The IOI 2007 will be held in Zagreb on 15-22 August. So far, over 500 contestants from 85 countries have applied to participate in the event.
The International Olympiad in Informatics 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 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 to the best young computer scientists of the world.