TopCoder Members John Dethridge and Ken Vogel Join ESPN’s Schaap for Webcast
of Live Action Programming Tournament
GLASTONBURY, Conn., Nov. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder, Inc., the
leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive
software development today announced that the 2006 TopCoder(R) Collegiate
Challenge will be webcast live on November 17th and will be hosted by a high
caliber panel of coding commentary anchored by sportscasting celebrity Jeremy
Schaap. On Friday, November 17, viewers will be able to visit AOL’s
developer Web site at http://dev.aol.com/ to watch the competition unfold
live starting at 1:30 p.m. PST (21:30 GMT). Over the course of the four hour
webcast, viewers will be able to watch the high stakes software competition
through live views of the arena, entertaining profiles and interviews with
contestants -- and in-depth coverage of the final results -- in real time.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/topcoder/26099/
Jeremy Schaap is the author of the New York Times bestseller Cinderella
Man. An ESPN anchor and national correspondent, his work has been published
in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Parade and the New York
Times. He has also been a regular contributor to ABC’s World News Tonight
and Nightline. John Dethridge is a former TopCoder champion having won the
2002 TopCoder Invitational. He is a five time onsite finalist and holds a
TopCoder rating of 3011. Ken Vogel is a 2002 quarter finalist and currently a
director in equities IT with UBS.
What: Live Webcast of TopCoder Collegiate Challenge 06
Where: On AOL at http://dev.aol.com
When: 1:30 pm Pacific (21:30 GMT)
For the first time a TopCoder global event will be presented on the
internet, bringing the excitement and drama of competitive coding at the
highest level to a global audience. Thousands of the brightest students from
computer science, mathematics, physics and other fields representing 92
countries from around the world have spent months locked in qualifying heats.
Now they will be flown in all expenses paid as one of 63 of the world’s best
collegiate programmers competing against the clock and each other for a share
of $200,000 in prizes.
"We’re very excited about bringing the tournament to viewers around the
world via the AOL," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder,
Inc. "Between the fantastic group of competitors, the anchor desk with
Jeremy, Ken and John, roving cameras, audience viewing stations and leader
boards, this promises to be the most entertaining TopCoder event yet."
About TopCoder, Inc.
TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and
mobilizing effective software development resources. Through its proprietary
programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes
the abilities of the best programmers around the world. TopCoder Software
harnesses the talent of these developers to design, develop and deploy
software through its revolutionary competitive development methodology.
TopCoder’s methodology emphasizes thorough specification and design,
distributed development using reusable components, and a rigorous quality
assurance review process and results in higher quality, lower cost software
solutions than traditional software development methodologies. For more
information about sponsoring TopCoder Events, recruiting TopCoder members and
utilizing TopCoder Software, visit http://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.
