The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)

• The IOI is the premier world wide high school informatics (computer science) competition. Students write programs to solve challenging problems.

• The first IOI was held in Bulgaria in 1989.  It was proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and is one of five academic Olympiads for high school students throughout the world.
   
• The goals of the IOI are to bring together, challenge, and give recognition to young students from around the world who are the most talented in informatics (computer science), and to foster friendship among these students from diverse cultures.