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The Pafos Programming Camp

🗓️ August 16–27, 2024

🏖️ Pafos, Cyprus

Free, on-site boot camp for competitive programming hosted by Neapolis University Pafos (NUP)

About the event

This boot camp is designed to help top-level EU teams prepare for the ICPC Regional and World Finals.

The official language of the camp is English, and the training program includes contests, task analysis with world-renowned trainers, and upsolving time.

It is hosted by Neapolis University Pafos, and you can find more information about the location on the Accommodation section

The camp is sponsored by JetBrains Foundation.

JetBrains is the Global Tools Sponsor of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)

Trainers

Pavel Mavrin

ICPC World Champion 2004

Niyaz Nigmatullin

ICPC World Champion 2012, 2013, coach of the Neapolis University Pafos and Constructor University teams.

Advantages

Training with medalists from all EU Regionals before the World Finals

Practice working as a team

Interaction with a like-minded community

Free day with an organized program

Participation

This inaugural session of the camp was held in Cyprus. The organizers invited participants from EU Regionals based on their achievements.

Program

The program spans 8-10 days of contests (Regionals final level), along with analyses, upsolving time, evening sports, and other leisure activities, as well as a day off with an organized excursion.

Accommodation

The camp is held by the sea on the Neapolis University Pafos campus. The host provides transportation to and from the airport, and accommodations, as well as meals.
The university campus offers high-quality accommodations on its premises. Rooms are fully furnished, spacious, airy, and well-lit, and each room has a bathroom and a balcony.

About the organizers

Established in 2010, NUP is a leading private university in Cyprus that aims to provide high-quality higher education, generate innovative applied knowledge, and serve as a hub for primary research activity through its scientific centers and laboratories. This will be the camp’s first session, bringing together medalist teams from all EU Regionals, as well as world-renowned ICPC trainers.

The camp is sponsored by JetBrains, the Global Tools Sponsor of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), and is just the latest of many activities they’ve sponsored to support high-level college students who are passionate about programming and algorithms. JetBrains is committed to creating opportunities for the next generation of problem solvers as they explore challenging subject areas that advance science and technology.

Andrey Ivanov

Senior VP of Investments, Research and Education, JetBrains

Professor Pantelis Sklias

Rector, Neapolis University Pafos

Natalia Kitaeva

Project Coordinator, JetBrains

Dr. Savvas Chatzichristofis

Head of the Department of Computer Science, Neapolis University Pafos

Dinar Gumirov

Project Coordinator, JetBrains

Margarita Shadrina

Project Coordinator, JetBrains

Reviews

Iurii Zaitsev

Thanks a LOT for such an opportunity to chill, think, upgrade skills and rest in a such wounderfoul place!

Thanks for everyone who was involveld and spent time on it

Merch is amazing

(But why not to give blankets in first day, for more comfortable sea camping)

Gleb Ingman

Pafos camp combines great study opportunities with relaxing atmosphere of Cyprus. I was writing contests with my team in the morning and enjoying sunny beaches during the second half of the day. This makes intensive studying less exhausting and more productive.

Yahor Dubovik

Thanks for the camp! It was wonderful experience, everything was organized on a very high level. Unfortunately, it's my last year as a participant, but for the future generations, I hope that such camp will be held next year :)

Ramazan

"I enjoyed this camp very much. Our team learned a lot, thanks to the organizers!

Hope that more strong teams will attend in the future"

Kamil Debowski (Errichto)

The best place for ICPC practice combined with swimming in the sea. Big thanks to Niyaz and Pashka for conducting the training. It's great to see the onsite camps back!

Vladimir Milenkovic

Great problemsets, and an opportunity to hang out with other people sharing the same interests. I loved it!

Anonim

The perfect combination of programming, sun and swimming <3

Ilie-Daniel Apostol

Very hard and challenging camp in a very beautiful location

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