Fifty schoolchildren from Vologda and the Vologda oblast take part in the scientific competition. All of them are winners of the municipal stage of the Olympiad. Lecturers of the Department of Informatics and information technologies of VSU: Elena Ganicheva, Oleg Nikiforov and associate Professor of the Department of Automation and Computer Engineering of VSU Igor Andrianov will evaluate the knowledge of the students.
Oleg Golubev, Chairman of the jury and head of the Department of Informatics and information technologies of VSU, wished the young programmers success in solving the competition tasks: “You are the participants in one of the most important competitions in Informatics among schoolchildren, held in our region. Traditionally, the Olympiad is held at the Vologda State University, which has produced a great number of well-known programmers over the years. Among them the founders of the largest gaming company “Playrix” Igor and Dmitry Bukhman. I wish you to demonstrate all your strength and abilities in order to pass to the next stage.”
The schoolchildren need to solve four programming tasks within five hours. The Codeforces platform is used for the Olympiad. It is one of the most famous programming competitions for Russia.