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21st International Olympiad of Informatics Opens, In Bulgaria and Online

Posted by timothy on from the your-long-awaited-dream-vacation dept.

Kostadin Vodenicharov writes "The International Olympiad in Informatics is considered one of the most prestigious programming contests in the world. Currently the 21st IOI is being held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (which was the country that also hosted the 1st IOI), from 8th to 15th August. High school students from all over the world have gathered to put their programming skills to the test. Everyone else who wishes to participate can do it in the online contest which will run in parallel with the real one and will present the same tasks to be solved. The competition itself is going to take place on Monday 10th August and Wednesday 12th August from 9:00 to 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)."

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  1. learn2english! by tetromino · · Score: 4, Informative

    I quote Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006:

    Olympiad
    Noun
    1. a staging of the modern Olympic Games
    2. an international contest in chess or other games

    The word "olympiad" is extremely common in the names of major national and international contests in fields such as mathematics, science, computer science, etc.

  2. special olympiad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I look forward to the Special Informatics Olympiad. Especially for all those WTFers who have no natural ability to code, and so have to scratch out a living in eCommerce. It would be good to see them honored.