3.1. The Semifinal Round Director is appointed by the Board of directors of the Contest.
3.2. The Semifinal Round Director:
establishes Organizational Committee of the Semifinal Round;
prepares recommendations to the Organizational Committee of the Semifinal Round concerning Jury and Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round.
3.3. Organizational Committee of the Semifinal Round:
settles the dates of the Semifinal Round;
approves Jury and Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round put forward by the Semifinal Round Director;
creates and approves the expense estimate of the Semifinal Round;
approves Technical Regulations of the Semifinal Round put forward by Jury and Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round;
determines the place of residence for competitors, delegation heads, members of the Jury and the Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round;
determines the venue of the Semifinal Round and issues the corresponding order;
supplies the venue of the Semifinal Round with computers according to the these Regulations, Technical Regulations, safety measures and hygiene and sanitary standards;
carries out registration of participants;
organizes and carries out the award ceremony for the Semifinal Round participants;
analyzes and generalizes the results of the Semifinal Round.
3.4. The Jury of the Semifinal Round consists of the Head of the Jury and at least three other Jury members.
3.5. The Jury of the Semifinal Round:
prepares the Technical Regulations of the Semifinal Round together with the Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round;
develops and approves the problem statements and the tests for submission evaluation for the Semifinal Rounds or takes the decision to use the set of the problems formed by Executive Committee of the Jury of the Contest;
conducts evaluation of competitors' submissions on the Semifinal Round;
makes the final decision on the disqualification of the participants, who violate the Rules or the Regulations of the Semifinal Round;
prepares the Semifinal Round standings;
determines the Semifinal Round winner and awardees.
3.6. The Head of the Jury of the Semifinal Round forms the Executive Committee of the Jury of the Semifinal Round if necessary. In other case, all duties of the Executive Committee are held by the Jury.
3.7. The Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round consists of the Head of Technical Committee and Technical Committee members.
3.8. The Technical Committee of the Semifinal Round:
prepares the Technical Regulations of the Semifinal Round together with the Jury of the Semifinal Round;
carries out configuration of the computers according to the Technical Regulations of the Semifinal Round;
ensures uninterrupted functioning of the machinery during the Semifinal Round;
ensures the conduct of the Semifinal Round in the correspondence to these Regulations and the Semifinal Round Rules.
Team Composition
4.1. Teams of three students of the same institute of higher education are admitted to participate in the Semifinal Rounds. The Board of directors of the Contest holds right to settle additional requirements towards the Contest participants.
4.2. Lists of participants of the Semifinal Rounds are formed based on applications from institutes of higher education.
4.3. In case of organizational or technical impossibility to provide participation of all teams that applied, the Semifinal Round Director of Semifinal Round has the right to institute additional requirements towards the Semifinal Round participants, provided that it is approved by the Contest Director.
4.4. Winners of Semifinal Rounds and other teams are admitted to participate in the Final Round according to Teams Selection Regulations approved by the Board of directors of the Contest.
