TEHRAN – Around 100 participants from 25 countries are taking part in the final stage of the Rayan International Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Programming Contest, “World Finals,” to be held in Tehran from November 25 to 29.
According to Mehr News Agency, Sharif University of Technology will host the event with the support of the Vice-Chancellor for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.
The scientific competition aims to strengthen expertise, foster international networking, and establish scientific authority in AI and programming.
This event plays an important role in discovering and nurturing talented young people. It serves as a platform that fosters creativity and innovation, and serves as an opportunity for professionals and those interested in programming to share their knowledge and experiences.
Additionally, the event will help participants improve their technical skills and solve complex problems through algorithmic thinking. It helps strengthen problem-solving skills, which is one of the most important skills needed today.
Participants come from countries including the United States, Russia, China, India, Italy, Chile, Australia, Iran, Armenia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Taiwan, Romania, Singapore, Poland, Slovakia, Vietnam, Serbia, Argentina, Colombia, Kazakhstan, and Ethiopia.
The first stage of the competition, held last year, attracted around 30,000 participants from 137 countries, more than 90% of whom were foreigners.
The number of participants at this event highlights the global status of this competition and its important role in the development of scientific exchange between countries.
Competitions such as the International Combinatorial Olympics (ICO), Iranian Geometry Olympiad, and International Technology Olympiad are held in Iran every year on Iranian initiative.
The 5th ICO was held in Tehran on October 30th and 31st, bringing together around 5,000 participants from over 70 countries in person and online.
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerned primarily with counting as both a means and an end to obtaining results, and with certain properties of finite structures.
ICO is an annual competition focused on high quality questions related to combinatorics. The main objective is to help students understand combinatorics as a creative, wide-ranging and fun topic in a fun and engaging way, and to provide them with the opportunity to compete with students from other countries.
ICO is the first competition in the field of combinatorics to include online scoring and rankings. It is open to anyone interested in mathematics and computer science, from high school students to other educational levels.
The 12th Iranian Geometry Olympiad was held in-person and online on October 17, attracting 10,000 students from 50 countries.
The Iranian Geometry Olympiad is an annual international competition that evaluates students’ skills in solving geometry problems. Enhance logical thinking, imagination, and analytical thinking using creative and innovative problems in geometry.
More than 1,100 participants from 65 countries including Pakistan, Oman, Vietnam, Tunisia, India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and Romania participated in the 2nd International Technology Olympiad, which was held from October 27 to 30 at Pardis Technology Park in Tehran.
The first International Technology Olympiad was held last year, attracting more than 6,300 participants from Iran and other countries. This year, the number of elite Iranian students participating in the event has increased to more than 11,000, ISNA quoted Hossein Afshin, vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, as saying.
Participants competed in five different areas including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, programming, robotics, drones, and the Internet of Things (IOT). Each of these competitions is made up of multiple leagues covering different specialties within the field.
Programming sections include frontends, Python/Django, algorithms, and Golang League. The AI section covers the leagues of text processing, data processing, and image processing.
The IOT section focuses on issues such as smart system design, crisis management, and energy consumption optimization.
The robotics category includes light weight, heavyweight, and student leagues, while the drone category features a variety of competitions in different areas such as autonomous missions, group flight, and flight intelligence.
Afshin said the purpose of the event is to identify talent, train it and support employment at national and international levels.
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