medicine | ||
| 81 | Medicine | ||
| 82 | Medicine | ||
| 83 | Medicine | ||
| 84 | Psychology | ||
| 85 | Sch of Art, Design and Media | ||
| 86 | Singapore Institute of Technology | Digipen/Computing | |
| 87 | Singapore Management University | Accountancy | |
| 88 | Accountancy & Business Management (Marketing) | ||
| 89 | Computer Science | ||
| 90 | Computer Science | ||
| 91 | Computer Science & Business Administration | ||
| 92 | Economics | ||
| 93 | Information Systems | ||
| 94 | Law | ||
| 95 | Unknown | ||
| 96 | Singapore Institute of Management | Unknown | |
| United Kingdom | |||
| 97 | King's College London | Medicine | |
| 98 | London School of Economics | Finance | |
| 99 | University College London | Engineering & Architectural Design | |
| 100 | University of Cambridge | Computer Science | |
| 101 | Economics | ||
| 102 | Engineering | ||
| 103 | Law | ||
| 104 | Mathematics | ||
| 105 | Medicine | ||
| 106 107 |
Natural Sciences Natural Sciences |
||
| 108 | Natural Sciences |
||
| 109 | Oxford University | Biomedical Sciences | |
| 110 | Computer Science with Philosophy | ||
| 111 | University of Edinburgh | Unknown | |
| 112 | Architecture | ||
| 113 | University of Glasgow | Medicine | |
| 114 | Imperial College London | Mathematics & Computer Science | |
| 115 | Physics | ||
| United States of America | |||
| 116 | Duke University | Economics and Mathematics | |
| 117 | Johns Hopkins University | Undeclared | |
| 118 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Undeclared | |
| 119 | Stanford | Bioengineering | |
| 120 | UC San Diego | Electrical Engineering | |
| 121 | University of Southern California | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Ireland | |||
| 122 | Trinity College Dublin | Medicine | |
| Canada | |||
| 123 | University of Alberta | Computer Engineering | |
| Australia | |||
| 124 | Monash University | Medicine |
Scholarships:
A*Star Undergraduate Scholarship
ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship
Brunei Scholarship
Cambridge Trust Scholarship
Duke Karsh International Scholarship
DSTA Scholarship
Economist Service Scholarship
Lee Kong Chian Scholars' Programme
MND Edge
NUS Merit Scholarship
NUS Science & Technology Scholarship
Public Service Commission Scholarship
Smart Nation Scholarship
SMU Global Impact Scholarship
Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award (Medicine)
NUSH Class of 2013 University Destinations and Courses taken can be found here
Sunday, 17 May 2020
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 2 Results
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 2 Results
Top 10:
Singapore's participants in the top 1000:
Rank nickname (real name), score
#102 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 65
#103 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 65
#173 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 65
#224 btzy (Bernard Teo), 65
#233 TrueBamboo, 65
#355 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 54
#362 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 54
#387 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 54
#476 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 51
#503 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 51
#579 limli (Lim Li), 49
#624 fenwicktree, 49
#646 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 49
#659 czxcjx, 49
#692 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 45
#775 sampletext (Jeffrey Lee), 40
#787 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 39
#794 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 39
#799 HuaJun07 (Teow Hua Jun), 39
#811 Orang3 (Daniel Choo), 39
#835 Shio, 39
Top 10:
Singapore's participants in the top 1000:
Rank nickname (real name), score
#102 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 65
#103 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 65
#173 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 65
#224 btzy (Bernard Teo), 65
#233 TrueBamboo, 65
#355 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 54
#362 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 54
#387 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 54
#476 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 51
