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 themost 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. The IOI 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
New Delhi, India
August 4, 2004
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