Here’s the latest video – a guided tour of the University of Queensland! Find out more about where this year’s IOI will be held.

Check out what the IOI International Committee got up to on their visit to Brisbane and the University of Queensland last month. Video hosted by Vimeo.

The selection process for Australia’s team for the upcoming International Olympiad in Informatics has begun, with hundreds of students competing in the Australian Invitational Informatics Olympiad (AIIO) on the 14th of February.

According to AIOC guidelines, the fifteen best competitors at the AIIO are chosen to attend a selection school for further training.

Congratulations to Michael Chen (Scotch College, VIC), Ishraq Huda (James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW), Oliver Fisher (Normanhurst Boys High School, NSW), Joshua Lau (James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW), Nicholas Laver (Hunter Christian School, NSW), Ray Li (James Ruse Agricultural High School), James Payor (The Kings School, NSW), Daniel Phillips (Normanhurst Boys High School, NSW), Tony Sun (Christ’s College, NZ), Austin Tankiang (North Sydney Boys High School, NSW), Daaron Chiu (James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW), Adrian Goldwaser (Melbourne High School, VIC), Jerry Mao (Caufield Grammar School, VIC), Alan Ansell (New Plymouth Boys High School, NZ), Matt Stark (Chatswood High School, NSW),  Alastair Barnett (Canberra Grammar School, ACT), Bill Deng (Sydney Boys High School, NSW), and Kevin Tran (St. Peter’s College, SA).

These young computer whizzes will head to the AIOC selection school in April, where the final four will be selected to become the Australian team for the IOI.

We are now accepting team registrations for IOI 2013. Please follow this link to the registration page for more information (which you can always access with the “Registration” menu item above). All team members, including leaders, contestants and guests, must be registered by 17 May. We can accept changes to travel information up until 10 June, but the names of all delegates attending the IOI from your country must be finalised by 17 May.

You must have a valid visa before boarding a plane to Australia – we recommend that you allow at least 6-8 weeks for the visa application process. Once you have registered, you will be able to download an invitation letter to accompany your paper-based visa application.

Contact registration@ioi2013.org if you have any questions about registration or visas.

Take a look at where the International Olympiad in Informatics will be held this year! This video will show you a little bit of the University of Queensland in beautiful Brisbane, Australia!

As the curtain closes on the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2012 in Lake Garda, Italy, and the world’s best and brightest young computer talents return home with their medals, all eyes are now on Australia – host of next year’s Olympiad.

Jointly organised by The University of Queensland and the Australian Mathematics Trust, the 2013 event will be hosted for the first time in Australia on UQ’s St Lucia campus in Brisbane, with participants travelling from more than 80 countries to compete in the event.

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The venue for the International Olympiad in Informatics 2013 is the University of Queensland (St Lucia Campus) in Brisbane, Australia.

UQ (St Lucia) located by the bend of the beautiful Brisbane river. (UQ is on the right of the river)

UQ’s St Lucia campus is considered by many to be Australia’s most attractive. Located seven kilometres from the city’s heart on a magnificent 114-hectare site in a bend of the Brisbane River, the campus has expansive landscaped grounds and many playing fields.

UQ (St Lucia) with the city skyline in the horizon.

Its hub is a semi-circle of cloistered buildings enclosing the Great Court, which is on the Queensland Heritage Register as well as the Register of the National Trust of Queensland.

Click here for more information on the location of IOI 2013.

Preparations are now underway for IOI 2013.