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I was first introduced to ACM-ICPC by Mr. Ali, my lecturer in data structure course. He didn’t give any lecture about ACM-ICPC, but he gave me UVA Online Judge website address. I find the site very interesting, though I could hardly solve any problem. At that time, I could only solve about 10 (very easy) problems in a month. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 28 was the first day of our new training session, but the number of attendance was quite astonishing: one (marcadian). It was expected though considering the announcement was made only the day before. I can’t help but feel pathetic, why should I spend my beautiful weekend with a guy? Yet, I was lucky he’s not a gay… or not yet (someone please tell me)? There was another student came in the middle of the training hour (jeff), be he went home soon…

Warm-up problems:
PKU 2236 - Wireless Network
PKU 2761 - Feed the dogs
PKU 3419 - Difference Is Beautiful
PKU 3421 - X-factor Chains

Spoiler Ahead!
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…since the last time I posted something in this blog. Let me update some information:

Officially Ended
Since December 2008, I am no longer a staff of BINUS University, my contract has ended and I decided not to extend it. I realized that only a few people know about this, so I think I should make an announcement otherwise many people will think that I still work there. Although I’m no longer a staff, I still have some classes to teach as a part-time lecturer. Currently, I’m teaching two classes, 02PDT and 02PWT of T0026 (Data Structure).

ACM Training in BINUS
Yes, I’m still in charge with this task, but I will gradually decrease my role here. I know that I’m not a good coach, so it is the time to find a better one (and I think they’ve found one ;-)).

Training session for old students will start today:
Thursday, 15:20 - 19:00, Anggrek 722 (yes… the room that we usually borrow from software laboratory).
Saturday, 13:20 - 17:00, Anggrek 722.

I don’t know how long will this session last. If I’m not mistaken, BINUS only ask me to teach Pandemonium and prepare them for World Final, which will end in April. So, let us see what is going to happen…

For newcomer, those who has no experience in programming contest and not familiar with ACM-ICPC, there will be a training session for you in April with Ricky Winata and Felix Jingga as the trainer (I’ll join them only as advisor), don’t worry, their skill is more than enough to teach you. BTW, don’t ask me why it’s April and not March, the decision is no longer with me. Just wait for the announcement.

My Activity (aside from mentioned above)
Preparing for my TOEFL and GRE (…where has my confidence gone?). Exploring another field of computer science (they’re interesting!).

Baru saja saya mendownload Tournament Program untuk event TCO2008.

Ardian Kristanto Poernomo [ardiankp] seperti biasanya kembali menjadi satu-satunya orang Indonesia yang berhasil masuk ke babak onsite/final TCO08 untuk divisi Algoritma. Sedangkan pejuang-pejuang algoritma Indonesia yang lainnya (termasuk saya) telah berguguran di online round. Bahkan untuk baju TCO pun gak dapat… (gugur sebelum round #3).

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Kalau ditanya siapa orang yang paling gw kagumi di bidang computer science, tanpa ragu gw akan menjawab Donald E. Knuth Mengapa? Pertama, karena gw menyukai bidang analisis algoritma. Kedua, kontribusi Knuth dalam bidang analisis algoritma sudah gak perlu dipertanyakan. Ketiga, dedikasi dan kecintaan Knuth yang sangat mendalam di bidang computer science (terlihat dari keseharian dan joke-joke yang dia gunakan).

Siapa Knuth? Beliau adalah seorang professor emeritus dari Art of Computer Programming (professor emiratus adalah professor yang tetap mengajar dan mendidikasikan diri di bidangnya meskipun sudah pensiun). Beliau juga dikenal sebagai “bapak” analisis algoritma karena kontribusinya yang cukup besar di bidang ini. Note: beliau masih sehat wal’afiat di usianya yang ke 1000000₂ + 6₁₀ (baca: 70 tahun). Mari kita doa’kan beliau diberkati umur yang masih panjang

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