Job Opportunity: Web Developer

Unique Media Design Limited (UMD) needs an experienced PHP Developer on our team. UMD helps clients work smarter, faster and more cost-effectively. UMD team develops web sites and web apps that load fast, look great and work flawlessly.

Our web developers, graphic designers, project managers think deeply about each project and insist on doing the right thing, focusing on usability and simple, intuitive navigation so that your web presence is a pleasure to use as well as pleasing to look at. The team currently includes professional developers as well as graphic artists who handle UI and theme elements. We also work with CAKEPHP and ZEND frameworks.

The qualified candidate must have at least 1 year of relevant experience and be able to demonstrate a mastery of PHP and its platform friends, MySQL and JavaScript. Knowledge of CAKEPHP framework, MVC programming model will be also welcomed. If you’re on the upside of CAKEPHP, MVC and have plenty of enthusiasm, really good communication skills and a willingness to get it right, we want to talk to you (...so long as your PHP coding is solid...)

Full-time employee preferred. No contract or remote workers please.

Work Schedule
* Full Time

Minimum Requirements
* IT Skills
* PHP (Required)
* MySQL
* JavaScript
* CAKEPHP
* MVC

If you are interested in this position, please apply by visiting http://www.uniquemediadesigns.com/jobs and complete the application form.

Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves

Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.



Tan Le is the head of Emotiv Systems, which is developing the next generation of human-machine interface -- a headset that takes input directly from the brain.

Wanted: Silverlight Developer

A software house, in a niche market, in Birmingham, England is seeking the services of a Silverlight and C# developers.

The successful candidates will have experience of C# version 3.5 or 4, and Silverlight 3 and/or 4. He/she will be working on the company's internal systems for a 1 month period, with the possibility of extension to 3 months.

If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume to:
Alison Corcoran, Recruitment Consultant - Midlands Division Microsoft Specialist
Monarch Recruitment Ltd
Direct Line: 0121 237 3112
Email: acorcoran@monarchrecruitment.co.uk
Web site: www.monarchrecruitment.co.uk

Job Availability

BPO Audio Communication is in need of persons for employment part-time and full-time. Jobs are available in the following areas:
1. Spanish
2. French
3. Accounting
4. Management
5. Finance
6. Communications
7. Marketing
8. Customer Service
9. Data Entry
10. Information Technology

Please send resumes indicating interest in this company to carolyn.smith@ncu.edu.jm or directly to bpoaudio@gmail.com.

For further information on the company visit: bpoaudio.webs.com

CIS Honour Students (2009 - 2010)

Congratulations to all our students who made it on the Honour Roll for the year 2009 - 2010. Continue to excel in all you do!

Magna Cum Laude (3.70 - 3.89)
Campbell, Shellaine
Foster, Abigail
Johnson, Oshando
Wallace, Howard
Ward, Marlon

Cum Laude (3.50 - 3.69)
Bernard, Jevon
Brown , Derron
Campbell, Jovanee
Dean, Joel
Fagan, Luke
Grant, Kerrice
Nelson, David
Parchment, Chrystal
Senorine, Fabian
Swaby, Christine
Thompson, Tyrone
Westcarr, Jevon
White, Doric

Honour Roll (3.00 - 3.49)
Barnes, Ashauni
Barrett, Sheldon
Braham, Beverley
Britton, Aldain
Ebanks, Delisha
Graham, Noella
Griffiths, Kenroy
Hugg, Dudley
Hylton, Elyandra
Peterkin, Jevaughn
Wheeler, Sylvester
Williams, Trevoir

Imagine Cup 2010 Software Design Finalist Presentations

The 6 top teams in the Software Design category presented this evening in the Warsaw's Opera House. We were able to see demonstrations and presentations of the innovative software developed by these teams.

Finland’s team developed SignBook – an application to help with teaching Sign Language.

Malaysia created Project Apple, a food/nutrition and wellness based application

New Zealand created OneBeep, a pretty novel concept which has the potential to have a deep impact in the area of education in underdeveloped nations.

Serbia developed a solution to assist individuals who are immobilized and unable to move or speak, to help them communicate.

Singapore’s project (Teacher’s Think Tank) is a website and SMS system that provides a support network for teachers.

Thailand developed eyeFeel – an application to help hearing-impaired communicate by showing conversation balloon and sign language animation of what others say.

