From solving complex math problems at age 10, Petr Mitrichev went on to become a globally renowned competitive programmer. His achievements include gold medals at the IOI, apart from wins in the Topcoder Open and the Facebook Hacker Cup. A sports lover, he also loves soccer and table tennis.
Alexander Stepanov is a Russian-American computer programmer. He is best known as the primary designer of the C++ Standard Template Library and as an advocate of generic programming. Alexander Stepanov is credited with authoring important books, including Elements of Programming and From Mathematics to Generic Programming.