Hello everyone!

We’re glad to tell you that Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop will be held at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from 21 of March to 1 of April, 2018.

The Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop is the unique event in the world of competitive programming. Many teams participated in this Workshop turn out to be the prize-winners and winners of the the ACM-ICPC World Finals. In 2017 8 out of 12 teams that were awarded medals at the Finals took part in the Moscow Pre-Finals Workshop ACM ICPC at MIPT.

The Workshop is going to be held in accordance with the two divisions scheme. We invite finalists to participate in the first division and other teams who want to train before the next season in the second division.

The Workshop is organized by MIPT, University ITMO and SPbU.

The official language is English.

The participation cost in payment before 12 of February for one person is $630. The cost includes the full curriculum, food and accommodation at the MIPT campus, as well as the sports and sightseeing schedules on days-off.

More information here.

The Workshop participants will also have an opportunity to give a try at MosCode Festival 2018 which will take place on March 31 and April 1. But we'll tell you about it later)

The participants of Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC have been solving problems for a week already. Meanwhile we are continuing to prepare for Winter Computer Camp 2018 because the second selection round will be on November 26 at 12:00 GMT+3.

In order to receive a login, password and link to the round, you need to register. Login and password for the access to the qualifying round will be available in your account after registration.

This year's Winter Computer Camp will be held at MIPT from February 26 to March 7, 2018.

The programme features:

• Daily study contests: preparation to the Finals of the Open Olympiad, Technocup, National Olympiads in Programming;

• Thematic lectures. This year each participant can compose their own curriculum out of a set of lectures;

• Lectures by employees of MIPT base organizations on real tasks in the IT industry and professional scientists on combinatorial mathematics;

• Sports and intellectual games.

More information can be found on the website: https://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/zksh2018

Hello everyone!

From 7 to 16 of November 2017, Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC 2017 is going to be held at MIPT.

We’d like to remind you that there are only a few days left before the participation cost grows again: if you pay before Oct.16, 2017, the price will be $600.

What’s more, if you have tight curricula, you can choose a short Workshop program which lasts from 9 to 16 of November 2017. Please, pay attention that the prices for a short program are also reduced.

Also you can apply for online participation and solve all the contests remotely.

This time you’ll see some new features:

1)Sometimes the coaches and ACM-ICPC seniors will be present during the upsolving, so you can ask them questions. (Special thanks to the guys who give us feedback about our Workshops!)

2) There will be organized one lecture for the division A, which will be interesting for the strongest participants.

In addition to contests, analyses, and lectures, you’ll enjoy a sightseeing tour in Moscow and events organized by our volunteers! ;)

Hello everyone!

We're glad to tell you that Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC will be held at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from 7 to 16 of November, 2017. It's a great opportunity for students who want to prepare themselves for the upcoming ACM ICPC season and meet talented programmers from all over the world. The previous camp gathered 28 foreign teams and we surely plan to break this record in the autumn!

The Workshop is held in Dolgoprudny with the support of ITMO University, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Saint-Petersburg State University.

The programme is prepared by Michael Tikhomirov Endagorion, Glev Evstropov GlebsHP and Oleg Snark Christenko, the chief editor of Snarknews.

If you can't attend the whole camp, you can choose a shorten participation from 9 to 16 November. The further information and the cost of participation can be found here. Keep in mind that you need to sign up and fill in the questionnaire before the 1st of November, 2017!

What's more, you сan get to the Workshop for the lower price ($550) if you pay before the 16th of September, 2017. This package includes the academic curriculum, dining, accommodation at the MIPT campus, as well as leisure and sports programs on your days off.

For the further information and the cost of participation you can go here.

Also we have a special offer for dedicated teams: you can participate in the Workshop for free.

While you're thinking about going there or not, you can check the photos or the video from the previous Workshop:

• Our Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MoscowACM/
• Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acmmipt/

We invite you to participate in the boot camp that will be held at Yanka Kupala Grodno State University in collaboration with Moscow ACM ICPC Workshops from 15 to 25 August, 2017.

The cost of participation per single person is: 490 USD.

The cost features the curriculum, food and accommodation at the Grodno State University campus and trip schedule on days-off.

