At the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI, https://ioinformatics.org/) in Indonesia, which took place from 7 to 15 August 2022, Prof. Dr. Valentina Dagiena of the Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, VU MIF, was presented with an exclusive award for her services to the IOI community.
It was noted that in 2007, V. Dagienė initiated and annually organizes the IOI conference on research in the education of students with computer science skills worldwide, and founded the international peer-reviewed scientific journal Olympiad in Informatics, which has been published annually ever since. V. Dagienė has served on the International IOI Olympiad Steering Committee for thirteen years.