Greenaway wins first Silver Medal by Australian at an International Olympiad in Informatics

David Greenaway, a student at Mosman High School in Sydney, has become the first Australian student to win a Silver Medal at an International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

Greenaway achieved this at the Olympiad held in Yong-In, South Korea, between 18 and 25 August 2002.

David Greenaway with his Silver Medal after the medal-awarding ceremony.

The Olympiad is the premier international competition between students at Computer Science. In the tasks students are asked to write programs to solve problems which are previously unseen.

The team, selected as the result of a national competition and work at a training camp was David Ananian-Cooper, St Peters College, SA, Clarence Dang, Caringbah Selective High School, NSW, Alex Flint, Glenunga International High School, SA, and Greenaway.

In the picture, from left, are Alex Flint, David Ananian-Cooper, Clarence Dang, Deputy Leader Dr David Clark, David Greenaway and Team Leader Ben Burton after the medal-awarding ceremony.

In the Informatics Olympiad, 4 students from each country attempt 6 problems, each worth 100 points. The problems are highly challenging by any measure and any score is a significant achievement.

Details of the tasks at the 2002 IOI can be found here.

The International Olympiad in Informatics is rapidly becoming the largest of the International Science Olympiads. This year 78 countries participated, just behind Mathematics, which attracted 84 countries. International Science Olympiads are also held in Biology, Chemistry and Physics and Australia participates in all.

Detailed Australian scores were

	NAME	YR	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	TOT
	David Ananian-Cooper St Peters College SA	12	48	4	0	5	5	0	62
	Clarence Dang Caringbah Selective High School NSW	12	8	12	38	10	35	16	119
	Alex Flint Glenunga International High School SA	11	12	0	0	10	30	0	52
	David Greenaway Mosman High School NSW	12	84	38	18	10	35	75	260

(Cutoffs believed to be 296 225 and 135 for Gold, Silver and Bronze)

National scores are not compiled. The Olympiad is an individual event only

Team Leader, and Director of Training, was Ben Burton, of the University of Melbourne. Deputy Team Leader was Dr David Clark, of the University of Canberra.

The Mathematics and Informatics Olympiads are administered in Australia by the Australian Mathematics Trust and receive support from the Federal Government through the Department of Education, Science and Training.

The participation at the IOI is also supported by the Australian Computer Society.