Algorithm Competition Summer Camp 2023

The weather has warmed up, the summer has made Kundura even greener and we successfully completed the inzva classic of the summer season: the Algorithm Competition Summer Camp.

253 students applied to the camp. Out of them 205 participants signed up for the 60-hour Qualification Round and sent a total of 3773 submissions! We facilitated a meeting environment by uniting 51 participants from 14 universities. This transformed a week-long journey focused on algorithms into a shared and enjoyable experience for all.

Among our participants were members from Middle East Technical University, Hacettepe University, Bilkent University, Istanbul Technical University, Boğaziçi University, Yıldız Technical University, Sabancı University, Ankara University, Koç University, Turkish-German University, Yaşar University, Yeditepe University, Işık University, and Sakarya University.

We warmly welcomed both previous and new members to our algorithm community.

Our algorithm team and guides, Serra Bozkurt, Emin Ersüs, Ömer Faruk Özkan, Berke Dönmez, Melih Akpınar, Murat Biberoğlu, Muti Kara, Furkan Cebe, Atakan Yaşar, and Alperen Tupurtu designed a curriculum for the entire camp, catering to three levels: Advanced, Intermediate, and Foundation. They gave lectures and provided our participants with lots of problem-solving questions throughout the week for Thanks to their effort, we owe the quality of education to our beloved guides.

“I had such a good time being among people who share the same interest and enthusiasm as me. We helped each other so much as well as our amazing guides. Also, the physical qualities of the Beykoz Kundura gave us opportunities to participate in excellent social and physical activities. I feel so lucky to have a chance to be part of this community and I hope to attend many events in the future.”

Our camp was held in Beykoz Kundura from June 19 to 25. During the camp, we carried out many social activities with our participants as well as intensive training. We organized a Kundura tour and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We had a week full of social activities, such as tournament and movie nights.

To share the experience, we had an interview session with our algorithm team and guides Serra Bozkurt, Emin Ersüs, Ömer Faruk Özkan, Melih Akpınar and Furkan Cebe, where our algorithm enthusiasts learned about company interviews and the type of the algorithm problems asked during them. In addition, the resumes of some of our participants were reviewed and an interactive discussion session was held.

We had an amazing Martial Art class with Red Corner. Thanks to Adnan Erzen, it has been an edifying and fun lesson.

“I had an incredible and exhilarating experience at the Algorithm Summer Camp 2023! Not only did it provide a fantastic opportunity to learn algorithms, but it also brought together curious algorithm enthusiasts from all over Turkey, forming a great community for me to both learn efficiently and spend an amazing time together. It was a quite unique event that was fun, full of activities, and it helped everyone to learn very important algorithmic concepts deeply in a very short amount of time. I always try to sharpen my analytical skills together with like-minded people which I believe is the most important thing for improving one’s mind and becoming a great scientist or engineer, and inzva camps are proven to be great places for these.”

We held an interview with Tarık Yıldırım, the founder of the BEV foundation. He talked about himself, the foundation of the BEV, and answered the participants’ questions. Thanks to Tarık Yıldırım for this inspirational talk and support!

After a week of intensive training, during which many lectures were given and numerous problems were solved, the final contest day arrived for the participants. While the participants in our intermediate and advanced groups competed individually, the foundation group competed in teams of 2.

Here are the top coders of inzva Algorithm Summer Camp 2023! Our camp awards are sponsored by Levi's. Thanks to Levi's for their support.

WINNERS

Foundation Group

After the contentious final contest, the winner team "SuperHighs", Salih Eren Yüzbaşıoğlu and Ahmet Eray Karadağ, solved 5/8 questions. Bengi Ada Tüfekçi and Mustafa Saydam, "Segmentation Fault", became the team that settled in the runner up ranking by solving 5/8 questions. You can check out the leaderboard here.

Intermediate Group

Alpay Naçar became the winner of the final contest of the intermediate group by solving 6/7 questions. Ömer Faruk Bayram, who was in second place right behind the winner, solved 5/7 questions and secured second place. Melike Vurucu, the 3rd name of the intermediate group, solved 4/7 questions and won the final prize. You can check out the leaderboard here.

Advanced Group

Safa Eren Kuday became the winner of the final contest of the advanced group by solving 5/7 questions. Our two participants solved 4/7 questions, and it was Ümit Sevinçler who took second place in the final contest with a narrow margin. Hasan Hüseyin Yıldız, the 3rd name of the advanced group, won the final prize. You can check out the leaderboard here.

At least Anıl Dervişoğlu, who answered the highest number of problems among the participants from the Foundation group, received the upsolving award.

All participants of this camp are now a part of the inzva algorithm community, and became inzva Algorithm Competition Summer Camp 2023 Alumni.

Hope to reunite in inzva Algorithm Competition Winter Camp 2024!

All participants have to abide by our CODE OF CONDUCT  and LETTER OF CONSENT. 

A  BEV Foundation project inzva is a non-profit hacker community organizing study and project groups as well as camps in the fields of AI and Algorithm; and gathering CS students, academics, and professionals in Turkey.

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