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Malaysia is training award-winning IT students

27 June 2007

Award-winning Information Technology students Agustina Sanusi, Wong Sook Jinn, Ezwan Aizat and Alberto Jaya Gosal.

A chance look at an email announcing a programming contest was the first step in landing a Monash University student the main prize in one of Malaysia's top programming events.

Ezwan Aizat Abdullah Faiz, a first year Bachelor of Computer Science student, walked away with the main prize of RM6,000 and a job offer from the Genting Group in this year's  e-Genting Programming Competition.

It was the first time he'd taken part in such a competition.

"I saw the email sent out to students and thought I'd give it a try," he said.

Mr Ezwan said the tasks given out to students were database questions and he opted to tackle the most challenging problem first, as it also offered the highest points.

The prize money paid for a new LCD screen for his computer, but the job offer from the eGENTING Research & Development (Systems), a subsidiary of the Genting Group, will have to wait until he completes his studies in another two years.

More than 100 students took part in the annual competition, which began in 2002 and has attracted participation from all major Malaysian institutions of higher learning.

Another Monash University student Alberto Jaya Gosal won a distinction in the same competition.

The School of IT recently presented certification of participation to two other students, Agustina Sanusi and Yoong Wai Chuan.

It also presented a certificate of appreciation to student Ms Wong Sook Jinn for designing the school's Virtual Open Day page earlier this year.

The webpage, which was active during the University's February intake, allowed visitors to chat with Monash University lecturers online to gain information on the university and its courses.