Curriculum Vitae

2005 2020

University lecturer
Comenius University, Slovakia. Courses on Algorithms, Formal languages and automata, Computability, Competitive programming
1999 2025+

Algorithm contest organizer
Served 13 years on the IOI Scientific Committee. Wrote and tested many competition problems for the IOI, ICPC, IPSC, Topcoder, Yandex Algo and many other contests. Served as ICPC Analyst since 2012. Organized CEOI in 2002, 2010, and 2019. Co-founded EGOI in 2021.
1999 2025+

Contractor – lecturer
Gave invited lectures and seminars on algorithms and other computer science areas in many countries all over the world.
Helped found and run the Mini Tech MBA for Women project in Slovakia.
2003 2025+

Contractor – IT consultant
Consulted with IT companies on topics related to algorithms and optimization, and also on attracting talent.

PhD in Computer Science
Awarded in 2009 by Comenius University for a thesis on rating systems, combining elements from CS theory and statistics.
Excellence in programming contests
Two IOI gold medals (1998, 1999).
ICPC gold medal (2003).
Five-times Google Codejam world finalist (2005, '06, '09, '11, '12)
#1 in the World according to Topcoder ratings (2006)
#3 in the World in Google Codejam 2012 and also in TCO 2005.
Triple Google Hashcode world finalist (2020, 2021, 2022).
IMO bronze medal (1999).
Author of many problems used in IOI, ICPC, IPSC, TCO, Yandex.Algo, etc.
Writing excellence and miscellaneous
Springer-published author.
Quadruple Quora Top Writer (2015-18) with 20,000+ followers.
Member of the team that won MIT Mystery Hunt 2011.
Author of puzzles used at the World Puzzle Championship.
Placed in the top half of the World Quizzing Championship 2022.

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