International Olympiad in Informatics Starts Off in Tehran [PIC]

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The 29th edition of the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), an annual international informatics competition for high school students from various countries, has started in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
The 29th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2017) was kicked off in Tehran on Friday, July 28, and will last until Friday, 4th of August, 2017. The IOI 2017 is hosted and organized by the Iranian Ministry of Education.

The IOI aims to discover, encourage, bring together, challenge, and give recognition to young people who are exceptionally talented in the field of informatics.
It also seeks to foster friendly international relationship among computer scientists and informatics educators and bring the discipline of informatics to the attention of young people.

The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) is an annual international informatics competition for high school students from various invited countries, accompanied by social and cultural programmers. The original idea of initiating the IOI was proposed to the 24th general conference of UNESCO by the Bulgarian delegate Professor Sendov in October 1987. This plan was included into the fifth main program of UNESCO for the biennium 1988–1989. In May 1989, UNESCO initiated and sponsored the first IOI, which was held in Pravetz, Bulgaria.

Each participating country is represented by a team of up to four contestants. The competition will take place during two competition days both of which are directly preceded and followed by a non-competition day. During the competition each contestant must work independently on a desk with an appropriate computer, access to the competition procedures (translated if required), writing instrument and paper.

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1st Translation Meeting
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