16th International Olympiad in Informatics

(IOI 2004)

The 16th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2004), the
premier worldwide high school computer programming competition. will
be held in Athens, capital of Greece, for eight days from September
11th to 18th, 2004. This is two weeks after the completion of Olympic
Games in Athens.
The goal of the IOI is " to bring together, challenge, and
give recognition to young students from around the world who are the
most talented in informatics (computer programming), and to foster
friendship among these students from diverse cultures."
A team of 4 students participates from each country. The event
is being organised by Greek Computer Society, a scientific non-profit
association, with the support of the National University of Athens
and Technological Institution of Athens under the auspices of
Ministry of Education of Greece.Started with the initiative of
UNESCO, the first IOI was held in Pravec, Bulgaria in 1989. it takes
place every year in a different country with more than 80 delegations
and around 300 contestants.
For details, visit and bookmark the official Web site

http://www.ioi2004.org/

-- Dr D.C.Misra