NEW YORK, NY - Oct. 27, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced
that Petr Mitrichev won today's Global Code Jam competition and was
awarded with a $10,000 first prize. Mitrichev topped a field of over
21,000 registered competitors from around the world, a record number
for GCJ. Second place went to Ying Wang of the United States. Andrey
Stankevich came in third. Second through tenth places carry a cash
prize of $5,000.
Additional cash prizes went to the other top 100 finalists, who
represented 24 different countries. Each finalist was flown to New York
this week to compete in the championship round and see firsthand what
is happening in the Google New York office. Last year, Marek Cygan of
Poland took home the grand prize.
"We're thrilled to bring together such a talented, diverse group of
programmers here in New York to celebrate the best in engineering,"
said Craig Nevill Manning, engineering director. "Google is passionate
about fostering a community of people who want to build the next
generation of tools for users around the globe and providing them with
the opportunity to meet and discuss challenging problems."
This is the fourth annual Global Code Jam, which is produced in
conjunction with TopCoder, the leader in online programming
competition, skills assessment and competitive software development.
Google's Global Code Jam is a celebration of the art of computer
science and demonstrates the value Google places on excellent coding.
The competition, which began Sept. 5, attracted 21,000 registrants from
more than 100 countries. All entrants participated in an initial
qualification round, and 1000 of those went on to a two-round
competition field. The top 100 scorers from round two of this phase
came to Google's New York offices for the finals. All of the
programming for any round could be done in Java, C++, C#, Python or
VB.NET.
More information about Google Code Jam 2006 can be found at
http://www.google.com/codejam/.
About Google Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people
around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by
Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a
top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted
advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable
results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google
is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the
Americas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.
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