Registration for the first boot camp ‘Discover Izhevsk Winter 2020’ have opened! It is time to prepare for the ICPC World Finals.

Training camps will be held from the February 9-21 at the Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University. Training camps are split into Divisions which consist of: Division 1 — The “mirror” of Petrozavodsk training camp 2020. Phillip Rukhovich will be on tasks parsing. Division 2 — This division will be an analog of Division B/C of Moscow Workshops. Lectures and task parsing will be held by Vicktor Kamashev, gold medalist of ICPC WF 2008 and by other finalists of ICPC.

You could find timestable on our Workshop website: https://discover.it-edu.com/izhevsk/

There is also detailed information about fees, location and coaches. Make sure you register your team so we can book a place for you! Places are limited!

By the way, if you are still in school but would like to participate in the boot camps, we have prepared special conditions for you.

Official language of the Workshop is Russian.

See you on our training camps in Izhevsk!

The schedule of the qualifying online tours for Moscow Workshops Juniors 2020 is now available. The boot camp where students will be preparing for the national competitions and international olympiads in informatics will be held on February 25 – March 5 at MIPT.

The second qualifying online-tour will take place on December 22 at 12:00 pm UTC+03, the third on January 19 at 12:00, the fourth on February 2 at 12:00. In order to take part in a tour, you have to register on our website.

If you did not pass the tour, you can again. All the participants can upsolve the problems.

We welcome high school students to take part in the programming boot camp Moscow Workshops Juniors that will be held on February 25 – March 5 at MIPT. The first qualifying online tour will be open on December 8 at 12:00 pm UTC+03. The second tour will take place on December 22 at 12:00 pm UTC+03.

Moscow Workshops Juniors is the unique boot camp where students will be preparing for the national competitions and international olympiads in informatics. According to the statistics, 22 school graduates of different years took part in the IOI-2019 and 15 of them won medals.

This year an English-speaking group has been opened at Moscow Workshops Juniors for students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, India, Italy, Syria, and Turkey. In total 117 participants from 14 countries came to the boot camp (among them 104 were winners of national olympiads in informatics).

The program includes contests, thematic lectures and practice, and other activities. According to the results of the introductory contest, the participants will be divided into divisions depending on their level. All the students can choose the most interesting topics and make an appropriate training program.

To take part in Moscow Workshops Juniors, you need to register on our website and pass one of the qualifying online tours. The duration of each tour is 4 hours and its format is similar to olympiads in informatics.

From this year, medalists of the International Olympiad in Informatics are invited to enroll at the boot camp without solving qualifying online tours.

Should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to write us zksh-team@phystech.edu

Applications for the international business hackathons «Digital cooperation» are open until November 24 (hackathon in the Republic of Belarus) and until December 2 (hackathon in the Republic of Kazakhstan). The final stages of the competitions will be held on November 27-28 at Imaguru Startup Hub in Minsk and on December 4-5 at Russian center of science and culture in Nur-Sultan.

The competitions are aimed on searching and implementation of innovative solutions for the principal fields of the modern digital economy, talented professionals support in the information technologies area, professional community and international relations development in digital economy.

The competitions are organized by Rossotrudnichestvo, Mezhregionrazvitie, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University. The project is implemented with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo digital program within the «Workforce for digital economy» federal project of the «Digital economy of the Russian Federation» national program.

Students, software developers, managers, entrepreneurs, IT-professionals are invited to participate in the hackathons. The main digital technologies for the solutions development are big data, new industrial technologies, industrial internet, wireless communication technologies, components of robotics and sensors, distributed registry systems. The application fields are State and Society, Finance and Trade, Education and Training.

In order to take part in the final stage, you need to register on the websites of the hackathons in Belarus and Kazakhstan individually or as a team and solve tasks online. 64 finalists will be invited to participate in the final stage according to the online selection results.

Each the hackathons participant will be provided with certificates and the winners will be awarded with diplomas. Winners in four nominations will be able to attend courses at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and will obtain the compensation for travel and accommodation expenses.

