Finalists for 2012-2013 Season Announced
The USA Computing Olympiad is pleased to announce its finalists for the 2012-2013 season! These 24 indidivuals will be attending the USACO summer training camp and competing to represent the USA at the 2013 International Olympiad in Informatics.
US Open Contest Results
The USACO 2013 US Open contest has recently ended. Please click here for results, or to practice re-submitting solutions to the contest problems. See the contests page to re-visit the November through March contests of this season.
The list of finalists to attend the 2013 USACO summer training camp will be announced shortly!
Our Mission
The USACO supports computing education in the USA and worldwide by identifying, motivating, and training high-school computing students at all levels. We provide:- Hundreds of hours of free on-line training resources that students can use to improve their programming and computational problem-solving skills.
- On-line programming contests (roughly six per year) for students at all levels.
- An intensive summer training camp, to which the top students in the USA are invited to further improve their skills and learn advanced material.
- The opportunity for the top four students in the USA to represent their country at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), the most prestigious international algorithmic programming competition at the high-school level.
USA Wins Big at IOI 2012!
Congratulations to the USA team attending the 2012 International Olympiad
in Informatics in Sirmione, Italy -- they won a total of three gold medals and
one bronze medal, with team member Johnny Ho achieving a perfect score and
winning first place individually! Pictured above: Daniel Ziegler (bronze), Johnny Ho (gold, first place winner), Mitchell Lee
(gold), Scott Wu (gold).
Finalists for 2011-2012 Season Announced
The USA Computing Olympiad is pleased to announce its finalists for the 2011-2012 season! These 16 indidivuals will be attending the USACO summer training camp and competing to represent the USA at the 2012 International Olympiad in Informatics.
USA Turns in Strong Results for IOI 2011
The USA team attending the 2011 International Olympiad in
Informatics in Pattaya, Thailand, earned three gold medals and
one silver medal, an impressive feat matched by only three other
countries. The USA team, pictured above, is Albert Gu (gold),
Wenyu Cao (gold), Johnny Ho (gold), and Nathan Pinsker (silver).
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2012-2013 Schedule
Nov 16-19: November ContestDec 14-17: December Contest
Jan 11-14: January Contest
Feb 8-11: February Contest
Mar 8-11: March Contest
April 5-8: US Open
May 23-June 1: Training Camp
July 6-13: IOI'13 in Brisbane, Australia