Imagine Cup 2010 - Software Design Finalist

Software Design Finalists

· Finland, Signbook

· Malaysia, Team HDC

· New Zealand, OneBeep

· Serbia, TFZR

· Singapore, Mama-Bear

· Thailand, Skeek

Imagine Cup 2010 Software Design Results

After a day of intense competition, the results for those teams who will advance to the next round has been announced. The organizers noted that this year’s competition set a new bar and produced a host of exceptional projects. Of almost 70 teams, only 12 will move on. Unfortunately, despite the superb performance and efforts of eSCAPE - Team EDUC8, they were among 56 teams who did not advance to the next stage of the competition. In spite of this, they have represented our university and Jamaica well by developing and presenting a truly innovative solution, and we commend them for their achievements thus far and for making it to this stage of this prestigious competition. The countries advancing to the next round are:

- Germany

- Brazil

- Malta

- Morocco

- New Zealand

- Croatia

- Malaysia

- Thailand

- Finland

- Ukraine

- Singapore

- Serbia

For further information visit:

http://imaginecup.com/blogs/imagine_cup_finals/default.aspx

Imagine Cup Teams in Warsaw, Poland (Day 2)

After hours of travel, sleep deprivation and a withdrawal from Jamaican cuisine, our two Imagine Cup teams from Northern Caribbean University have arrived in Warsaw, Poland to represent Jamaica in the World Finals of this prestigious event. Our first day was spent pretty much recovering from the exhausting journey and taking a scenic tour of some historic parts of Warsaw.

As usual, being Jamaicans we have been attaining quite a bit of positive attention and have already been interviewed by several media groups from around the globe.

The competition commenced today and Team Educ8 will be presenting in a few hours in the Software Design category. Sixty eight (68) teams will be competing to advance to the next round, from which only 12 will be selected. We will also know the results by later this evening.

Team Xormis will be presenting for the Interoperability Award on Monday, those results however will not be announced until Thursday at the World Showcase.

Imagine Cup 2010 Software Design Drawing

The drawing to establish the order in which the Software Design Teams will present their projects at the World Wide Finals in Poland was recently released online. The 68 teams will be divided into 8 groups, the first 4 groups will have 9 teams presenting and the last 4 will have 8 teams presenting. Jamaica will be the 2nd team to present in the 7th group. The group is comprised of teams from the following countries:

Bulgaria

Jamaica

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Korea

Nigeria

Uganda

Croatia

Imagine Cup 2010 SD drawing...

This is the drawing to establish the order in which the Software Design Teams will present their projects at the World Wide Finals in Poland !!
The 68 teams will be divided into 8 groups, the first 4 groups will have 9 teams presenting and the last 4 will have 8 teams presenting.

Team Xormis Advances to MIcrosoft's Imagine Cup World Finals

In addition to the traditional software development competition, for which Team EDUC8 from NCU/Jamaica has already won the regional finals, the Imagine Cup has additional awards for which teams from around the world can compete for. There are six awards this year, and students from the CIS Department have submitted entries for four of these:

• Internet Explorer 8 Award
• Interoperability Award
• Next Generation Web Award
• Windows Phone 7 Award

Further information on these and other awards may be found at the following site:
http://imaginecup.com/CompetitionsContent/Competition/awards_at_a_glance.aspx

Please note that teams who compete for these awards are doing so against a number of others from around the world. Team Xormis, who placed 2nd in the Regional Finals of the Software Design competition, had previously advanced to the 2nd round of the competitions for the Internet Explorer 8 and Next Generation Web Awards, and is also competing for the Interoperability Award.

Early this morning, the results were announced for these awards. Competing against the rest of the world for these awards, I am pleased to announce that Team Xormis from NCU has been selected as one of the only 3 Finalists for this award and will be traveling to Poland this year to compete against two other teams from Indonesia and Brazil for the top spot in this competition.

Visit the following website to see all the finalist.
http://imaginecup.com/Competition/Finalists.aspx

The following link provides more information about the Interoperability Award.
http://imaginecup.com/Competition/mycompetitionportal.aspx?competitionId=42

The members of Team Xormis are:

• Shawn McLean
• Dwayne Samuels
• Derron Brown
• Markel Mairs
• Kenrie Hylton (Mentor)

The is a phenomenal achievement!! We congratulate Team Xormis for this historic success, as well all other participants in this year's Imagine Cup competition for their efforts. This means we will have an unprecedented two teams from NCU participating in the World Finals this year!