Do you want to win the main programming contest ICPC 2020? Come to Moscow International Workshop ICPC (November, 5-12, MIPT campus). The Workshop is 7 full workdays aimed for successful participation in ICPC stages including World Finals 2020 in Moscow! Secret statistics: 11 out of 12 prize winning teams of ICPC World Finals 2019 participated in Moscow Workshops ICPC.

Training week promises to be very intense: daily contests, problem analyses, lectures, time for upsolving, entertainment (sports, games, excursions). The cost includes full board.

The Workshop will be held in accordance with the two divisions scheme:

• Division A is designed to prepare students for participating and achievement medals in the ICPC World Finals.

• Division B is designed to help teams prepare for the ICPC Regionals and semi-finals.

To join Moscow Workshop ICPC 2019, you need to be registered. Hurry up! Applying for a visa to Russia may take up to 25 days, so register as soon as possible — visa details.

If you do not have the opportunity to come to Russia, you can participate remotely. Don't hesitate to ask your questions on icpc@phystech.edu.

Competitive programming workshop Discover Riga 2019 by Moscow Workshops ICPC and University of Latvia will be held from 21 to 28 September

Students will stay in a four-star hotel 5 minutes walk from the University of Latvia where educational process will be organized.

At the weekend participants will be able to visit the Old Town, the oldest district of Riga (it is included in the UNESCO world heritage list).

Students have the opportunity to decide where to live and how to eat, because participation in the training camp involves two formats:

- full board (the price includes: meals and coffee breaks during contests, accommodation, excursion and training program)

- without accommodation (the price includes training program, lunch and coffee breaks during contests)

Registration is open for divisions A, B and C.

Division A (red status according to Codeforces ratings) is designed to prepare students to participate and award medals in the ICPC World Finals. The program doesn't include any lectures and consists entirely (or almost entirely) of non-thematic contests of the highest level (the World Finals level and/or even higher) and their analyses.

Division B (orange status and the top of purple according to Codeforces ratings) is designed to prepare students to win in regional ICPC competitions and get ready for the ICPC World Finals participation. The program contains classic to regional ICPC competitions non-thematic contests as well as lectures and thematic contests of the high level of proficiency. Potentials topics could be max flow algorithms, building of suffix array/tree/automaton, long multiplication and division using Fast Fourier Transformation, persistent data structures etc.

Division C (purple status and lower according to Codeforces ratings) is designed for the young university teams that are just starting their way in the ICPC and represent their university at the ICPC qualifications. The program contains basic and advanced algorithms and data structures: finding shortest paths in weighted graphs, segment trees, finding patterns in text (prefix-function, z-function, tries), dynamic programming in submasks etc.

You can find out the details of the camp and apply on the page

Discover Singapore 2019 organized by Moscow Workshops ICPC and the National University of Singapore with support of Acronis and SIT will take place in the unique city-state of Singapore located on the islands in the South-East Asia, from 21 to 28 of September, 2019.

The accommodation for participants will be organized in the hostel "Yo:HA Evans" in twin and triple rooms not far from the Botanical Garden which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

On the day off participants can visit the “Universal Studios Singapore” park — the Asian biggest theme park that features 28 rides, shows, and attractions in seven themed zones.

The educational process will take place at the National University of Singapore, the School of Computing (free transfer from hostel to contest venue is included).

Registration is available for divisions A, B and C. Teams can be formed of one, two or three members. The official language of the workshop is English.

Division A is designed to prepare students to participate and award medals in the ICPC World Finals. The program doesn't include any lectures and consists entirely (or almost entirely) of non-thematic contests of the highest level (the World Finals level and/or even higher) and their analyses.

Division B is designed to prepare students to win in regional ICPC competitions and get ready for the ICPC World Finals participation. The program contains classic to regional ICPC competitions non-thematic contests as well as lectures and thematic contests of the high level of proficiency. Potentials topics could be max flow algorithms, building of suffix array/tree/automaton, long multiplication and division using Fast Fourier Transformation, persistent data structures etc.

Division C is designed for the young university teams that are just starting their way in the ICPC and represent their university at the ICPC qualifications. The program contains basic and advanced algorithms and data structures: finding shortest paths in weighted graphs, segment trees, finding patterns in text (prefix-function, z-function, tries), dynamic programming in submasks etc.

