▁pay - per - view ▁events ▁Category : 1 9 9 4 ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Category : Nov ember ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁Google ▁Code ▁Jam ▁is ▁an ▁international ▁programming ▁competition ▁hosted ▁and ▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁Google . ▁The ▁competition ▁began ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁The ▁competition ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁algorithm ic ▁problems ▁which ▁must ▁be ▁solved ▁in ▁a ▁fixed ▁amount ▁of ▁time . ▁Compet itors ▁may ▁use ▁any ▁programming ▁language ▁and ▁development ▁environment ▁to ▁obtain ▁their ▁solutions . ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Google ▁Code ▁Jam ▁was ▁deployed ▁on ▁Top c oder ' s ▁platform . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Google ▁has ▁developed ▁their ▁own ▁dedicated ▁infrastr ucture ▁for ▁the ▁contest . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Google ▁also ▁ran ▁Dist ributed ▁Code ▁Jam , ▁with ▁the ▁focus ▁on ▁distributed ▁algorithms . ▁This ▁was ▁run ▁in ▁parallel ▁with ▁the ▁regular ▁Code ▁Jam , ▁with ▁its ▁own ▁qual ification ▁and ▁final ▁round , ▁for ▁a ▁top ▁prize ▁of ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁was ▁only ▁open ▁for ▁people ▁who ▁qualified ▁to ▁Round ▁ 2 ▁of ▁Code ▁Jam ▁( up ▁to ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁people ). ▁ ▁Several ▁Google ▁Code ▁Jam ▁problems ▁have ▁led ▁to ▁academic ▁research . ▁ ▁Past ▁w inners ▁ ▁Google ▁Code ▁Jam ▁ ▁Dist ributed ▁Code ▁Jam ▁ ▁Results ▁by ▁country