If you read Jim Grisanzio's blog like many, you have already known about our ACM/ICPC contest in Nanjing and seen this picture.
They are high-school kids! These two are 17 and their teammates are even younger. They, about 10 high-schoolers, are guests in this college-only event. They would go through the contest like real teams, but won't be eligible for winnning.
I chatted with them briefly. They have only heard about Solaris prior to this contest. “It seems very powerful. Everything that is supposed to work really does.” Jim had a conversation with them too — in English. They are not shy, they know they probably won't win, but they knew the future will be theirs.
And I am real glad that they learned Solaris already.