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              IOI'92 International Olympiad in Informatics

             Announcement and Preliminary Regulations of the
          Fourth International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI'92)
                  12 - 21 July 1992, in Bonn, Germany


1. PARTICIPATION
The fourth Olympiad  in  Informatics  is  an  international  programming
competition for senior pupils. Only officially  invited  national  teams
can participate. Each participating country may send a  team  consisting
of
 - up to four pupils who were born after 1 July 1972 and who were  still
   at school in the school year 1991/92;
 - a team leader, who is automatically a  member  of  the  International
   Jury;
 - a deputy team leader, who looks after the team.

Countries who wish to participate actively must send at least one  pupil
and one team leader. Girls should be strongly encouraged to participate.
Countries that do not send a national  team  may  participate  with  one
observer.

Germany will cover team expenses for board and lodging,  excursions  and
transfer from and to Cologne(Kln)/Bonn airport. Travelling costs to and
from Cologne/Bonn airport will be covered by each participating country.

Persons accompanying the national team and pupils' relatives may  attend
at their  own  expense. The  number  of  accompanying  persons  will  be
limited.

A prerequisite for participation  is  the  timely  registration  of  the
national team. Countries which have already participated must submit  at
least one problem for the competition including a suggested solution and
proposals for the evaluation of the solutions in English. 

DEADLINES
29 Feb.'92  Registration for participation, with name  of  team  leader,
            number of prospective participants  and  submission  of  two
            problems if possible;

31 Mai '92  Registration of the whole team, with names and addresses  of
            all participants and accompanying persons. 

2. ORGANIZATION
The fourth International Olympiad  in  Informatics  (IOI'92)  will  take
place in Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, from 12 to 21 July 1992.
The competition will be held at the Gustav  Stresemann  Institute.  This
international youth academy is located in the centre of  Bonn  close  to
the river Rhine. All participants and accompanying persons will also  be
accommodated there.

The IOI'92 is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany,  represented
by the Federal Minister of Education and Science,  in  cooperation  with
the Standing Conference of  the  Ministers  of  Education  and  Cultural
Affairs of the Laender  in  the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany  and  in
consultation with the Foreign Office. The event will be organized by the
"Bundeswettbewerb Informatik".

Address of the Organization Office:
   Dr. Peter Heyderhoff 
   IOI'92 Organization Office          Tel.:   + 49 2241 14 2494
   Schloss Birlinghoven                Fax:    + 49 2241 14 2090
   Postfach 1240                       email:  heyderhoff@kmx.gmd.dbp.de
   D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1             telex:  889469 gmd d
   Germany

3. ORGANS OF THE IOI'92

Organs of the fourth International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI'92) are:

 - The President of the International Jury
   He directs the Olympiad and is nominated by the host country.

 - The International Jury
   The Jury is  composed  of  the  team  leaders  of  all  participating
   countries and the nominated  President.  A  Vice  President  will  be
   elected from among and by the team leaders. The Jury  will  hold  its
   first meeting on the opening day of the Olympiad.

 - The Coordinating Committee
   consists of coordinators and one chief coordinator. It has  the  task
   of examining and evaluating all solutions. The Coordinating Committee
   is composed of informatics  experts  from  the  host  country,  their
   number being about  half  the  number  of  participating  teams.  The
   Coordinating Committee will be nominated by  the  host  country.  The
   coordinator responsible for the German team will be  elected  by  and
   from among the members of the Jury.

 - The Scientific Committee
   is composed  of  the  chief  coordinator  and  some  members  of  the
   coordinating committee. It becomes active before the beginning of the
   Olympiad and has the task of selecting  and  preparing  six  problems
   from those that have been submitted.

4. PROBLEMS
Each participant, working independently on a personal computer,  has  to
solve two problems, each within five hours.

The problems will be selected by the Jury from  the  six  problems  that
have been prepared by the Scientific Committee. These have been selected
from the problems submitted by the participating countries.

The  problems  will  be  of  algorithmic  type.  No   special   hardware
requirements or software packages will be needed for solving them.

The following programming languages are permitted:
   Turbo Pascal V. 5.5 and V. 6.0,
   Turbo C ++ and Microsoft C V.5, Quick C,
   Quick Basic V.4 and GWBasic,
   LCN Logo V.2

5. TOOLS
For the Olympiad each participant  will  be  provided  with  a  personal
computer and the necessary system software. He/she  should  be  familiar
with the MS-DOS  operating  system  and  with  a  QWERTY  keyboard.  The
compilers  and  programming   environments   for   the   above-mentioned
programming languages as well as a Norton editor will  be  installed  on
hard disk. Hard copies  of  files  can  only  be  printed  off-line  via
diskettes.

Only the computers provided may be used in the competition.  No  copying
of the software on the computers,  nor  the  use  of  private  or  other
software or private diskettes will be allowed.

The use of printed material will not be restricted.

6. WORKING LANGUAGES
Every participant may use his/her mother tongue. The  problems  will  be
given in both English and the respective mother tongue.

Team leaders  and  deputy  team  leaders  must  be  able  to  speak  and
understand English as well as the language of their teams. English  will
be the only working language of the International Jury.

7. PROGRAM OF THE OLYMPIAD

Time Schedule:
   12 July '92 .... Arrival, becoming familiar with the computer
   13 July '92 .... Opening ceremony, excursion / Jury session
   14 July '92 .... Trip to Cologne and Dsseldorf
   15 July '92 .... Competition, first problem / Jury session
   16 July '92 .... Trip to Heidelberg
   17 July '92 .... Competition, second problem / Jury session
   18 July '92 .... Excursion / Jury session
   19 July '92 .... Excursion into the hills along the Rhine
   20 July '92 .... Prizegiving ceremony, banquet
   21 July '92 .... Departure

At the start of each day of competition the  Scientific  Committee  will
submit three  problems  to  the  Jury,  who  will  select  one  for  the
competition. The selected problem will be translated by the team leaders
into the respective mother tongues and supplied in handwritten  form.  A
period of four hours will be provided for  all  this  preparations  each
morning.

At 10.00 am the problem will be given to the participants in English and
in their mother tongues. Five  hours'  working  time  will  be  allowed.
During the first half hour a participant may ask  the  Jury  in  writing
about the text of the problem. Only questions that can be answered  with
"Yes"/"No" or  "No comment"  will  be  accepted.  The  Jury  will  reply
immediately.

When the working time has elapsed,  each  participant  will  demonstrate
his/her solution, using previously unknown test data, to the team leader
and the coordinator who  has  been  charged  with  his/her  supervision.
During the demonstration, all required tests will be run  and  protocols
made. Each participant will copy his/her program and  the  corresponding
description to two diskettes and provide two printouts. The  coordinator
and the team leader will each receive one  copy  of  the  printouts  and
diskettes.

The team leader and the coordinator will together examine each  solution
and agree on a preliminary evaluation. By discussing the solution in the
coordinating committee a just and balanced evaluation is to be achieved.
The chief coordinator will present the result to the Jury, who will make
the final decision. If a team  leader  cannot  accept  the  coordinating
committee's evaluation, he may direct himself to the Jury. All decisions
taken during the evaluation procedure will be final.

When the evaluation is finished, the Jury  will  determine  the  minimum
scores for the first, second and third prizes. The number of winners  of
these prizes is to be in the proportion  1:2:3,  with  up  to  half  the
participants receiving prizes.

The prizes, certificates and medals  will  be  awarded  in  an  official
ceremony. Each competitor will receive a certificate  of  participation.
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