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In love with computer science
Finance, by Anja Horvat, anja.horvat@finance-on.net February 15, 2001 19:55 The 23-year old Matjaz Rogelj is one of the six competitors who participated in this year's world computer programming championship in Rio de Janeiro. Each competitor represents one of the continents and has a week to present his thesis which he has been preparing for four years. For Matjaz Rogelj the presentation is already past, he completed it approximately two weeks ago. The heat is now on since the 50-member jury will announce the results on Sunday. Matjaz Rogelj says that he had lived through an extremely arduous four years with almost no free time. "In the mornings I attended lectures at the faculty, in the afternoons I studied somewhat, several times a week I traveled to Milan in the evenings to attend lectures, and stayed overnight. I returned the following day, slept a little and started to study law again. My preparations for the computer championship took much more of my time than the law school. I therefore hope that circumstances will calm down somewhat after this competition, this kind of tempo can not be kept up for a longer period of time," Matjaz Rogelj describes. His first encounter with computer science occurred in the fifth grade of primary school, when he acquired his first computer. In the first year of grammar school he started to work in this area more intensively, after having completed numerous courses and read many books. In the fourth year of grammar school he was already preparing for the European championship, where he eventually won and qualified for the world championship. He had to choose between law, economy, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering when he decided to enter the university. He finally decided on law. "When I return home, I will work less with computers and assign more time to my study at the Faculty of law," adds Rogelj. He had not decided yet what he would do in the future, whether he will take on only law or computer sconce, since he is interested in both. After his victory at the European championship he was invited to a four-month educational tour to Australia, where he received a scholarship for study at Harvard or any other faculty in America or Great Britain. Offers of employment also came from America, Japan and Australia. But since he had already enlisted into the Ljubljana law faculty, he did not take advantage of any of the offers, which however remain open. "When I return I do not intend to rest, since I would like to complete a few exams at the faculty. But I do wish that I could have this summer completely free, so I could go to the seaside and rest somewhat," says Matjaz Rogelj.
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