Grodno State University, being located almost in the center of Europe, is one of the centers for ACM ICPC coaching. Among the events hosted at GrSU are: bootcamps and open competitive programming championships.

Registrate here!

Recommended time of arrival: August 14, or 15 until 12:00am

Recommended time of departure: August 26, or 25 after 20:00 (8pm)

Look here for more information.

Hello, Codeforces!

In the lead-up to the ACM-ICPC World Finals we invite everyone to participate in Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop, that will be held 10-17 of April 2017 at the campus of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( MIPT). The event is organized by one of the leading Russian universities, MIPT and ITMO.

The Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop is the unique event in the world of competitive programming. Every year teams from 20 different countries from Europe, Asia and the USA meet at one platform. Many teams participated in this Workshop turn out to be the prize-winners and winners of the the ACM-ICPC World Finals. In 2016 8 out of 13 teams that were awarded medals at the Finals took part in the Moscow Pre-Finals Workshop ACM ICPC at MIPT.

This year the organisators have made possible the remote participation which includes: 2 consultations (1,5 hour each); access to the contests; access to the contest-analysis; electronic certificate for the team; the lower price: the cost for one teams is 1300$. If you want to participate remotely or you have any questions, write here: [email protected]

The Workshop is going to be held in accordance with the two divisions scheme. We invite finalists to participate in the first division (Div.A) and other teams who want to train before the next season in the second division (Div.B). The official language is English.

The participation cost for one person is $590. The cost includes the full curriculum, food and accommodation at the MIPT campus, as well as the sports and sightseeing schedules on days-off. Registration is here

Also, before the Workshops, we invite the teams of division B to participate for free in the contest, which gives you the discount on participation in Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop! (1st place — 50% ; 2nd place — 30%; 3d place — 20%)

UPD Thanks to all the participants and our congratulations to the winners!

1 Samara U 2

2 Lords of (the) Homeless

3 Daddys

Meanwhile, this Sunday will see the third selection round for Winter Computer Camp. It will be held in December 18 at 15:30 (3:30pm) GMT+3. In order to receive a login, password and link to the round, you need to register. They are distributed in several steps per day, within several hours before the beginning of a round.

This year's Winter Computer Camp will be held at MIPT from February 27 to March 8, 2017.

The programme features:

• Daily study contests: preparation to the Finals of the Open Olympiad, Technocup, National Olympiads in Programming;

• Thematic lectures. This year each participant can compose their own curriculum out of a set of lectures;

• Lectures by employees of MIPT base organizations on real tasks in the IT industry and professional scientists on combinatorial mathematics;

• Sports and intellectual games.

More information can be found on the website: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/zksh2017

Hello, Codeforces!

The seven Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC 2016 will be organized in collaboration with the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, ITMO University and the MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics from November 8 to 18.

This year, due to the tight schedule of the Subregionals, the term of registration is extended until October 24 for participants from Russia and the surrounding countries who don't need time to issue a visa and until October 15 who participants who do need a visa.

Teams now also have an opportunity to participate in the shortened version of the Workshop from November 8 to 15.

Last year, teams from 20 European and Asian countries participated in the Workshop, and the number of new universities that sent teams to the Workshop grows each year. The majority of participating teams not only become ACM ICPC finalists but win medals too: 8 out of 13 medalists of ACM ICPC World Finals 2016 participated in the Fall and Spring Workshops at MIPT.

Registration: goo.gl/yOR1zv Our website: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/fall_training_2016 Our email: [email protected]

From 8 to 18 November 2016 the Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC is going to be held at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC presents programming education and training camp for students. It is traditionally held by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University ITMO with the Lomonosov Moscow State University and this year is going to be the sixth time the event is taking place. The workshop is aimed at training and educating students in programming for successful participation in the ACM ICPC. The official language is English.

The workshop schedule is planned to have 9 workdays that include daily contests and problem analyses, as well as lectures and time for upsolving. In the evenings, there will be sports and other activities.

