History

The creation of the contest

The Prologin organization was created in 1991 by EPITA and École polytechnique students, finding that Computer Science was one of the few fields for which there was no national contest in France gathering young enthusiasts.

The first Prologin edition was done in 1992, taking the form of a national individual computer science contest for young people under 20. The success of this experiment confirmed the interest of a contest like this one, which became a model for the next editions : the online selection, the regional events and the final. The latter, atypical with its 36-hour nonstop contest, is the main specificity of the contest.

The winners of Prologin

From its creation, Prologin rewards the contestants that show excellence in a scientific field, despite its absence in most curriculums. This is the list of these students by year.

2018: Pâris Douady
2017: Pâris Douady
2016: Nathanaël Courant
2015: Clément Villain
2014: Lucas Pluvinage
2013: Le Thanh Dung Nguyen
2012: Sacha Delanoue
2011: Arnaud Delmotte
2010: Sébastien Doeraene
2009: Michael Mathieu
2008: Antoine Amarilli
2007: Nicolas Boumal
2006: Corentin Chary
2005: Karim Jouini
2004: Emmanuel Durin
2003: Julien Brette
2002: Olivier Serres
2001: Antoine Jacquet
2000: Michaël Rao
1999: Gaël Le Mignot
1998: Pol-Brieux Le Metayer
1997: Sébastien Carlier
1996: Sylvain Martinez
1995: No data available
1994: Hadi Diallo
1993: No edition this year
1992: No data available