Swiss Day for Computer Science Education 2024 One of my personal highlights was handing out the ABZ awards to Nadine Fröhlich, Zsuzsa Pluhár, and the school Volketswil for their continuous dedication to advance computer science education. Johannes Kapfhammer rightfully received the SOI medal, and both Tim Bell and Walter Gander received the rector's STEM award. The tribute to Walter Gander was accompanied by standing ovations, simultaneously celebrating his 80th birthday. His quote of the day is more accurate than ever: “I am 80 years old. I've been programming for 60 years now and I still love it!” As in the last three years, the STIU was colocated with the national finals of the Informatics Beaver competition. There were 80 finalists out of more than 46000 girls and boys that took part in the first round of the competition.
A particular surprise was due to the youngest kids, where seven of them performed so well that we had to give a gold medal to every single one of them. What's more, we had a couple of children that already took part in the finals two of three years ago. Further Reading |
