The Sdy Prize is an internationally renowned competition that brings together leading scientists. Not only does its winner receive considerable monetary compensation, but they can also showcase their work and meet fellow scholars through this platform. However, winning this prestigious accolade may not come easily; to ensure you understand all rules and guidelines before applying, be sure to do your research thoroughly first!
The Sdy Prize at Sydney University was created through a donation from Associate Professor Sakuko Matsui to promote postgraduate student study of metaphysics and epistemology, awarding it to the student with the best essay submission on these subjects. This year saw more applications than ever before come flooding in; one winner was ultimately chosen out of 10 submitted essays to receive this honor and was announced on March 29.
Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev is one of the premier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players for Monte, winning major tournaments such as Roobet Cup and Thunderpick World Championship 2024 with them. Recently he shared with ESL his passion for CS: GO as well as what motivates him to succeed at winning it all.
He began his CS: GO career with Spirit, where he enjoyed an impressive debut season and reached several finals at smaller tournaments. Unfortunately, however, they couldn’t convert this initial momentum into consistent results and found themselves stuck at the bottom tier of LAN teams.
Monte was already ranked 48th globally when Sdy joined, which satisfied two of his criteria for joining: an international roster with Ukrainian roots allowing him to represent his nation at tournaments; and experienced coaches to learn from.
Sdy is known to participate in many tournaments throughout his life, spending his free time with family and friends and playing board games, reading books, watching movies or traveling to India, Egypt, Thailand or China – one of his favorite hobbies as it allows him to meet different people while experiencing new cultures.
Sdy has made several groundbreaking contributions to ultrafast electron diffraction, such as developing technologies and experimental methodologies which pushed time-resolution of high-brightness UED into the femtosecond regime (using compact sources and radio-frequency pulse compression). He is an active Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada as well as holding the Canada Research Chair in Ultrafast Science.
Sdy is not only an amazing gamer but he is also a wonderful friend and gentleman. Honest and dedicated player who always treats teammates with fairness. An ideal role model for younger players and an awesome person to work with; that is why we are delighted that he’s part of our team!