APL Problem Solving Competition
The APL Problem Solving Competition is a yearly contest hosted by Dyalog Ltd. During the Dyalog user meeting that follows shortly after the competition closes, the winners are announced, and the grand prize winner does a presentation.
Winners
2009
| Grand Prize | Ronald Chan | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2nd Place | Chris King | Brown University, Rhode Island USA |
| 3rd Place | Maks Verver | The Netherlands |
2010
| Grand Prize | Ryan Tarpine | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. |
| 2nd Place | Mstislav Elagin | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| 3rd Place | Joel Hough | Salt Lake Community College, Kaysville Utah, USA |
2011
| Grand Prize | Joel Hough | The University of Utah, USA |
| 2nd Place | Yanqing Chen | Stony Brook University, New York, USA |
| 3rd Place | Elliot Way | Binghamton University, New York, USA |
2012
| Grand Prize | Hayato Hashimoto | Kyoto University, Japan |
2013
| Grand Prize | Yanqing Chen | Stony Brook University, USA |
| 2nd Place | Maks Verver | The Netherlands |
| 3rd Place | Chao Xu | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA |
2014
Article on dyalog.com This was the first year in which a prize was offered to non-student entrants.
| Grand Prize | Emil Bremer Orloff | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 2nd Place | Seán Kelleher | University College Cork, Ireland |
| 3rd Place | Chao Xu | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A |
| Professional Prize | Iryna Pashenkovska |
2015
Announcement About the winners
| Grand Prize | Arianna Locatelli | Liceo Classico S. M. Legnani, Saronno, Italy |
| 2nd Place | Joshua (Josh) David | University of Scranton, USA |
| 3rd Place | Dragana Babić | University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Professional Prize | Roberto Szabó | |
| Honourable mention | Alexander Kuhnle | Cambridge University, U.K. |
| Luyang Du | State University of New York at Binghamton, U.S.A. |
2016
This round of the competition offered 3 grand prizes, one each in the subject domains of finance, general computing and bioinformatics.
| Grand Prize (Finance) | Janos (Zack) Batik | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Grand Prize (General Computing) | Joshua (Josh) David | University of Scranton, USA |
| Grand Prize (Bioinformatics) | Marinus Oosters | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Professional Prize | Mike Powell | |
| Runner-up (Finance) | Rafael Rodrigues | Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil |
| Runner-up (General Computing) | Imaculate Mosha | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Runner-up (Bioinformatics) | Louis de Forcrand | Ecole Moser, Switzerland |
2017
| Grand Prize | Kostas Blekos | Panepistimion Patron, Greece |
| 2nd Place | Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York City, USA |
| 3rd Place | Zachary Taylor | Maryville High School, USA |
| Professional Prize | Mike Powell | |
| Phase I | Armando Cruz | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico |
| Ivan Demianchuk | National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| Yash Garg | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India | |
| Arna Ghosh | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India | |
| Akarsh Ramesh Khatagalli | Visvesvaraya Technological University, India | |
| Phase I | Aiken Cairncross | University of Oxford, UK |
| Yu-Chi Chiang | National Central University, Taiwan | |
| Anthony Cipriano | Gustav-Stresemann Gymnasium, Germany | |
| Ivan Demianchuk | National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| Tripti Garg | NorthCap University, India | |
| Arna Ghosh | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India | |
| Bertil Johnson | University of Kentucky, USA | |
| Mohammed Malik | Copenhagen International School, Denmark | |
| Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York, USA | |
| Zachary Taylor | Maryville High School, USA |
2018
| Grand Prize | Alve Björk | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2nd Place | Lynn Van Hauwe | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| 3rd Place | Rafael Rodrigues Rocha de Melo | Kyoto University, Japan |
| Professional Prize | Tiziano Berghi | SimCorp Italiana |
| Phase II | Dinesh Poudel | Jaya Multiple Campus, Nepal |
| Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Joe Robertson | St. Peter's High School, Gloucester, U.K. | |
| K C Unesh | Kathmand University, Nepal | |
| P R Vaidyanathan | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India | |
| Phase I | Alejandra González | Universidad Technológica Nacional – Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico, Argentina |
| Dimitri Lozeve | University of Oxford, U.K. | |
| Dinesh Poudel | Jaya Multiple Campus, Nepal | |
| Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Du Xi | Australian National University, Australia | |
| Lynn Van Hauwe | University of Antwerp, Belgium | |
| Mohammed Malik | Turku International School, Finland | |
| P R Vaidyanathan | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India | |
| Rafael Rodrigues Rocha de Melo | Kyoto University, Japan | |
| K C Unesh | Kathmand University, Nepal |
2019
| Grand Prize | Jamin Wu | Monash University, Australia |
| 2nd Place | Rasmus Précenth | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 3rd Place | Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York City, USA |
| Professional Prize | Torsten Grust | University of Tübingen, Germany |
| Phase II | Fredrik Mattisson | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| Joe Robertson | Durham University, U.K. | |
| Louis de Forcrand | Geneva University, Switzerland | |
| P R Vaidyanathan | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India | |
| Rafael Rodrigues Rocha de Melo | Kyoto University, Japan | |
| Phase I | David Cao | University of California: San Diego, U.S.A. |
| Douglas Patz | Agile Learning Center, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Dzintars Klušs | Riga State Gynmasium No. 1, Latvia | |
| Fredrik Mattisson | Uppsala University, Sweden | |
| Louis de Forcrand | Geneva University, Switzerland | |
| Maksim Podkorytov | Florida State University, Florida, U.S.A. | |
| Mohammed Malik | Turku International School, Finland | |
| P R Vaidyanathan | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India | |
| Rasmus Précenth | Uppsala University, Sweden | |
| Zoe Kane | Greenville Technical College, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
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