Pavlodar State University hosted the Republican student Olympiad in computer science and software.

14 teams from all over Kazakhstan came to PSU to take part in an intellectual battle and reveal the winner.

Welcoming the guests, Gaukhar Akhmetova, the rector of S.Toraighyrov PSU noted that today within the framework of the “Digital Kazakhstan” state program great steps are being taken to develop the future IT of our country.

“You are a part of the elite stratum of youth, which will form a new paradigm of education in the IT field of our state, and thus the whole world”,                  G. Akhmetova said.

According to Oleg Potapenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences,  the head of the Department of computer science and software, the current Olympiad has significant differences from previous competitions.

“The main difference is that in the tasks for students, the android studio is included, that is, programming for mobile devices”, O.Potapenko explained.

According to the results of the Olympiad, a high result was shown by the team of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, becoming the winner of a deserved first place in the team event.

The representatives of Atyrau State University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov won the second place.

The team of the Almaty University of Energy and Communications won the  bronze.