ADVISORY/HNC Software Sponsors U.S./Russian Internet Physics Olympiad.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (April 27) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Students from San Diego High Schools San Diego High School is an urban public high school located on the southern edge of Balboa Park, in San Diego, California. The school was established in 1882, and initially named Russ High after lumberman Joseph Russ who offered to donate the lumber to build the school. Will Compete with and Against Russian Students to Solve Physics and Math Questions in Real-Time Over the Internet As part of its corporate philanthropy philanthropy, the spirit of active goodwill toward others as demonstrated in efforts to promote their welfare. The term is often used interchangeably with charity. program that promotes education in math, science and technology, HNC (HNC Software Inc., San Diego, CA) A software company that specialized in products that detect credit card fraud, manage merchant risk, automate lending decisions and home valuations and manage retail inventories. Founded in 1986 by Robert Hecht-Nielsen and Todd W. Software Inc. (http://www.hnc.com) has become a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Internet Physics Olympiad Physics olympiad is a competition in physics, usually among high school students, where the participants solve problems and/or perform and analyze experiments. In many countries, physics olympiads are held annually on a national level, forming a team of students representing the 2000 (IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. 2000), which allows high school students from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to compete with and against students from Russia. By using the power of the Internet and the universal language of math, student teams at Olympiad facilities in two U.S. and two Russian cities will be able to communicate and collaborate in real-time to solve a series of advanced physics and math problems. This year, the IPO 2000 will create eight teams consisting of four students from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. or Seattle, and four from Novosibirsk or Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, city, United States Saint Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 238,629), Pinellas co., W Fla., on Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico at the southern end of the Pinellas peninsula; settled in the mid-1800s, inc. 1892. , Russia.
WHAT: HNC Software sponsors 2nd U.S./Russian Internet
Physics Olympiad. Teams of eight high school students,
four from America and four Russia, will collaborate
to solve advanced physics and math problems in
real-time using the Internet and other communication
technologies.
WHEN: Thursday, April 27, 2000
7:30-8 P.M.: sponsor and team introductions
8-10 P.M.: competition over the Internet
WHERE: The San Diego Olympiad facility is located at:
The San Diego County Office of Education
Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center
6401 Linda Vista Road, San Diego 92111
MEDIA OPPS: Interviews/photos with:
-- More than 60 high school students from: San Diego,
representing four different high schools; Seattle,
Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg;
-- Paul Kolinko, A Russian student who transferred to
Torrey Pines High School a few years ago, who will
serve as a translator for this event;
-- Local sponsors including HNC, Qualcomm, PRAJA,
SAIC, General Atomics, International Lauch
Services, and White Pine Inc.;
-- Professor Boris Knyazev, deputy dean of school of
general physics at Novosibirsk State University
and originator of the Internet Physics Olympiad.
-- Special photo/broadcast opportunities: A big
screen video welcome by national sponsor -- the
U.S. Department of Energy -- and Russian
participants starting at 7:30.
Headquartered in San Diego, HNC Software Inc. is a leading provider of predictive software solutions for the services industry, including financial, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , insurance and e-commerce. HNC employs more than 400 professionals locally, who are among the company's 1,360 employees globally. For more information about the company, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hnc.com. |
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