3 members of the branch of national research UNIVERSITY "MPEI" in Smolensk reached the final of the international Olympiad "IT-planet"

Finished the qualifying stages of the XI international Olympiad in information technology for students of educational institutions of higher and secondary professional education "IT-planet". In the qualifying stages took part more than 20 thousand of students and young graduates from 11 countries. Smolensk was represented by 312 participants. 4 of them were in the final "IT-Planet". Among them – students of Smolensk branch of NRU "MPEI" Daria Story and Elijah Pike, a graduate of the Smolensk branch of NRU "MPEI" Denis Osipov, and also a graduate from Smolensk state University Dmitry Tretyakov.

In the final stage of the Olympiad will bring together over 350 participants – young specialists in the sphere of information and communication technologies (ICT) from the CIS countries, showed the best results in the qualifying stages in the following nominations: "Programming", "Telecom", "Mobile platforms", "Cloud computing and databases", "Digital creativity," "Free IN and robotics", "Unlimited possibilities".

In the framework of the international Olympiad competitions in the most advanced areas of the ICT industry. As experts speakers from the organizing companies as well as employees of Federal and regional specialized companies. The competition is held through a grant of the President of the Russian Federation on development of civil society provided by the presidential grants.