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Source: Novosibirsk State University –
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This year, the Olympiad was held for the twelfth time and once again achieved its largest-ever attendance. Over 1,300 registrations were recorded for both rounds from 35 countries, including Russia, India, Vietnam, China, Belarus, Belgium, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Turkmenistan, the USA, the UK, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, Bangladesh, Spain, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Moldova, Indonesia, Palestine, France, Hungary, Germany, South Korea, Finland, and Luxembourg.
"Our participants come from every inhabited continent: Eurasia, America, Africa, and Australia! Their numbers are growing every year, as is interest in the event. Participants were presented with 15 diverse problems, covering a wide range of topics: from historical ciphers to cryptographic protocols, cryptanalysis and reverse engineering, quantum security, lattice cryptosystems, and cryptocurrencies. Interestingly, the first solution to the Olympiad problem was submitted just eight minutes after the start of the first round. In total, we received over two thousand solutions, which we will now thoroughly examine," comments Natalia Tokareva, Chair of the Olympiad Program Committee and Associate Professor at NSU.
Non-Stop University CRYPTO is the only international cryptography olympiad. It brings together schoolchildren, students, and professionals from all over the world. Anyone can participate, regardless of geographic location. The official language of the olympiad is English. The goal of the event is to engage young researchers in solving problems in modern cryptography.
The organizers and partners of the Olympiad are Cryptographic Center (Novosibirsk), National Technological Center for Digital Cryptography, Novosibirsk State University, Kryptonit and Aktiv companies, Leuven University (Belgium), Southern Federal University, Infotex company, Sofia Kovalevskaya North-West Center for Mathematical Research, Belarusian State University, Tomsk State University and Enseucrypto-lab company.
The official results of the Olympiad will be announced in November 2025.
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