MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The Computer Olympiad is a project of Computer Society South Africa.  Its aim is to identify, encourage and reward programming aptitude.  To this end a trust, the South African Computer Olympiad Trust has been established.  Trustees are appointed by Computer Society South Africa and the University of Cape Town.  Five members make up the Management Committee:

DONALD COOK is a lecturer in the Computer Science Department at the University of Cape Town.  He has also been involved in the Computer Olympiad since the beginning and has managed the Scientific Committee since 1995.

MICHELLE KUTTEL is a lecturer in the Computer Science Department at the University of Cape Town. She currently manages the Scientific Committee which sets the questions and tests the solutions. This committee is mainly made up of past Olympiad participants who study at the University of Cape Town.

MIKE MURPHY represents Standard Bank on the Computer Olympiad Management Committee.  He is passionate about IT opportunities in education.  Standard Bank is the main sponsor of the Computer Olympiad.

MOIRA DE ROCHE  President of Computer Society South Africa.  The Computer Olympiad is a project of the CSSA.  Moira made education a priority during her presidency.

PETER WAKER is Vice President (Education and Training) of Computer Society of South Africa, and manager of the Computer Olympiad.  He has spent all his adult life in education – the last 20 years in IT and education.  He is a founding member of the Computer Olympiad and manages the promotion and administration of the Olympiad.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

This is the committee that sets the questions, checks the answers and tweaks the evaluation software.  Most of the committee members are themselves Computer Olympiad participants from the past.