On the 1st of July the Hall of Academic Council of NTUU "KPI" hosted the ceremony for the grand opening of the 9th open international student programming contest named after S. O. Lebedev and V.M. Glushkov.
Traditionally, among «KPI-OPEN» organizers there were National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" and Vanopl Development Group with the support of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Cybernetics Center of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The contest is held according to original rules that meet international requirements for holding such events.
This year more than 200 students from universities of Ukraine, Hungary and Estonia registered for participation.
Participants were welcomed by the Vice-Rector of NTUU "KPI" for scientific and pedagogical activity Petro Kyrychok, initiator of the contest and its permanent manager, team leader of Vanopl Development Group Ivan Plotnikov, deputy director for research at the Institute of Cybernetics named after V.M. Glushkov of NAS of Ukraine Oleksandr Palagin.
Both rounds of the contest for young programmers and all of its activities will take place at NTUU "KPI".
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[30.06 - 05.07.2014] The Ninth Open International Student Olympiad on Programming named after S. A. Lebedev and V. M. Glushkov «KPI-OPEN 2014»
National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute» and Vanopl Development Group with the support of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Cybernetic Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine will conduct the Eighth Open International Student Olympiad on Programming named after S. A. Lebedev and V. M. Glushkov “KPI-OPEN 2014” from 30 June to 6 of July 2014. Both competition rounds and all related official events will take place in the NTUU “KPI”.
One of the biggest on-site programming contests in the World.
With nine years of sustainable development starting from 2006, “KPI- OPEN” Olympiad became one of the key events not only for young programmers from Ukraine, CIS and whole Eastern Europe, but also for the numerous Ukrainian and international IT companies. The main objectives of this contest are: drawing society’s attention to intellectual competitions among students, promoting of self-development and teamwork, improving professional knowledge level of young specialists, developing communication between educational institutions, as well as establishing personal contacts between students from different cities and countries. Meanwhile IT companies, which take part in the contest organization, get a great chance to find new recruits among the best of the best. It is also already a tradition that during the Olympiad the presentations, seminars and lectures where experts from IT companies share their experiences and knowledge are carried out, as well as introduce young programmers to the current challenges facing the industry.
Interest in the “KPI-OPEN” contest is confirmed by the steady increase in number of participants, expanding to new cities and countries, and increasing media support. In 2013 registered 100 teams from 8 countries. During 9 years of Olympiad’s existence, there were over 600 teams, almost 2500 students from 13 countries, 63 cities and 157 higher educational institutions who took part in it. Taking into consideration all above mentioned figures, «KPI-OPEN » is the biggest in Ukraine and one of the biggest in the on-site programming Olympiads among students carried out in 1 place.
The contest is driven by original regulations, harmonized with international ones. Taking this into consideration, as well as the fact that there’s no registration fee «KPI-OPEN » is an excellent venue for meeting of young programmers from Ukraine and other countries.
In 2014 Contest’s Sponsors are companies Ciklum, nanoVo, Delta Bank and BrainBasket Foundation.
Alexander Volkhov, nanoVo’s founder, director of production, development and research: “In our work, we always try to take into consideration demands of our customers and create a competitive system, superior offer on the market, both on technical characteristics, and on terms of production and supply, and upgrade possibilities, as well as last, but not least, price. Everything mentioned above would be impossible without great experts, who are so hard to find, but we are confident that the Olympics is one of the best ways for young talented people to express themselves."
Andrew Begunov, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Delta Bank": "Delta Bank gladly responded to the proposal to support the 9th International Student Olympiad on programming. Being innovative development bank, we are glad to help promising young people to express themselves in full voice. I believe that this project will allow each participant to take a step towards his future. I also believe that very soon our paths will cross. And we, each in his own sphere, will generate innovation, bringing to the world a new quality."
Roman Khmil, Vice President of Ciklum, member of the Supervisory Board Bionic University, member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation BrainBasket: “Support for young professionals, as well as helping them to obtain modern knowledge, is one of our strategic objectives. In today's environment we must pay special attention to IT-education of young people and strive to ensure that upon graduation young specialists have advanced knowledge and, most importantly, practical skills in their field of specialization. That's why we actively support such initiatives."Prize Fund of this year’s Olympics consists of Apple iPad mini tablets, AIO-PC assembling platforms from nanoVo, books on programming and traditional Crystal Prize of KPI-OPEN.
Media Sponsors of “KPI-OPEN 2014” are magazines and websites Ixbt.com, ITC.ua, 3DNews Daily Digital Digest, PC Magazine Russian Edition, EasyCOM.com.ua, Overclockers.ua, gagadget.com, Hi-Tech Pro, «Nets and Telecommunications», Spiel!, Hardwareluxx, «World of PC», CHIP, «Computer Review», ModLabs.net, IT Business Week (International Edition), Hi-Tech.ua, Educational portal PedPRESSA, Technoguide, i2HARD, Ferra.ru, ОCClub, MegaObzor.com, DGL.ru.
We invite online and offline media delegates and everyone interested in “KPI-OPEN 2014” to the Opening Ceremony, Announcements of the results of both Olympiad’s rounds and the Closing Ceremony. To those events are also invited: Michael Zgurovskiy – rector of the NTUU “KPI”, Ivan Serhienko – director of the Institute of Cybernetics of the NAoS of Ukraine, Ivan Plotnikov – CEO and founder of the Vanopl Development Group, representatives of our Sponsors and other Olympiad’s honorary guests.
Opening Ceremony: 30.06.2014 10:45, NTUU «KPI» Science Council Hall, Peremohy Prospekt, 37, building 1.
Awarding and Closing Ceremony: 05.07.2014 12:00, NTUU «KPI» Science Council Hall, Peremohy Prospekt, 37, building 1.Contest period: Julne 30 to July 5, 2014.
Contest site: Kyiv, Ukraine, NTUU “KPI” buildings.