#503 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 51
#579 limli (Lim Li), 49
#624 fenwicktree, 49
#646 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 49
#659 czxcjx, 49
#692 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 45
#775 sampletext (Jeffrey Lee), 40
#787 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 39
#794 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 39
#799 HuaJun07 (Teow Hua Jun), 39
#811 Orang3 (Daniel Choo), 39
#835 Shio, 39
Saturday, 2 May 2020
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1C Results
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1C Results
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
Rank nickname (real name), score
#17 Shio, 100
#126 lemiao, 84
#258 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 73
#278 level.51, 68
#293 huikang, 68
#446 redfeet, 68
#564 yaochie, 68
#643 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 68
#670 SYY, 68
#777 nauynix, 68
#800 reignofterror (Wang Yuxuan), 68
#1009 Mickey1356, 68
#1054 wrecker, 68
#1097 Lexis, 68
#1143 ryansee (Ryan See), 68
#1222 some_username (Wang Yunrui), 68
#1248 AndrewZYX, 68
#1276 chenwenjie (Chen Wenjie), 68
#1319 azhang, 68
#1333 mesaliason, 68
#1340 yingying2019, 68
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
#17 Shio, 100
#126 lemiao, 84
#258 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 73
#278 level.51, 68
#293 huikang, 68
#446 redfeet, 68
#564 yaochie, 68
#643 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 68
#670 SYY, 68
#777 nauynix, 68
#800 reignofterror (Wang Yuxuan), 68
#1009 Mickey1356, 68
#1054 wrecker, 68
#1097 Lexis, 68
#1143 ryansee (Ryan See), 68
#1222 some_username (Wang Yunrui), 68
#1248 AndrewZYX, 68
#1276 chenwenjie (Chen Wenjie), 68
#1319 azhang, 68
#1333 mesaliason, 68
#1340 yingying2019, 68
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Monday, 20 April 2020
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1B Results
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1B Results
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
Rank nickname (real name), score
#107 WayTan (Way Tan), 81
#248 SadFace, 63
#256 jianzhi (Wang Jianzhi), 63
#417 Acceleraizer, 63
#608 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 63
#856 fenwicktree, 46
#1045 goodthingstaketime, 44
#1058 cyberhuman, 44
#1063 9mat, 44
#1064 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 44
#1164 dmread, 44
#1289 RRtheonlyone, 44
#1389 xTheBHox, 37
#1488 Tempest, 34
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
#107 WayTan (Way Tan), 81
#248 SadFace, 63
#256 jianzhi (Wang Jianzhi), 63
#417 Acceleraizer, 63
#608 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 63
#856 fenwicktree, 46
#1045 goodthingstaketime, 44
#1058 cyberhuman, 44
#1063 9mat, 44
#1064 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 44
#1164 dmread, 44
#1289 RRtheonlyone, 44
#1389 xTheBHox, 37
#1488 Tempest, 34
Saturday, 11 April 2020
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1A Results
Google Code Jam 2020 Round 1A Results
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
Rank nickname (real name), score
#84 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 100
#88 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 100
#102 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 100
#141 sampletext (Jeffrey Lee), 100
#162 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 100
#190 czxcjx, 100
#246 limli (Lim Li), 100
#277 btzy (Bernard Teo), 100
#313 4yn (Chang Si Yuan), 100
#318 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 100
#338 TrueBamboo, 100
#371 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 100
#408 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 82
#545 estelle0500 (Estelle Lee), 72
#576 Orang3 (Daniel Choo), 72
#578 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 72
#707 lwz, 72
#756 andyq, 72
#788 bensonlzl (Benson Lin), 72
#822 HuaJun07 (Teow Hua Jun), 72
#828 BetterThanNobita, 72
#897 dantoh000 (Daniel Toh), 72
#1135 damianhxy (Damian Ho), 72
#1201 nzqrc (Howe Choong Yin), 65
#1209 owl10124, 65
#1229 jamielim (Jamie Lim), 63
#1424 rocketninja7 (Andrew Yapp), 63
#1496 anonymoussquid, 63
Top 10
The top 1500 contestants in this round will advance to Round 2.
