Tadija Šebez

Tadija Šebez is a Serbian competitive programmer and software engineer from Novi Sad. He represented Serbia at the International Olympiad in Informatics three times, winning bronze in 2018, silver in 2019 and gold in 2020 (rank 8/343, 567.62 points). He also placed 24th in the Facebook Hacker Cup 2021 final and won an ICPC World Finals 2023 bronze. He studied Computer Software Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad (2020-2024), interned at Microsoft Development Center Serbia on Mixed Reality and in machine learning, and worked as a Software Engineer in Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group.

Notes4

• Won IOI 2020 gold (rank 8/343) after bronze in 2018 and silver in 2019 - a clean three-year improvement curve to the top of Serbian competitive programming.Sep 19, 2020
• Also a Facebook Hacker Cup 2021 finalist (24th) and ICPC World Finals 2023 bronze medalist, showing the IOI form carried into collegiate and industrial contests.Dec 11, 2021
• Joined Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group after a nine-month Mixed Reality internship at Microsoft Development Center Serbia - the IOI pipeline converted into a research-engineering career.
• Also competed as deputy leader for Serbia at the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics 2021, indicating he stayed in the Serbian olympiad community as a coach/leader.Jan 1, 2021
• Studied Computer Software Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad (2020-2024) - the same institution whose ICPC team reached the 2023 World Finals.Jan 1, 2024
• Codeforces handle TadijaSebez and AtCoder user TadijaSebez are the stable public identities behind the real name, both reachable for contest history.