Iranian students finish 6th in International Olympiad in Informatics

TEHRAN,July 16(MNA) – Iranian students ranked sixth in the International Olympiad in Informatics Olympiad (IOI) 2013, which was held from July 6 to 13 in Australia. The four-member team won one gold, two silver, and one bronze medals in the competition. Seyyed Hamed Valizadeh-Toosi gained gold, Daniyal Mehrjerdi and Keivan Alizadeh Vahid received silver and Farzad Abdolhosseini grabbed bronze medals. IOI is one of the most recognized computer science competitions in the world. The competition tasks are of algorithmic nature; however, the contestants have to show such basic IT skills as problem analysis, design of algorithms and data structures, programming, and testing. The students selected to attend the IOI are some of the best young computer scientists in the world. The venue for IOI 2013 was the University of Queensland (St Lucia Campus) in Brisbane, Australia. Each participating country selects a team of up to four secondary school students to represent their nation. Each country also brings a team leader and deputy leader. The participants are selected by a national organization, which is nominated by the nation’s government or other official body. Only the students selected by country’s organization may compete. The IOI invites new countries who have not previously competed to attend as an observing country for one year.