We decided to give you more freedom and are announcing two prices:

• Full board.

• Only curriculum, lunch and snack bar during contests. Ideal for locals and those who organize accommodation themselves.

Apply before August, 29 to get the lowest price.

All the additional information about the schedule and the pricing for the workshop can be found on the Discover Singapore 2019 website.

Let us know about your interest on our programming workshop. Email to workshops@it-edu.com or leave your comment under the post. You’ll be able to fulfil the payment up to September 19.

It is a very rare situation at IOI. It happened at IOI-2012 in Montichiari in Italy for the last time.

• Ildar Gainullin (11th grade of the Lyceum named after N. And. Lobachevsky, Kazan Federal University)
• Alexander Morozov (graduate of the Presidential physics and mathematics Lyceum № 239, St. Petersburg)
• Vladimir Romanov (graduate of Moscow state University Specialized educational and scientific center)
• Egor Lifar (10th grade Intellectual school, Moscow)

Russian team took the first place in the medal standings and second — in points am ong 88 countries (more than 330 students participated in the Olympiad).

The selection and training of the national team was held at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology second year in a row. Trainers from MIPT, University ITMO, National Research Lobachevsky State University, Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics and Moscow Workshops ICPC trainers worked with participants.

On February 19, students who participated in IOI 2019 and represented 9 countries were trained for the International Olympiad in the anniversary Moscow Workshops Juniors.

Russian delegation members congratulate the winners: - Andrey Stankevich (team leader) - Alexey Maleev (deputy leader) - Mikhail Tikhomirov - Gleb Evstropov - Max Akhmedov - Elena Andreeva - Alexey Khabibullin - Maria Milshina

The MIPT trip was supported by the MIPT Endowment Fund.

Results SnarkNews on IOI-2019

Yandex has established a scholarship for 1-2 year students of Phystech School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics. Students with the highest number of points for the previous semester will receive 15 000 rubles (1823,90 dollars) per month.

10 scholarships were approved for each course. Points are awarded for learning achievement, publications, participation in conferences, competitions and hackathons. Moscow Workshops ICPC are held at MIPT and activitie in the area of competitive programming is a bonus in determining the scholarship holder.

The Phystech School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics has been established to accumulate and develop the competences currently called for in mathematics and computer science, as well as in their applications.

We are happy to announce that Moscow Workshops ICPC opens remote participation for division A in the Discover Vladivostok 2019 Programming Workshop.

Participants will receive a single login for a team of one, two or three people and will be able to choose a convenient time for solving problems. Participants of both full-time and distance training programs will do the final contest simultaneously. Analysis of all problems will also be available for remote participation students.

Among the trainers will be Filipp DPR-pavlin Rukhovich, co-coach of the bronze medalist MIPT team at the ICPC World Finals 2019; former ICPC finalist, present Head of Programming Committee in Grodno and Vladivostok's Workshops and in the Open Moscow Trainings; Ilya izban Zban, ICPC 2017 World Champion!

Remote participation is a unique opportunity to join the world of competitive programming when one could not manage to travel far.

While registering, please make a note in the note field that you would like to participate remotely. Here is the registration link

Remember that citizens of 18 countries have prerogative to get a free E-visa for 8 days to Vladivostok. Search here for the details

This season is promised to be exciting! It's high time to start preparing for the ICPC World Finals 2020 in Moscow. Follow our website to check the registration updates.

We are opening registration for the Discover Grodno programming workshop to prepare for the ICPC season. From 7 to 14 of July we invite students of B and C divisions to Belarus! The camp will be held at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. Apply now to get the lowest price and request the payment bill if your university or sponsor would like to pay for you.

As you remember July 6 — 13 we will meet in the beautiful city of Vladivostok at the Discover Vladivostok Workshop. Registration is open for A, B, and C divisions! Students will study on the Far Eastern Federal University campus. Apply now and request the payment bill asap to get the lowest price and other bonuses.

What else is coming up?

• September, 7-14: Baikal, Russia (Div. C, D)
• September, 21-28: Singapore (Div. А, В/С)
• October, 5-13: Riga, Latvia: (Div. А, В/С)
• November, 5-14: Moscow International Workshops ICPC (Div. A, B)
• April: Moscow Pre-finals Workshop ICPC (Div. A, B)

Looking forward to see you soon!

