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International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)
OlympiadsInternational Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) Overview
International Olympiad in Informatics, or IOI, is an International-level Olympiad in Informatics, held annually for students pursuing higher secondary education and not enrolled in any university.
Informatics combines the mathematics and computer application disciplines together. The subject has gained a lot of interest from students, and the olympiad is a means to promote it. The International Olympiad in Informatics 2023 will be held in Szeged, Hungary, from August 28 to September 4, 2023.
IOI Objective
IOI is conducted with the following objectives:
- To help students build international connections among informatics educators and computer scientists.
- To promote informatics among young people.
- To influence a healthy competition, thereby recognising talented young people and promoting their interest in informatics among them.
- To encourage countries to organise future IOI.
IOI Schedule
This will be the 35th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), 2023. It was conducted in Szeged, Hungary, from 28th August to - 4th September 2023.
| Dates (In 2023) | Event |
| To be announced | Arrival of Participants |
| To be announced | Practice sessions |
| To be announced | Opening Ceremony |
| To be announced | Contest Day 1, Analysis Mode and Appeal Submission |
| To be announced | Excursion, Huawei Talks, Free Time |
| To be announced | Contest Day 2, Analysis Mode and Appeal Submission |
| To be announced | Jane Street Estimathon, lecture by Nomadic Labs, Casual Q&A meet up |
| To be announced | Closing Ceremony |
| To be announced | Departure |
IOI Syllabus
Mathematics
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Arithmetics and Geometry
- Integers, operations (incl. exponentiation), comparison
- Basic properties of integers (sign, parity, divisibility)
- Basic modular arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication
- Prime numbers
- Fractions, percentages
- Line, line segment, angle, triangle, rectangle, square, circle
- Point, vector, coordinates in the plane
- Polygon (vertex, side/edge, simple, convex, inside, area)
- Euclidean distances
- Pythagorean theorem
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Discrete Structures (DS)
- Functions, Relations, and Sets
- Basic Logic
- Proof Techniques
- Basics of Counting
- Graphs and Trees
- Discrete probability
Computing Science
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Programming Fundamentals
- Fundamental Programming Constructs
- Algorithms And Problem-Solving
- Fundamental Data Structures
- Recursion
- Event-Driven Programming
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Algorithms and Complexity
- Basic algorithmic analysis
- Algorithmic strategies
- Algorithms
- Data structures
- Distributed algorithms
- Basic computability
- The complexity classes P and NP
- Automata and grammars
- Advanced algorithmic analysis
- Cryptographic algorithms
- Geometric algorithms
- Parallel algorithms
- Architecture and Organisation
- Operating Systems
- Net-Centric Computing
- Programming Languages
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Intelligent Systems
- Information Management
- Social and Professional Issues
- Software Design
- Using APIs
- Software Tools and Environments
- Software Processes
- Software Requirements and Specification
- Software Validation
- Software Evolution
- Software Project Management
- Component-Based Computing
- Formal Methods
IOI Eligibility
For students to be eligible for IOI 2023, they must qualify for the IOI as per the eligibility guidelines mentioned below.
- The student is currently in higher secondary (Class 12).
- The student is not enrolled in any university.
- The student is not older than 20 years on 1 July of the year of IOI.
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