Wu Yingying, a 21-year-old university student, has become Asia
operations vice president of TopCoder, a US based multinational
online programming company.
Wu, who entered Beijing Normal University in 2003, will oversee
and manage TopCoder business relationships and will build
TopCoder's market presence and member enrollment throughout the
greater China and Asia region.
TopCoder is a Connecticut-based company that develops online
competition programming and skills assessment software.
Wu holds three Chinese patents for her 100-odd inventions,
including the OPEN indexing technology and dynamic counter cachet
technology that won her an innovation prize from the Ministry of
Education this year.
In 2005, she led a university team to win second place at the
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
She then went to Stanford University as a visiting student and
impressed TopCoder senior management with her outstanding academic
record.
The company decided to name her Asia operations vice president
in October.
Wu said she will continue her scientific research while focusing
on artificial intelligence when working for the company.
(Xinhua News Agency December 12, 2006)