Dear Codeforces!

We invite you and your team to take part in programming camp Discover Vladivostok by Moscow Workshops ICPC in the Far East Federal University Campus from 6th to 13th of July 2019. Waiting for talented competitive programmers (and future competitive programmers too!) Official language is English.

We invite you not only to study, but also to admire Vladivostok, the Pacific gate of Russia.

Citizens of 18 countries can apply for a free electronic visa and stay in Vladivostok for 8 days starting from the date on entry. It means that students from Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Iran, Qatar, The People's Republic of China, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, Mexico, The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey and Japan have an opportunity to proceed 10-minutes online registration, and then come to Russia. And they are not required to get hotel booking confirmation or any other documents to confirm the purpose of the journey to the Russian Federation. Tadaaah!

The camp will be held in the format of two divisions separated by the level of knowledge and skills of its participants.

Div. В helps teams to prepare for regional and international ICPC competitions; Div. A is designed to prepare students to participate and win medals in the next ICPC World Finals.

If you are freshmen and want to develop in competitive programming contact us per email — workshops@it-edu.com.

So, what about working hard on problems solving and discovering beautiful Vladivostok? Let's start with the registration over here.

For more information.

As you remember on March 9 – 17, 2019 we are waiting for you in Moscow Pre-Finals Workshop ICPC at MIPT. But you could participate remotely.

The online participation includes:

• access to the contests within three months after the beginning of the Workshop

• access to the contest-analysis

• electronic certificate for the team

• the div. B will be provided with video and brief abstract of the lectures.

The cost of the remote participation — $1050 for a team. Additionally you can also get two Skype-consultations (1,5 hour each). You need to agree the consultation time of with the coach beforehand. The price is $390.

ATTENTION: the number of consultations is limited!

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FREE PARTICIPATION Only for responsible and hardworking teams! You have a great opportunity to create your own contest and participate in Moscow Workshops ICPC for free! Free participation means 100% discount for the registration fee (provided for 3 team members and their coach). Tickets to MIPT are not paid.

To do this, you need to prepare a contest. The contest need to contain no less than 10 problems + 2 extra. The level of the contest should be comparable with the level of regional competitions, the tasks should be diverse in theme and complexity.

Until February 10 you need to send the set of problems and solutions to them.

Until February 24 the problem set must be agreed with the jury (acm@phystech.edu), the jury has the right to demand to replace or modify any number of the proposed problems, or refuse to hold a contest if the task set proves to be inappropriate.

If the set is agreed, until March 5 prepare tests, solutions and the final version of problems in English in the Polygon system (polygon.codeforces.com). The jury may ask you to improve the set of tests and solutions. Before March 5 it is also necessary to present a detailed analysis of the problems in any convenient form. Please notice that presentation with contest-analysis the team has to make by itself.

Looking forward to get your ideas!

From 9 to March 17, 2019, Moscow training camp for the ICPC finalists will be held for the seventh time at the MIPT.

The strongest programmers from different countries, including China, Mexico and the United States, under the guidance of experienced coaches will be trained for the most prestigious programming competition ICPC, its final will take place from 31 March to 5 April in Porto, Portugal.

“During past six years Moscow Workshops ICPC has been helping students to make a dream of every olympiad programmer come true — to win the medals of the ICPC. Spring boot camps, traditionally held prior to the ICPC finals, become the conclusive preparatory stage for the participants, so we suggest the most effective training program, participation in which will lead to a successful performance in the final”, Alexey Maleev, founder of Moscow Workshops ICPC.

The workshops will be held in English in the format of two divisions. The ICPC finalists of the season 2018-2019 will take part in division A. Teams which did not reach the final, but wish to practice before the next season are invited to Division B.

Registration on the website.
Also from 16 to 23 February, 2019 Moscow Workshops ICPC will hold boot camps in China for the first time, registration is already open!

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology welcomes high school students to take part in the programming boot camp Moscow Workshops Juniors! The boot camp will be held from February, 25 to March, 6.

