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Rochambeau team wins 1st place in Alkindi competition

Our 10th graders teammates Daniel Pressman, Samantha Pressman et Nicolas Crenn took first place of the Alkindi Cryptography Competition! Over 60,000 students from around the world participated in the competition. After qualifying in the 1st round, they continued to perform in the next 2 rounds. At the end of the 3rd round, the 20 best teams of 1 to 4 students were selected for the final where the Rochambeau team came in first place.

This annual competition is open to all 8th - 10th grade students and begins with individual challenges and progresses to team competition over a period of several months. The final competition would have taken place in person in Paris, but took place online this year, requiring these dedicated teammates to be sharp and awake at 3am local time for our school. Even before the crack of dawn, these students really can crack a code!

The Alkindi competition is a cryptography competition. It is a series of interactive and fun problems to discover various aspects of cryptanalysis including the important issue of information security.

Congratulations!