Singapore's participants in the top 1500
Rank nickname (real name), score
#84 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 100
#88 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 100
#102 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 100
#141 sampletext (Jeffrey Lee), 100
#162 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 100
#190 czxcjx, 100
#246 limli (Lim Li), 100
#277 btzy (Bernard Teo), 100
#313 4yn (Chang Si Yuan), 100
#318 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 100
#338 TrueBamboo, 100
#371 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 100
#408 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 82
#545 estelle0500 (Estelle Lee), 72
#576 Orang3 (Daniel Choo), 72
#578 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 72
#707 lwz, 72
#756 andyq, 72
#788 bensonlzl (Benson Lin), 72
#822 HuaJun07 (Teow Hua Jun), 72
#828 BetterThanNobita, 72
#897 dantoh000 (Daniel Toh), 72
#1135 damianhxy (Damian Ho), 72
#1201 nzqrc (Howe Choong Yin), 65
#1209 owl10124, 65
#1229 jamielim (Jamie Lim), 63
#1424 rocketninja7 (Andrew Yapp), 63
#1496 anonymoussquid, 63
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Friday, 20 March 2020
Sunday, 8 March 2020
Registration for Code Jam 2020 is open
Register here
Schedule
Round, Start to End (Singapore Time), Duration
Qualification Round - 4 Apr (Sat) 7 am to 5 Apr (Sun) 10 am, 27 hrs
Round 1A - 11 Apr (Sat) 9 am to 11.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 1B - 20 Apr (Mon) 12 am to 2.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 1C - 2 May (Sat) 5 pm to 7.30 pm, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 2 - 16 May (Sat) 10 pm to 17 May (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 3 - 6 Jun (Sat) 10 pm to 7 Jun (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
World Finals - 7 Aug (Fri) 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, 4 hrs
Code Jam 2019:
Gennady Korotkevich Wins Google Code Jam For The Sixth Time
Once again, ITMO PhD Student Gennady Korotkevich won the Google Code Jam international competition. This time, the event took place in San Francisco on August 9. This was the sixth victory in the programmer’s winning streak. Apart from Gennady, the Japanese contestant Makoto Soejima and the contest’s first-timer Andrew He from MIT got into the top-3. Every year, over 50,000 programmers from all over the world participate in Google Code Jam, with only 25 making it to the finals. Among the latter were also ITMO’s students Boris Minaev and Evgeny Kaplun.
Google Code Jam, that has been conducted annually since 2003, is considered to be among the world’s largest programming competitions: the event brings together over 50,000 programmers, as participation is open to all.
The selection for the final round involves several stages. After submitting applications, participants take part in the qualification round that takes about a day. In order to pass, one has to get a specific number of points. Then, programmers participate in a series of three rounds, each of which takes place on a separate date and lasts for two and a half hours. Only 25 contestants remain after this online selection, and are invited to the on-site round the location of which changes every year. For example, last year’s Google Code Jam finals took place in Toronto, Canada, and this time, the venue was in San-Francisco, USA. The prize for winning the contest is 15,000 USD.
This year, Gennady Korotkevich, two-time winner of ACM ICPC (2013 and 2015), five-time winner of Yandex.Algorithm, as well as winner and runner-up of many other international contests, got first place for the 6th time. This achievement is yet to be repeated by any other of Google Code Jam participant.
Gennady got 143 points, having gotten ahead of Makoto Soejima from Japan and Andrew He, an MIT student, who got 121 points each. Two other ITMO graduates also got into the contest’s finals: Boris Minaev, another winner of 2015’s ICPC, with 56 points, and Evgeny Kaplun with 54 points.
We’d like to add that the competition involves solving a set of algorithmic problems within a fixed period of time. Since last year, the code is tested on the company’s computers. The participants have to use one of the following programming languages: Bash, C, C++, C# (mono), Go, Haskell (ghc), Java 8, Javascript (nodejs), Python 2, Python 3, PHP, and Ruby.
This time, the final round involved six tasks with two parts each. The first was the easier one, as it can be solved with a simpler algorithm, and the programmers face less restrictions. Upon completing it, the contestants could learn whether it was correct right on the spot, and do it over if it wasn’t. The second part called for a more complex algorithms. What’s more, the participants only learned their results during the award ceremony. The time spent on solving the tasks also affected the score.
Gennady Korotkevich completed four of the six tasks, that is, both parts of the four tasks. In addition, he successfully solved the first part of the fifth problem and submitted a more efficient solution to it.
Schedule
Round, Start to End (Singapore Time), Duration
Qualification Round - 4 Apr (Sat) 7 am to 5 Apr (Sun) 10 am, 27 hrs
Round 1A - 11 Apr (Sat) 9 am to 11.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 1B - 20 Apr (Mon) 12 am to 2.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 1C - 2 May (Sat) 5 pm to 7.30 pm, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 2 - 16 May (Sat) 10 pm to 17 May (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
Round 3 - 6 Jun (Sat) 10 pm to 7 Jun (Sun) 12.30 am, 2 hrs 30 mins
World Finals - 7 Aug (Fri) 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, 4 hrs
Code Jam 2019:
Gennady Korotkevich Wins Google Code Jam For The Sixth Time
Once again, ITMO PhD Student Gennady Korotkevich won the Google Code Jam international competition. This time, the event took place in San Francisco on August 9. This was the sixth victory in the programmer’s winning streak. Apart from Gennady, the Japanese contestant Makoto Soejima and the contest’s first-timer Andrew He from MIT got into the top-3. Every year, over 50,000 programmers from all over the world participate in Google Code Jam, with only 25 making it to the finals. Among the latter were also ITMO’s students Boris Minaev and Evgeny Kaplun.