Contests are moderated by Oleg Khristenko: coordinator of the Pankratiev Open Cup and the main editor of Snarknews.info

The training is going to be held in accordance with the "one and a half divisions" scheme. No less than four and no more than five rounds out of nine will be non-thematic five hour long contests with the same level of difficulty as those of the ACM ICPC Regionals. The overall standings will be formed by the results of these rounds. The remaining rounds will be held separately by divisions. The Division A (for experienced teams' training) will also have non-thematic five hour long contests of the ACM ICPC Regionals difficulty level; analyses of non-thematic rounds will be held by MIPT team trainers. The Division B (educational) will have two thematic shortened contests in the morning and in the evening, as well as a lecture in the corresponding topic and analyses of problems composed by lecturers. The schedule is composed in the way that makes it possible for participants of the Division A to submit an application to the organizing committee to become lecturers (on the same conditions as invited lecturers). Teams select a division to participate in themselves. Aside from the overall standings, each division will have its own separate standings calculated, so winners of each division will also be rewarded.

The organizing fee is 34.000 rubles for citizens of countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and $640 for everybody else. This cost includes the curriculum, meals and accomodation in the MIPT campus, as well as the sports and travel programme for weekends. We are also ready to aid with Visas.

Participants and teams that are willing to take part in the training need to pass the preliminary registration. Registration extended until October 24, however if you need a visa in order to enter Russia, we urge you to register until October 12. Information for coaches: if you intend to send a team to the training but will not be sure which one until October 12, and in turn cannot pass the registration, please send us an application with specification of the number of participants to our email [email protected]

Our website: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/fall_training_2016

Our email: [email protected]

From 26 of March to 2 of April 2016 the Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop is going to be held at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Registration form.

The event is an international student training camp that is aimed at preparing competitive programming teams to ACM ICPC World Finals 2016 and contests of the next season. The schedule features six training days and with daily contests, problem analyses, lectures, upsolving time, evening sports and other leisure activities, and one free day. The official language is English.

The Workshop will be based on the one and a half divisions scheme. (similar to the scheme of Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC). The first division is for teams that passed into World Finals and for teams with the same level, the second one — for teams willing to practice for the future season.

The participation fee is 19000 rubles per participant for Russian students or $360 per participant for non-Russian students. This cost includes the curriculum, meals and accomodation at the MIPT campus, as well as the sports and travel programme for weekends.

Participants and teams that are willing to take part in the training need to pass the preliminary registration until 1 March, 2016. For any occuring questions, leave messages on the organizing committee email: [email protected].

Information site: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/ru/spring_training_2016. The Workshop is organized by the universities MIPT and ITMO.

Warning! The dates of the Winter Computer Camp have shifted one day ahead!

Update: due to technical difficulties, English speaking participants couldn't participate in the fourth selection round. Due to this, the Organizing Committee decided to carry out another selection round on 14 February at 15:00 Moscow Time. Everyone is invited to participate in this round, but preference will be given to foreign participants preeminently.

From 25 February to 5 March 2016, the Moscow Insitute for Physics and Technology will host the seventh Winter Computer Camp 2016 (WCC-2016) in the city of Dolgoprudny. Students of upper grades are welcome to participate.

The program of the camp includes::

• Daily studying contests: preparation to the finals of the Open Olympiad, finals of national programming Olympiads.

• Olympiads in programming and mathematics.

• Lectures by workers of base organizations of FIHT about actual tasks in the IT Industry.

• Lectures by professional scientists on combinatorial mathematics.

• Sports and intellectual games.

How to get to the school:

1. Fill in the registration form.
2. Participate in the online selection rounds for the camp. Pay attention that the selection is conducted thoroughly in compliance with the results of the selection rounds.

Online selection rounds*:

• 27.12.2015 15:00 (UTC+03) — first round,

• 17.01.2016 15:00 (UTC+03) — second round,

• 24.01.2016 15:00 (UTC+03) — third round,

• 07.02.2016 10:00 (UTC+03) — fourth round

**the dates and time of the rounds can change, follow the information on [our website].(http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/zksh2016).

Cost of participation:

• Free participation is guaranteed to the winners and prizers of the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for School Students (or CIS Olympiads) in Informatics and Mathematics.

• 9900 for winners and awardees of the ALl-Russian Team Olympiad for School Students in Programming and the Open Olympiad for School Students in Programming.

