Thai kids get gold, silver medals from Computer Olympiads

[Khun Don]

Thai kids get gold, silver medals from Computer Olympiads


Thai whiz kids have bagged a gold medal and three silvers from the Computer Olympiads.

Held in Croatia, the international competition has attracted top students in computer fields from various countries.

The Thai gold medallist is Phoomchanit Wattanaprakornkul from Triam Udom Suksa School.

The Thai silver medallists are Pichaya Pholimthana from the Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Taksa-orn Kitti-akrasathien from the Chulalongkorn University's demonstration school, and Thana Wattanawarun from the Triam Udom Suksa School.

Surin Phongsupasamit, who heads Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, said a reception would be held to welcome these whiz kids when they returned to Thailand on Friday.

The Nation

[Chai]

Do you know what received the metals for? Designing and building computers? Playing games?

[David_Loves_Ubonwan]

Do you know what received the metals for? Designing and building computers? Playing games?

International Olympiad in Informatics in Zagreb

International Olympiad in Informatics will take place in Zagreb, with the 300 best young students in the world participating.
The 19th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) takes place in Zagreb between August 16 and 22, with the best students from 90 countries worldwide participating. This is one of the most difficult as well as best competitions in the world.

The tasks in the competition are related to algorhythms, but the students will have to show their skills at solving analysis problems, algorhythm design, data structure and they will have to create programs and test them.

The International Olympiad in Informatics is one of the eight competitions of the International Science Olympiads. Students under the age of 20 are eligible to compete.

All other informatics enthusiasts will be able to join in the competition online an hour after the real competition begins. The tasks given online will be similar to those that the students at the Olympiad will be solving and they will last for five hours for the first two days of the competition.

The Olympiad is organized by the Croatian Informatics Clubs Association and the formal opening will take place at the Zagreb Fair on August 16, with 400 computers in the pavilion 8A.

UNESCO prompted the launch of the Olympiad in 1987 and, today, it is supported in many countries and it is a great honour to host it. Croatian President Stjepan Mesic is the main patron of this year's Olympiad and those involved in the project also include the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and the City of Zagreb.

[paul_au]

Good on you Thailand, Hope you win more medals, But what is the quality of the gold in the medal, I believe they would only be gold plated.

[Khun Don]

Thailand to host Computer Olympic 2011

Thailand has been selected as the host for the Computer Olympic 2011, the director of the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology said Friday.

Prof Dr Surin Pongsupasamit, director of the IPST, said Thailand beat Italy in the competition to become the host of the Computer Olympic competition.

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[johnster]

thailand all you have to do is win. come on thailand !!!!!!