Place, Dates & Organisers	Other Highlights
Place: Kyiv, Ukraine Dates: 7 May 2015 to 17 May 2015 Season: spring15 Organised by: BEST Group Kyiv University: National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"	Type: BEST Course on Technology Fee: 40.0 euro. Convert to BGN Bulgaria Leva HRK Croatia Kuna CSK Czech Republic Koruna EUR Euro DKK Denmark Kroner EEK Estonia Kroon HUF Hungary Forint ISK Iceland Kronur LVL Latvia Lat LTL Lithuania Litas MKD Macedonia (FYR) Denar NOK Norway Kroner PLZ Poland Zloty RON Romania Leu RSD Serbia Dinar RUR Russia Rubles SKK Slovakia Koruna SEK Sweden Krona CHF Switzerland Francs TRL Turkey Liras UAH Ukraine Hryvna GBP United Kingdom Pounds USD United States Dollars Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee can be lower. [Read more] Application until: 30 Nov 2014 at 23:00 CET Application deadline has passed.
Academic Highlights
Participation requirements: No prior knowledge required Academic complexity: Basic [Read more] Working time: 30 hours (estimated)

General description

Have you started to solve crosswords before you learnt how to read? Have you read all the Sherlock Holmes' stories and discovered all the mysteries before the detective did it? Are Rubik cube and Sudoku baby toys for you? Do you need to encrypt your text messages so that your girlfriend/boyfriend will not know that you have a lover(shame on you!)? BEST Kyiv has a solution! We've found the specialists on cryptography (maybe, some of them are working with FBI. Or maybe not?), so we've decrypted almost all the secret information for you and prepared the coolest academic program ever. What is more, Kyiv is the best and hospitable city full of open-minded and kind people;) Amazing old buildings, mysterious undergrounds and catacombs await! Be sure, we'll show you some secrets that Kyiv is hiding. Do you REALLY like to dance? What about singing "Ty zh mene pidmanula"? You will have the opportunity to do it in Ukrainian style! Never tried but always dreamed of tasting Ukrainian borsch, varenyki and SALO? What about horilka and fruit liqueur? No? Don't loose your chance get to know our BEST spirit and how we get fun. YOU HAVE TO COME AND TRY!

Academic information

• Fields of activity: Computational Sciences , Computer Engineering , Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics , Control Engineering/Systems engineering , Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering , Mathematics
• Content and topics: Cryptography, information security, ciphers
• Learning goals and objectives: The students will gain knowledge in cryptography and information security through lectures and practical tasks.
• Examination type: Test
• Number of ECTS credits issued: 1.0 [Read more]

Information for applicants

• Selection criteria for participants: Motivational letter, required questions.

Practical arrangements

All of these are covered by the event fee.

• Lodging during the event: University dormitories
• Food during the event: Organisers will provide you with breakfast, lunch and dinner each day of the course and at least one of the meals per day will be hot.
• Transportation during the event: Public transport is provided by the organizers and your own feet!

More information

For more information about this event, check out the following links (these links lead to outside this website - if they turn out to be unavailable, please try again later):

• Event website: http://vinci.best-kyiv.org
• Event schedule: http://vinci.best-kyiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/schedule_39_15.pdf
• Event survival guide: http://vinci.best-kyiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/survial_39_15.pdf