The British Informatics Olympiad is the computing competition for schools and colleges. We are proud to present BIO 2012, sponsored by Lionhead Studios.
The 2012 British Informatics Olympiad

BIO 2012 will take place November - December 2011 and April 2012. The competition is open to all students in full-time pre-university education in mainland Britain, and involves solving problems against the clock, using nothing more than pen, paper and a computer.

The BIO consists of three stages. The first is a 3-hour test, the British Informatics Olympiad, which takes place in schools during November-December 2011. This involves solving a range of problems using a computer. The second stage is the final, which will be held in Cambridge from 13-15 April 2012. The top four finalists will make up the team to travel to the 2012 International Olympiad in Informatics, hosted by Italy.

As well as the possibility of winning a medal the team will enjoy VIP treatment and get to socialise with contestants from over 80 different countries that will take part.

15 April 2012 The following students were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 International Olympiad in Informatics:

• Andrew Carlotti
• Robin Elliott
• Zhaoxin Wang
• Andrew Wills

• Colin Poler
• Cheng Sun

• Philip Boyle-Smith
• James Hall
• Artjoms Iskovs
• Marc Jeffreys
• Daniel Richman
• Saravanan Sathyanandha
• James Thompson
• Eric Wieser

See the links below for information about BIO 2012.