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!