And the winner is....

On Wednesday April 28, 2010, three teams from the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at Northern Caribbean University presented their projects for the Multi-Country Americas Finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. It is the first time that multiple teams from the same country were able to compete at this level not to mention from the same university. The teams went up against a number of other teams from various countries around the Caribbean and Central America.

Each team worked extremely hard to get to this point and develop worthy, remarkable solutions. All three teams presented their projects well and we are proud of their efforts and achievements to date.

Unfortunately only one (1) of the ten (10) qualifying teams could be selected to represent the region at the world finals in Poland in July of this year and the winner is........

Team Educ8 - "Project eSCAPE” - Northern Caribbean University - Jamaica

Best wishes to the team as they continue their journey in a bid to lift the take home First Place in the World Finals.

A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms

Imagine Cup 2010 Update

Congratulations to Nicholas Brown (Meteor Strike), a freshman in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, for advancing to Round 2 in the Game Design category of the Imagine Cup 2010.

Imagine Cup 2010 Update

Congratulations to Teams Educ8 and Xormis for advancing to Round 2 in the Next Gen Web Award of the Imagine Cup 2010

Imagine Cup 2010 update

Congratulations to Team Xormis for advancing to Round 2 in the Internet Explorer 8 Award of the Imagine Cup 2010

Symbian^3

Track Down Your Stolen Laptop

Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.

Prey helps you locate your missing laptop by sending timed reports with a bunch of information of its whereabouts. This includes the general status of the computer, a list of running programs and active connections, fully-detailed network and wifi information, a screenshot of the running desktop and — in case your laptop has an integrated webcam — a picture of the thief.

Prey uses a remote activation system which means the program sits silently in your computer until you actually want it to run. If so, it gathers all the information and sends it to your Prey web control panel or directly to your mailbox. The thief will never know his movements are being watched.


Prey Features

Wifi autoconnect: Prey checks if there’s an active internet connection to send the information. If not, it will attempt to connect to the nearest open wifi access point available. This gives you a better chance to locate the device.

Lightweight: Yes, this is a feature. Prey is written in bash which means it has virtually no dependencies, only what its different modules need to work. This also means Prey is portable and should run in just about any computer.

Modular architecture: You can add, remove and configure the different parts of Prey as you wish. Prey is composed by modules, each one performing a specific task, so you can have it as you like.

Powerful report system: Get the list of current running programs, the recently modified files, active connections, running uptime, take a screenshot of the running desktop or even a picture of the guy who’s using the computer.

Messaging/alert system: You can alert the user he’s being chased at by sending messages which will appear on screen. You can also trigger alarms to make the message clear not only to him but also to whomever is nearby. Be careful with this one!

For more information and to download Prey visit: http://preyproject.com/

Imagine Cup MCA Regional Finalists announced

The finalist teams for the Microsoft Imagine Cup Multi-Country Americas Regional finals have been announced today Monday January 11, 2010. The finalist teams represent Jamaica, Guatemala, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.

Below is the list of teams that will participate in the regional finals:

Jamaica

• Project Xormis - Northern Caribbean University
• Project eSCAPE - Northern Caribbean University
• Project A.L.E.R.T. - Northern Caribbean University

Guatemala

• Uniendo pacientes y médicos a través de una herramienta tecnológica – Universidad Galileo
• VIVIENDO LA MATERNIDAD CON TECNOLOGIA - UNIVERSIDAD MARIANO GALVEZ DE GUATEMALA
• Control de la Prenatalidad - Universidad Rafael Landívar & Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala
• ReStudy: Estudiar es para todos - Universidad Rafael Landívar

República Dominicana

• Learning Touches - Instituto Especializado de Educación Superior Loyola
• Software Enviroment Clean Out - Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo y Universidad APEC

El Salvador

• HELPLA.NET - Universidad de El Salvador
• Tutor Virtual de Matemáticas para Educación Primaria - Universidad de El Salvador

The winner of this regional competition will go on to represent the region at the world final in Warsaw, Poland.

Keep Your Crises Small

Ironing out the little problems can make it so companies can avoid big disasters. Recorded: January 31, 2007.