The educational program includes daily studying contests, thematic lectures and practice. In a free time participants could join the popular science lectures, do sports, play the intellectual games and be involved in other activities. According to the results of the introductory contest the participants are divided into divisions depending on their skill level. Participants can choose the most interesting topics and make an appropriate training program. If a participant finds the curriculum too simple or difficult, he can change division.

To take part in the camp, you have to pass qualifying online tours, its format is close to the Olympiad in Informatics. You can participate in several rounds or only in one tour, the ranking of the participants is made according to the results of four rounds. The selection rules can be found by the link.

There are four qualifying rounds:

October, 27 at 16:00 pm UTC+03

November, 18 at 12:00 pm UTC+03

December, 16 at 12:00 pm UTC+03

January, 20 at 12:00 pm UTC+03

Moscow Workshops Juniors suggests awarded high school students several opportunities of participation. If you are a prize-winner of national Olympiads in informatics 2017-2018, you are invited to take part in the Workshops free of charge! For participants of national Olympiads in informatics 2017-2018 the Workshops cost $400, for another participants – $700

REGISTRATION

Have questions still? Write to organizing committee email: zksh-team@phystech.edu

The online participation includes:

• access to the contests within three monthes after the beginning of the Workshop;
• access to the contest-analysis;
• electronic certificate for the team;
• the div. B will be provided with video and brief abstract of the lectures.

The cost of the remote participation — $1050 for a team. Additionally you can also get two Skype-consultations (1,5 hour each). You need to agree the consultation time of with the coach beforehand. The price is $390.

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ATTENTION: the number of consultations is limited! p.s.Boot camp will be held on November, 6-13.

November 6–13, 2018 the boot camp for competitive programming Moscow International Workshop ICPC will be held at MIPT. We invite students to participate from all over the World!

The International workshop helps students to prepare for the regional contests and World Finals of the ICPC championship.

The official language of educational program is English. The trainings include every-day contests, tasks analysis and lectures from coaches from former participants and winners of ICPC and the best Russian universities professors. Program includes interesting entertainment program in a free time. Training will be conducted in two divisions:

Division A is designed to prepare students to participate and win medals in the next ICPC World Finals.

Division B is designed to help teams prepare for the regional and international competitions.

Contests are moderated by Oleg Khristenko: coordinator of the Pankratiev Open Cup and the main editor of Snarknews. Heads of Programming Community are Mikhail Tikhomirov and Gleb Evstropov.

The sooner the payment is made, the lower the cost of participation become. Citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries may pay in Rubles and others in American Dollars. This cost includes the academic curriculum, catering, accommodation on the MIPT campus, as well as excursions, sportive activities, collective games in the days-offs.

Cost per person: $630 USD until September 21. Two teams have an opportunity to take part in the workshop for free – learn more about it on the site.

Register for Moscow International Workshop ICPC and win!

Only until June 15 there is the discount for participation in Moscow Workshops ICPC, which will be held on 23-30 July 2018 in Grodno (Belorus) and Vladivostok (Russia). The price for one person includes the curriculum, meals and accommodation in the dormitory, the excursion program in days off.

The State University of Grodno is one of the main training and competitive venues in the field of sports programming in Belarus. The University has a convenient geographical location which allows you to reach it quickly from any place in Europe. In addition a sightseeing program is prepared for participants: Old Castle, New Castle, Mirsky and Nesvizh Castles, Kolozhskaya church, Zhiliber’s Park with exotic plants.

Mirsky Castle

The Far Eastern Federal University is an innovative university, located on the Pacific coast in an ecologically clean area of the Russian Island. The program includes not only pleasant rest on the coast after intensive training, but also interesting trips around the main sights: the famous Russian bridge, the unique Vladivostok fortress and the large-scale Primorsky aquarium.

Russian Bridge

"Moscow Workshops ICPC is the international educational project in competitive programming firstly made on the basis of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and expanded to international project, in which 167 universities of 50 counties took part. Moscow Workshops ICPC has no comparable analogues in the world. The outstanding results of Russian students in ICPC prove that systematic training is the secret of success — since 2000 they get 32 golden medals of ICPC World Finals. For comparison China has 13, USA got 6» — said Vice-Rector for International Programs and Technological Entrepreneurship at MIPT, founder of Moscow Workshops ICPC Alexey Maleev.

