TEHRAN – The final round of the Rayan International Artificial Intelligence and Programming Competition was held on Friday at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, attracting participants from 25 countries.
Sponsored by the Vice President for Science, Technology and the Knowledge Economy, the event will open on November 25th and will include the United States, Russia, China, India, Italy, Chile, Australia, Armenia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Taiwan, Romania, Singapore, Poland, Slovakia, Vietnam, Serbia, Argentina, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, and host country Iran.
The solo programming section was held on Friday morning, where 60 Iranian and foreign participants worked individually to solve nine complex algorithmic problems within a three- to four-hour time frame.
This scientific competition aimed to promote knowledge, foster international networks, and establish scientific authority in AI and programming.
Other objectives of the competition included strengthening algorithmic thinking, problem-solving skills, teamwork, developing innovative ideas, starting a new business, and expanding AI engineering and programming.
The first competition, held last year, attracted approximately 30,000 participants from 137 countries. 46 countries from Europe, 38 from Asia, 24 from Africa, 18 from America, and 11 from Oceania participated.
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 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.
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