OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS, 2007, Vol. 1, 5-14
© Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,

ISSN 1822-7732

Brazilian Olympiad in Informatics

Ricardo de Oliveira ANIDO, Raphael Marcos MENDERICO

Instutute of Computing, State University of Campinas Av. Albert Einstein, 1251, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil E-mail: {ranido, rmm}@ic.unicamp.br

Abstract

The Brazilian Olympiad in Informatics (OBI, in Portuguese) is a contest promoted by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) and its main purpose is to raise the interest of students in such an important science for a student's education as Computing Science, through an activity that involves challenge, ingenuity and a healthy dose of competition. The contest is composed of two different categories, for two levels of contestants: a programming contest for high school students (Programming Category) and a logic contest for elementary students (Logic Category). In this paper we will discuss the main aspects and challenges concerning the OBI organization.

Keywords:

programming contest, logic contest, grading systems, programming training camp

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