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Ionuț Alexandru Budișteanu (born 1 December 1993) is a Romanian child prodigy, known for his prolific activity in the field of Computer Sciences. He is the recipient of the 2013 Gordon E. Moore Award, the grand prize of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and an Ambassador of the Romanian Tourism. ==Life and career== Born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, Ionuț received his first computer at the age of 3, which he quickly learned how to play on.〔 He recalled that by the age of 4 he felt comfortable with gaming and was attached to his computer. After having played hundreds of games, he came up with the idea of making his own games in the 3rd grade, and became interested in 3D computer-generated imagery.〔(Official recording of an interview of Ionuț Budișteanu on the cultural TV talkshow ''Profesioniștii'' )〕 He started programming his first computer applications, and around the time he was 9 years old he stopped going out for play. As his passion deepened, pushing him into such episodes as falling asleep with his head on the keyboard at night, his parents did not disapprove of his work, as they thought he was spending time with a good reason.〔 In his 9th grade, he was invited to assist the Turing Prize Awards held by the Association for Computing Machinery, where he also was awarded a prize. He was invited to start university studies early, as a student of the San Francisco University, an offer which he denied because he was "too young, too far away from () parents".〔(Micul geniu din Hackerville care a cucerit SUA ), retrieved 14 August 2014〕 When Alexandru was in the 7th class grade, he has been accused for being a black hat hacker by a computer science teacher who wrote and submitted a request to ban him from the Computer Sciece classes.〔(Interviu Ionut Budisteanu "inclin foarte mult balanta spre a studia in Romania" ), retrieved 22 Aprilie 1013〕 The principal of the school did not approve the request. In the 11th class grade he moved his studies to another high school after a scandal was sparked when some teachers accused Ionut for sending insults via others teachers' email addresses. They claimed the emails were sent by Ionuț while exploiting the vulnerabilities of wireless routers. He strongly rejected these accusations, mentioning that he had explained these vulnerabilities at University of Babes Bolyai a few days earlier in front of an academic audience among whom there were some of his teachers. Due to the lack of standardized Simple Mail Transport Protocol, nowadays anybody with some computer knowledge could sent fake emails to that teachers. In July 2013, the accusations got canceled by the principal of the former high school and moreover the teachers from the former high school honored Alexandru naming a Computer Science laboratory with his name. 〔 In the 11th grade, he denied an internship offer from Google Switzerland, claiming that he wanted to work independently.〔〔 Apart from Computer Science, he was not particularly good at the other school subjects and was bullied by high school mates, as well as some of his teachers.〔 He became particularly interested in technologies concerning artificial intelligence; he devised a computer program along with a specialised device which allows people who have lost their vision to vaguely distinguish forms and luminosities, by means of a chip placed on the tongue.〔 Later, he started work on a self-driving car, receiving sponsoring from the Dan Voiculescu Foundation, which had also been granting Ionuț a special scholarship for some time. He also won the first prize at the 2013 Intel Awards and MIT named an asteroid after him.〔(Recompensă: Un asteroid va primi numele Ionuț Budișteanu )〕 Ionuț affirmed his firm belief in God,〔 having been raised as an Orthodox Christian, and was seen making the sign of the cross as his name was announced as the winner of the 2013 Intel Awards.〔(Intel Awards Winner 2013 - Ionut Budisteanu )〕 During a television interview, he admitted he did not indulge almost at all in cultural or social activities throughout his high school years, focusing heavily on reading technical courses and academic papers, many freely available on the internet, after he finished studying the complete Computer Science high school curricula during 7th grade.〔 His literary culture is scarce〔 and he also stated he never dreams.〔(http://www.dcnews.ro/cine-este-ionut-budisteanu-romanul-care-a-revolutionat-lumea-stiintifica_236024.html )〕 He is an advocate of open technologies, claiming that patents are harmful and hamper development and the enjoyment of technology by masses. On July 7, 2014, he was awarded an honorary diplomatic passport in a ceremony organized by the Government of Romania. On October 2, 2014, Ionut was nominated as one of the most outstanding challengers who are leading world-class innovation from Central and Eastern Europe according to the New Europe 100 list. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ionuț Budișteanu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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