• 15900 rubles for participants of the final stage of national Olympiads for school students in informatics and mathematics

• 28900 rubles for other participants.

For any occuring questions, leave messages on the organizing committee email: [email protected]

The head of programming committee of Winter Computer Camp 2016 is Endagorion.

The Winter Computer Camp is traditionally unique for its line-up of participants: Dolgoprudny hosts large numbers of capable students who already have achievements in All-Russian and National Olympiads of different countries. Preparation of contests is performed by young teachers, professors and students — prize-winners of All-Russian Olympiads for School Students and ACM ICPC student tournaments. Therefore, participation in the WCC-2016 serves as a "final rehearsal" before the Finals of the Open Olympiad and the All-Russian Olympiad in Informatics.

From 10 to 21 November 2015 the Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC is going to be held at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Moscow International Workshop ACM ICPC presents programming education and training camp for students. It is traditionally held by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Lomonosov Moscow State University and this year is going to be the fifth time the event is taking place. The workshop is aimed at training and educating students in programming for successful participation in the ACM ICPC. The official language is English.

The workshop schedule is planned to have 9 full workdays that include daily contests and problem analyses, as well as lectures and time for upsolving. In the evenings, there will be sports and other activities. Besides, a plenary session with the participation of the world's scientists on advanced algorithms and technologies in the IT-industry is scheduled on the first day (10th of November).

Contests are moderated by Oleg Khristenko: coordinator of the Pankratiev Open Cup and the main editor of Snarknews.info This year, the training is going to be held in accordance with the "one and a half divisions" scheme. No less than four and no more than five rounds out of nine will be non-thematic five hour long contests with the same level of difficulty as those of the ACM ICPC Regionals and the PetrSU Programming Training Camp. The overall standings will be formed by the results of these rounds. The remaining rounds will be held separately by divisions. The Division A (for experienced teams' training) will also have non-thematic five hour long contests of the ACM ICPC Regionals difficulty level; analyses of non-thematic rounds will be held by MIPT team trainers. The Division B (educational) will have two thematic shortened contests in the morning and in the evening, as well as a lecture in the corresponding topic and analyses of problems composed by lecturers. The schedule is composed in the way that makes it possible for participants of the Division A to submit an application to the organizing committee to become lecturers (on the same conditions as invited lecturers). Teams select a division to participate in themselves. Aside from the overall standings, each division will have its own separate standings calculated, so winners of each division will also be rewarded.

The organizing fee is 24.000 rubles for Russian citizens and $375 for everybody else (per participant). This cost includes the curriculum, meals and accomodation in the MIPT campus, as well as the sports and travel programme for weekends. Please note that you can win participation in the Workshop in competition «ICPC reckoning Open Cup named after E.V. Pankratiev 2015-2016» by the Yandex company. More information in the Statute on the Contest (but only in Russian).

Participants and teams that are willing to take part in the training need to pass the preliminary registration until 10 October, 2015 The list of teams invited for participation will be published on the website on 11 October, 2015. The number of available positions is limited. Preference will be given to teams that passed the ACM ICPC Regionals and foreign teams. Information for coaches: if you intend to send a team to the training but will not be sure which one until 10 October, and in turn cannot pass the registration, please send us an application with specification of the number of participants to our email [email protected]

Our website: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/fall_training_2015

From 24 February to 6 March 2015, the Moscow Insitute for Physics and Technology will host the sixth Winter Computer Camp 2015 (WCC-2015) in the city of Dolgoprudny. Students of upper grades are welcome to participate.

The program of the camp includes::

• Daily studying contests: preparation to the finals of the Open Olympiad, finals of national programming Olympiads.

• Olympiads in programming and mathematics.

• Lectures by workers of base organizations of FIHT about actual tasks in the IT Industry.

• Lectures by professional scientists on combinatorial mathematics.

• Sports and intellectual games.

How to get to the school:

1. Fill in the registration form.
2. Participate in the online selection rounds for the camp. Pay attention that the selection is conducted thoroughly in compliance with the results of the selection rounds.

