Unlike the previous i2CAP competition, students will be expected to work individually and submit individual codes instead of group codes. The questions for the competition will be made available on this website by Monday 3rd March, 2008 and the deadline for the submission of codes will be Friday 20th March, 2008.
The expected programming environment will be either RUBY, QBASIC or C and the target group is:
- Past participants of the i2CAP competition who will be less than twenty years of age by 1st July 2008 and should have completed Senior High School not earlier than October 2007
- Students of government approved Senior High Schools with ages below 20years
Prizes
- Laptop Computers for top 6 contestants
- Computer Science textbooks for the best 25 contestants.
- Opportunity to participate in International Olympiad
Selection criteria
- Submission of codes to sample problems for review by judges.
- Interview.
- Machine test.
Methodology
150-200 participants are expected to respond to an invitation to submit codes for review by Judges. Fifty students will then be short listed for interview and machine test, out of which the best twenty five (25) will be selected to participate in the Open Competition. Top Six winners of the Open Competition will be mentored in preparation towards the International Olympiad.
Mentoring for Olympiad
A three-month mentoring session will be organized for the top six contestants. During the mentoring the students will be re-examined to select the best four to represent Ghana at the International Olympiad. The fifth and sixth placed contestants will serve as back up for the top four in case of any eventuality before the trip to the Olympiad. During the mentoring sessions contestants will be introduced to sample problems from the previous International Olympiad competitions as well as the required languages and programming environment for the competition.
The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) is one of the most
prominent computer science competitions in the world. The Competition
Tasks are of an algorithm nature, however the contestants have to show
basic skills such as problem analysis, design of the algorithm needed,
data structures, as well as programming and testing of their solutions.
The winners of the IOI belong, no doubt, to the best young computer
scientists of the world.
consisting of four Contestants, headed by a Delegation Leader and a
Deputy Leader.
The main objectives to be accomplished by the IOI are:
- To discover, encourage, bring together, challenge, and give
recognition to young people who are exceptionally talented in the field
of informatics. - To foster friendly international relationships among computer scientists and informatics educators.
- To bring the discipline of informatics to the attention of young people.
- To promote the organisation of informatics competitions for students at schools for secondary education.
- To encourage countries to organise a future IOI n their country.
To view Competition Questions click here.
To upload your codes click here