GLASTONBURY, Conn., July 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced that Yiming Liao of China won the TopCoder Studio Design track of the 2007 TopCoder Open Sponsored by AOL which took place at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 29th. This marks the first time a graphic design competition has been included in a TopCoder program of events.
Liao, also known by his TopCoder name yiming, is from the Nanshan District of Shenzhen and employed by the China Merchants Bank. He won the $15,000 grand prize for his successful submission of a redesign of the TopCoder Studio home page (http://studio.topcoder.com). To view his TopCoder member profile please visit ( http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MemberProfile&cr=10481546 ) .
This year’s 2007 TopCoder Open sponsored by AOL attracted more than 4,600 registrants from TopCoder’s community of 116,000 members representing almost every country on Earth. An elite group of 77 finalists were invited from around the world to Las Vegas to compete in computing science disciplines such as algorithms and software component design and development as well as graphic design.
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