Online selection rounds*:

• 18.01.2015 10:00 мск — first round,

• 31.01.2015 15:00 мск — second round,

• 07.02.2015 15:00 мск — third round,

• 08.02.2015 10:00 мск — fourth round

**the dates and time of the rounds can change, follow the information on [our website].(http://it-edu.mipt.ru/zksh2015).

Cost of participation:

• Free participation is guaranteed to the winners and prizers of the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for School Students (or CIS Olympiads) in Informatics and Mathematics.

• 5900 for winners and prizers of the ALl-Russian Team Olympiad for School Students in Programming and the Open Olympiad for School Students in Programming.

• 9900 rubles for participants of the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for School Students (or CIS Olympiads) in Informatics and Programming

• 18900 rubles for other participants.

For any occuring questions, leave messages on the organizing committee email: [email protected]

The programming committee of Winter Computer Camp 2015 includes: map, Kostroma, Endagorion, DPR-pavlin, ifsmirnov, riadwaw, Babanin_Ivan, Golovanov399, Skird, gchebanov, savinov, Arterm, zemen, kuzmichev_dima, pershik and others.

The organizing committee and the programming committee start its work! See you in February!

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (state university) in collaboration with the Lomonosov Moscow State University organizes the Moscow Open Fall Programming Training for students.

Training dates: November 12-22. Training location: MIPT (Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region).

The Training will be based on MIPT during the period between the Sub-Regional and Regional contests of the ACM ICPC Championship and are aimed at preparation to the Regional contest of ACM ICPC. The training schedule is planned to have 9 working days with everyday studying contests, tests, practice and lectures included.

The participation fee is:

• for students NOT from Russia and ex-USSR states is 350$ per participant
• for others 19 000 rubles

The cost of the fee includes:

• participation in educational activities
• three meals a day
• accommodation in a comfortable campus

The official language of the training is English.

Participants and teams who want to take part in the Training need to pass a preliminary registration until 5th of November, 2014. We expect your propositions about which topics you would like to hear in the Training (topics can be specified in the registration blank).

Please note that you will possibly need a visa to enter Russia. Preparing an official Visa invitation will take some time so please, register as soon as possible. Then we will contact you to obtain necessary information.

For any questions: [email protected]

Official site: http://it-edu.mipt.ru/en/fall_training_2014

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) jointly with Lomonosov Moscow State University conducts Moscow open fall programming training for students.

Training dates: November 5-15. Training location: MIPT (Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region).

Training will pass between Subregional Contest and Regional Contest and aims at preparation to Regional Contest. There will be 8 working days including daily contests, analysis of the problems and other activities.

The contribution for the participation is 18 000 rubles and includes:

• participation in educational activities
• three meals a day
• habitation in the dormitory

If you don't want to live in the dormitory, you can find a place for habitation by yourself. At this rate your contribution will be 13 000 rubles.

For taking part in fall programming training you should register before the 31st of October 2013. On the 1st of November we will publish the list of teams invited to training.

Any questions? Write us: [email protected].

Contests are provided by Snark. Sponsored by Yandex.

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) and Moscow State University with the support of Yandex и Russian Agency for Development of Information Society organize Moscow Summer Programming Training. The training will take place in MIPT between 27th June and 4th July 2012.

It will be based on MIPT, which team for the first time has won the gold medal final at the ACM ICPC 2012 in Warsaw. Nonresident members will be accommodated in the hostel superior number 9 for 2-4 persons and provided with three meals in the dining room MIPT.

The program covers eight days, including daily educational contests (planned 3-4 5-hour contest on the version command ACM ICPC, thematical contests, team and individual contests, blitz), analyzes of problems, practice, lectures by leading experts in IT technologies. Among the speakers there will be the winners of programming competitions, the employees of the company "Yandex".

The payment is

• 11 200 rubles per foreign participant (includes accommodation);

• 8000 rubles per person from Moscow or Moscow region.

It includes accommodation in the 9th hostel of MIPT (for foreign participants) and meals. In addition, each team or individual participant should bring a laptop (with support of WI-FI).

Interested participants and teams should pre-register here http://fivt.fizteh.ru/tsrito/summer_training/ until June 23, 2012. Please note that the number of places available is limited.

For further information, please call +79160150802 or email [email protected]

Directions: http://phystech.edu/about/coord.html