Moscow Workshops ICPC includes the boot camps, online courses, championships and programs for school students. For the detailed information visit our web-site.

Hello, Codeforces!

The international competitive programming boot camp Moscow Workshops ICPC is inviting participants! This summer the training program is hosted in different parts of Eurasia on the same dates: July 23-30 2018.

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Moscow Workshops ICPC boot-camps are preparing the winners of the ICPC championship: teams who participate in Moscow Workshops events achive the highest results at ICPC World Finals, for instance this year 10 out of 13 teams who won medals at the World Finals were participants of Moscow Workshops ICPC boot-camps.

«Discover Grodno» will be held for the second time on the base of Yanka Kupala State University, the main training platform for competitive programming in Belarus.

«Discover Vladivostok» will be held for the first time. The hosting university will be Far Eastern Federal University. The smart campus of the innovative FEFU is located on the Pacific coast, it’s beautiful environment will inspire students to show impressive results.

During the 8 days of Moscow Workshops ICPC program students’ teams all over the world will prepare intensively for the biggest and the most prestigious competitive championship. Participants will be able to choose between Division B and Division C depending on their skill level.

Division B is for the students who are preparing for the next ICPC season and other international competitions in programming, the training program will be in English.

Division C is for the newcomers to the world of competitive programming and the it’s program will be held in Russian.

The participation cost depends on the date a payment was made and on the region: citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries pay in Rubles and others pay in US dollars:

Until June 15 — 23.000 Rubles (for EAEU), $390 USD From June 16 — 27.000 Rubles (for EAEU), $470 USD

The price includes educational program, accommodation on university campuses, meals and sightseeing tour in spare time.

Join Moscow Workshops ICPC! Good luck!

Hello, Codeforces!

Last year we enjoyed giving you presents, so we'd like to repeat the MIPT Problems Challenge within the MosCode Festival!

In order to participate you need to create a problem in ACM ICPC format and send it before March, 17, 23:59 (Moscow Time).Don't forget to follow us!

Three winners get valuable prizes:

1st place: Snapchat Spectacles Glasses;

2nd place: XD Design Bobby backpack;

3d place: Marshall headphones.

More information is here: https://goo.gl/NqPZTo

Good luck everyone!

Hello Codeforces!

We continue to prepare for the MosCode Festival 2018 and remind you that the open qualifying contest will be held on February 11, 2018, at 11:00 (UTC +03).

The contest will use the tasks from the first division challenges of the Open Cup. In case a team does not participate in the Open Cup, fill in the form on the MosCode Festival page and it will be sent a login for participating in the qualifying contest with further instructions. Registration is open until 23:59 (UTC +03) February 10, 2018.

Please note that it is a 5-hour task and is conducted on the ACM ICPC system. This means that the team can use one computer.

Student teams who wish to practice in solving problems of ACM ICPC finals level are welcome to participate. So far contestants from universities of the US, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Lithuania and Brazil confirmed their participation in MosCode Festival.

We kindly remind you that you can participate in the festival free of charge.

The event has scheduled lectures by our sponsors and partners, coffee-breaks, and of course, cookies!

And in case you are already tired of contests but still want to participate in this grand event we invite you to become one of the Volunteers of MosCode Festival!

Hey everyone!

We are pleased to announce the 5th Moscow Competitive Programming Festival “MosCode Festival” will be held from March 31 to April 1, 2018. Participation in the event is completely free and the difficulty of problems is comparable with ACM ICPC finals!

MosCode Festival schedule:

February 11 — Qualifying contest (mandatory for the team contest participants*)

March 31 — Personal contest

April 1 — Team contest

We are inviting all of you to join us in Technopark “Skolkovo” for two days contests! Here you can learn more about the festival and find information about how to get to the event location.

Mind the fact that registration is mandatory and every participant must have a personal laptop.

*If you are a participant of the Moscow Pre-Finals ACM ICPC Workshop 2018 you don't have to participate in the qualifying contest.