Kazakhstan to Host IOAI 2026

IOAI 2026 kicks off on August 2, and this year Kazakhstan is not just taking part—it is hosting the event. DSML is actively involved in the IOAI international and host committees, but today we want to thank those at DSML who are directly preparing Kazakhstan’s champions.

As a reminder, the National AI Olympiad took place in April. This year, the technical organization and task set were handled by long-standing members of our community: Jimmy Yamazaki and Daniil Orel (who also authored tasks last year).

After the national olympiad, the first training camp was held to form the main team. The team then competed at EUROAI, followed by a second camp and intensive preparation for IOAI.

The team’s main coaches are Jimmy Yamazaki and Aibek Bekbayev, a long-time DSML resident better known as Kona. Daniil Orel and Assel Yermekova also joined the coaching team; she coached the national team last year as well.

On behalf of DSML, we want to thank them for their contribution to the development of the olympiad movement!