Japan's Makoto Soejima Wins $15,000 Algorithm Competition At 2010 Topcoder Open In Las Vegas

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Japan's Makoto Soejima Wins $15,000 Algorithm Competition at 2010 TopCoder Open in Las Vegas


LAS VEGAS, Oct.15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


    TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive

software development platforms, today announced that Makoto Soejima of Japan, is the Algorithm

Competition Champion of the 2010 TopCoder Open (TCO), the world's foremost competitive computer

programming and creative design tournament. He earned a $15,000 prize in this, his first TopCoder Open

appearance. Soejima, known by his TopCoder Community handle 'rng_58', was one of eight Championship

finalists representing Japan, China, South Africa, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.





    Soejima, a TopCoder member since 2007, is Japan's top-ranked TopCoder member and third ranked in the

entire TopCoder Community.


    "I like computational problems that are hard to think through and analyze, but easy to implement," said

Soejima. "I am very happy to be the new Algorithm Champion."


    The event took place October 11th -14th at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas as 82 top performers from

around the world competed across multiple tracks for a share of $150,000 in prizes. More details are available



    The 2010 TopCoder Open was supported in part by sponsors Yandex


Facebook



as well as patron NSA



    TopCoder offers a comprehensive array of outcome-based software competitions 24 x 7 in which real world

business solutions are built on time and on budget.  For creative work, TopCoder Studio provides a

competitive arena for creative skills such as graphic arts and digital design. 


    About TopCoder, Inc.

    TopCoder is the world's largest competitive software development community with more than 265,000

developers representing over 200 countries. TopCoder hosts the largest and most comprehensive developer

ratings and performance metrics available. The TopCoder community builds software for a wide-ranging client

base through a competitive, rigorous, standards based methodology. For more information about sponsoring

TopCoder events and utilizing TopCoder's software services and platforms, visit www.topcoder.com.


    TopCoder is a registered trademark of TopCoder, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other

product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.


    Jim McKeown

    TopCoder, Inc.

    860-633-5540

    jmckeown@topcoder.com 



    SOURCE: TopCoder, Inc.


    CONTACT: Jim McKeown, TopCoder, Inc.

             +1-860-633-5540

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             jmckeown@topcoder.com


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