Indonesia sends team to Informatics Olympiad

Indonesia sends team to Informatics Olympiad

JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture has picked
four high school students to participate in the International
Olympiad in Informatics in Antalya, Turkey from Oct. 9 to Oct.
16.

Hendy Irawan from Kediri, East Java, Anugrah Radja Kusuma from
Jakarta, Johan Mustika Kartiwa from Bandung, West Java, and Sony
Raditya Suryawijaya from Magelang, Central Java were selected
from 222 applicants by a team of Jakarta-based University of
Indonesia and Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University lecturers.

The quartet departed for Turkey on Friday, accompanied by two
of the team selectors, Suryana of the University of Indonesia and
Paulus Santosa of Gadjah Mada University.

Suryana told a media conference on Thursday that the students
had undergone six weeks of intensive training in Yogyakarta in
order to prepare for the annual event.

A regular participant since 1995, Indonesia has always walked
away with medals except for 1996. It won the event in 1997 with
Andi Kurnia of Jakarta.

Indonesia, meanwhile, will host the Asian Olympiad in Physics
in 2000. The scientific competition will be held at Pelita
Harapan University from April 24 to May 2 next year. The event's
committee chairman Yohanes Surya said on Thursday that 10
countries had confirmed their participation.

Yohanes said Indonesia would bid to host the International
Physics Olympiad in 2002. (04)