Google Code Jam, that has been conducted annually since 2003, is considered to be among the world’s largest programming competitions: the event brings together over 50,000 programmers, as participation is open to all.
The selection for the final round involves several stages. After submitting applications, participants take part in the qualification round that takes about a day. In order to pass, one has to get a specific number of points. Then, programmers participate in a series of three rounds, each of which takes place on a separate date and lasts for two and a half hours. Only 25 contestants remain after this online selection, and are invited to the on-site round the location of which changes every year. For example, last year’s Google Code Jam finals took place in Toronto, Canada, and this time, the venue was in San-Francisco, USA. The prize for winning the contest is 15,000 USD.
This year, Gennady Korotkevich, two-time winner of ACM ICPC (2013 and 2015), five-time winner of Yandex.Algorithm, as well as winner and runner-up of many other international contests, got first place for the 6th time. This achievement is yet to be repeated by any other of Google Code Jam participant.
Gennady got 143 points, having gotten ahead of Makoto Soejima from Japan and Andrew He, an MIT student, who got 121 points each. Two other ITMO graduates also got into the contest’s finals: Boris Minaev, another winner of 2015’s ICPC, with 56 points, and Evgeny Kaplun with 54 points.
We’d like to add that the competition involves solving a set of algorithmic problems within a fixed period of time. Since last year, the code is tested on the company’s computers. The participants have to use one of the following programming languages: Bash, C, C++, C# (mono), Go, Haskell (ghc), Java 8, Javascript (nodejs), Python 2, Python 3, PHP, and Ruby.
This time, the final round involved six tasks with two parts each. The first was the easier one, as it can be solved with a simpler algorithm, and the programmers face less restrictions. Upon completing it, the contestants could learn whether it was correct right on the spot, and do it over if it wasn’t. The second part called for a more complex algorithms. What’s more, the participants only learned their results during the award ceremony. The time spent on solving the tasks also affected the score.
Gennady Korotkevich completed four of the six tasks, that is, both parts of the four tasks. In addition, he successfully solved the first part of the fifth problem and submitted a more efficient solution to it.
Sunday, 16 February 2020
PhD Applications and Admission Results
This post is inspired by Mathematics GRE forum and Grad Cafe forum.
Undergrad Institution: Cambridge University
Major: Math
BA and MMath (in progress)
GPA for BA: 96%
GRE Revised General Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Quantitative Reasoning: 170 (96%)
Verbal Reasoning: 159 (83%)
Writing: 4.5 (81%)
GRE Subject Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Mathematics: 970 (99%)
Program Applying: Pure Math PhD
Applied to:
Caltech: Accepted on 4 Feb, Attending!
Cambridge: Accepted on 12 Feb, Declined on 6 Mar
MIT: Waitlisted on 6 Feb, Rejected on 15 Apr
Princeton: Rejected on 31 Jan
Stanford: Waitlisted on 2 Mar, Rejected on 10 Apr
Yale: Accepted on 3 Feb, Declined on 11 Apr
Deadline for acceptance of US grad schools: 15 Apr
Undergrad Institution: Cambridge University
Major: Math
BA and MMath (in progress)
GPA for BA: 96%
GRE Revised General Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Quantitative Reasoning: 170 (96%)
Verbal Reasoning: 159 (83%)
Writing: 4.5 (81%)
GRE Subject Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Mathematics: 970 (99%)
Program Applying: Pure Math PhD
Applied to:
Caltech: Accepted on 4 Feb, Attending!
Cambridge: Accepted on 12 Feb, Declined on 6 Mar
MIT: Waitlisted on 6 Feb, Rejected on 15 Apr
Princeton: Rejected on 31 Jan
Stanford: Waitlisted on 2 Mar, Rejected on 10 Apr
Yale: Accepted on 3 Feb, Declined on 11 Apr
Deadline for acceptance of US grad schools: 15 Apr
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