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Andrzej Gąsienica-Samek
Year 2003 World Champion – Programming in Teams

Contact Information / Name: Andrzej Gąsienica-Samek
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Education / 1999 – present Warsaw University, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, majoring in Computer Science, . Estimated graduation with Master of Science degree in March 2004
1995 – 1999 XIV High School of St. Staszic, Warsaw, graduated 1999 receiving the Jan Zydler Award for best graduates,
Publication / 1. Rozwiązywanie problemów w Javie (Solving Problems using Java), Software 2.0 magazine, May 2001,
Employment / Feb 2003 – presentTeaching Assistant, Warsaw University, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
Oct 2002 – presentCollabo Technology, Armonk, NY, contractor, remote cooperation, reporting to Dr. Shahrokh Daijavad,
summer 2002 Intern at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York, Object Enterprise Program Technology Department, reporting to Dr. Mark Wegman,
summer 2001 Intern at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York, Collaborative Technology Department, reporting to Dr.
Shahrokh Daijavad,
2000 – 2003 Lecturer: Preparation Course for the High School Computer Science Olympiad, sponsored by OFEK Company Warsaw, Poland,
2000 – present Member of the Jury of the National Olympiad
in Informatics, Warsaw, Poland,
1996 – 2000 Programmer, QBS, Warsaw, Poland,
References available upon request
Experience and Knowledge / Specialist in:
Technologies integration
Experience in Microsoft DCOM, Java Native Interface, Win32 and Linux IPC
Knowledge of CORBA, WebServices
Web technologies:
Web Servers, experience in IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Apache Tomcat
Client-side technologies, experience in Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, Java Applets
Server-side technologies, experience in J2EE, CGI, Perl
Low-level protocols: HTTP, SSL
XML Technologies: XML, XML Schema, XSLT, DOM
Knowledge of MS .NET design
Database technologies
Design and implementation of database engines, SQL interpreters and optimizers
Experience in IBM DB2, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Database access APIs, experience in JDBC, ODBC
Operating Systems
Design of Kernels
Low level APIs, experience in MS Windows NT, 2000, MS Windows 95 line, Linux 2.2, 2.4
Programming Languages
Compilers and run-time systems (virtual machines) design and implementation
Experience in Java, C++, C, Perl, Delphi, Visual Basic, MS C#, JavaScript, ML
Knowledge of SmallTalk, Haskel
Integrated environments and debuggers
Awards, Honors and Scholarships / Olympiads in Computer Science:
Academic level (ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM, web site sponsor site :
March 2003 – World Champion – ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Beverly Hills, California, USA
November 2002 – Europe Champion – ACM Central European Collegiate Programming Contest, Warsaw, Poland
October 2002 – second place – Polish Academic Collegiate Programming Contest, Wroclaw, Poland
November 2001 – second place – ACM Central European Collegiate Programming Contest, Warsaw, Poland
October 2001 – second place – Polish Academic Collegiate Programming Contest, Wroclaw, Poland
March 2001 – 6th place, silver medal – ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Finals, Vancouver, Canada
March 2001 – first place – IBM VisualAge for Java Challenge, Vancouver, Canada,
November 2000 – Europe Champion – ACM Central European Collegiate Programming Contest, Prague, the Czech Republic
October 2000 – first place – Polish Academic Collegiate Programming Contest, Warsaw
Awards, Honors and Scholarships / High School, international level (International Olympiad in Informatics Web site :
1999 – gold medal – 11th International Olympiad in Informatics, Antalya, Turkey
1999 – gold medal – 6th Central European Olympiad in Informatics, Brno, the Czech Republic
1999 – gold medal – 5th Baltic Olympiad in Informatics, Riga, Latvia
1998 – gold medal – 10th International Olympiad in Informatics, Troia, Portugal
1998 – gold medal – 5th Central European Olympiad in Informatics, Zadar-Petrcane, Croatia
1998 – USA Computing Olympiad Winter Champion
1997 – gold medal – 9th International Olympiad in Informatics, Cape Town, the Republic of South Africa
1997 – USA Honorary Team Member for International Olympiad in Informatics
1997 – USA Computing Olympiad Winter Champion
1997 – bronze medal – 4th Central European Olympiad in Informatics, Nowy Sącz, Poland
1997 – bronze medal – 3rd Baltic States Olympiad in Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 – silver medal – 8th International Olympiad in Informatics, Veszprem, Hungary
1996 – bronze medal – 3rd Central European Olympiad in Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
High School, national level (National Olympiad in Informatics organized by the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the University of Warsaw, :
1999 – Gold Cup – unique honorary award of the Main Committee of the National Olympiad in Informatics granted for exceptional results in four years participation as Poland’s representative in International Championships
1999 – first place – VI Olympiad in Informatics
1998 – first place – V Olympiad in Informatics
1997 – first place – IV Olympiad in Informatics
1996 – first place – III Olympiad in Informatics
Other Competitions:
1999 – National Mathematical Olympiad – finalist
1999 – 5th Physics Championships of the Warsaw Polytechnic and the State Department of Education – finalist
1998 – National Mathematical Olympiad – finalist
1997 – International French Championships in Mathematical and Logical Games – third place
1997 – Polish Championships in Mathematical and Logical Games – first place
Scholarships:
2002 – Warsaw University Scholarship
2001 – Warsaw University Scholarship
1999 – Jan Zydler Award and Scholarship of the Staszic High School – granted for best graduates
1999 – Scholarship of the Minister of Education for exceptional achievements in the field of science
1998 – Scholarship of the Minister of Education for exceptional achievements in the field of science
1998 – Scholarship of the Polish Children’s Fund
1997 – Scholarship of the Polish Children’s Fund
1997 – Scholarship of the President of the Capital City Warsaw – granted for exceptional achievements
1996 – Scholarship of the Polish Children’s Fund
1996 –State Committee for Scientific Research Award – granted for exceptional achievements

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