Students put RI on informatics map<\/p>\n
Dewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Three Indonesian students have proved brainpower can take you a
\nlong way -- to Athens, and medals at the International Computer
\nScience Olympics.<\/p>\n
A silver from David Santoso Anggakusuma and two bronze medals
\nfrom Derianto Kusuma and Andrian Kurniady have put Indonesia on
\nthe world map of computer science.<\/p>\n
\"I was delighted to win the silver medal,\" said David, who is
\nnow entering his freshman year at Bina Nusantara University's
\nSchool of Computer Science. He was registered for the competition
\nas a Tarakanita 2 senior high school in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Derianto is now a second-year student at Kolese Kanisius
\nsenior high school in Jakarta, while Andrian is a third-year
\nstudent at Sang Timur senior high.<\/p>\n
Both said they had an attack of nerves at the start of the
\ncompetition, where they made their international debut.<\/p>\n
\"We had to resolve six problems in total, three on the first
\nday and the rest the next day. We had only five hours each day to
\nsolve the problems,\" Derianto said.<\/p>\n
Participants were given the freedom to choose the programming
\nlanguage they would like to solve the problems with; C, C++ or
\nPascal. The three preferred Pascal, citing their familiarity with
\nit.<\/p>\n
\"We had to solve each problem using the shortest algorithm,
\nand that was where the most difficult part was because sometimes
\nwe ran out of time,\" Derianto told The Jakarta Post over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
Andrian said the first day was the most difficult stage.<\/p>\n
\"The second day was OK because the problems were quite
\nmanageable,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Derianto and Andrian collected 370 and 345 points respectively
\nout of 600, while David scored 375.<\/p>\n
The three underwent training for the competition at the
\nUniversity of Indonesia in Depok, West Java, the Bandung
\nInstitute of Technology and the Bogor Institute of Agriculture
\nfor six months before the competition.<\/p>\n
While they arrived home without much of a fanfare, the three
\ndid receive awards from the Ministry of National Education.<\/p>\n
They landed at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on the evening of Sept.
\n20, missing their right to vote by accident.<\/p>\n
The 10th International Computer Science Olympics, which ran
\nfrom Sept. 11 to Sept. 18, is the ninth event Indonesia has taken
\npart in. The national team missed last year's Olympics in the
\nUnited States after they were denied entry visas.<\/p>\n
The event will move to Poland next year.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/students-put-ri-on-informatics-map-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }