The British Informatics Olympiad is the computing competition for schools and colleges. BIO'98 is sponsored by Data Connection.

The 1998 British Informatics Olympiad

Schools and colleges throughout Britain entered the 1998 British Informatics Olympiad. This competition is open to all students in full-time pre-university education. To take part, you have to solve problems against the clock, using nothing more than pen, paper and a computer.

The top fifteen competitors were invited to the BIO final, held at Christ's College, Cambridge, from 3-5 April. The finalists competed for places on the 1998 British Informatics Olympiad team. The team members, who will get an expenses-paid trip to the prestigious International Olympiad in Informatics, held this year in Portugal, are: James Lingard, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge; Luke Halliwell, Madras College, St Andrew's; Mohan Ganesalingam, Westminster School, London; and Nicholas Jones, The Judd School, Tonbridge.

As well as the possibility of winning a medal - our competitors have won five in the last three years - the team will enjoy VIP treatment, including a visit to Expo'98. Following from the successful and enjoyable training programme introduced in BIO'97, the team will be invited to a training weekend in Oxford shortly after the final.

See the links below for information about BIO'98.

The main sponsor of BIO'98 is Data Connection, one of the UK's most successful software development companies.