I'm a native Australian student with experience coding in C++. I'm mostly interested in algorithms and the majority of the coding I do is in conjunction with informatics.

Informatics
Informatics is a mixture of programming, computer science, maths, problem solving and awesomeness. (For more info see links) Why should you do it? Because it's awesomenessositiful.

Achievements (and not so achievements) (in fact it's more of an "competitions history")
APIO 2011 - Failed
Google Code Jam 2011 - Round 1C
IOI 2011 - Bronze medal (Top half, not third place)

Goals
Learn python
Learn boost
Get gold at IOI (top 1/12 not first place)
Get bronze at APIO (top 1/2 not third place)
Get to round 3 at Google Code Jam

Stack Overflow Acquaintances
evgeny
charlie somerville

Links
International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)
Australian Informatics Programme site
Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad