The International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) is one of the International Science Olympiads held every summer . It was established in 2023 with the purpose of providing high school students around the world with the opportunity to explore the limitless possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and nurturing the next generation of AI pioneers. The first competition will be held in Bulgaria in August 2024.

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Competition details

The IOAI competition consists of two rounds: a scientific round and a practical round.

 

In the scientific round, the participating teams are given problems that mimic real-world scientific research and the process of identifying and addressing limitations in an existing approach. Good performance in this round depends on basic coding skills, familiarity with common deep learning Python libraries, and an understanding of the fundamentals of machine learning.

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The practical round happens entirely on site at the IOAI and is intended to acquaint students with the workings of widely used AI software like ChatGPT, Dalle-2 and others. The problems require teams to inspect, analyze, and explain scientific questions pertaining to the behavior of working AI software.
 

Teams are given several problems to work on in a time window of 2 to 4 hours, with access to one computer connected to the internet per team and no other devices. They interact with the AI software through a GUI, the way a regular user would, therefore coding is not required in this round.