Archive for the ‘Imagine Cup’ Category

Video from Imagine Cup projects

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

I made some video clips available from Imagine Cup projects I have been participated. Enjoy!

Footstep

Fenestra

See U silverlight control

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Silverlight control created as a part of See U project had been added to silverlight.net community gallery:

Silverlight control

The control is able to retrieve the list of photos from a web site using See U integration API and show them as thumbnail’s slideshow. While loading an image the transparent download progress is shown.

See Ukraine - how much do you know about Ukraine?

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Recently I have launched a web site - See U:

See U

See U is about Ukraine, photos and video from Ukraine. However, the user is able to post her(his) photo (or video) from any country. The web application is integrated with LiveID, LiveSearch and Flickr services. The user is able to search and preview photos, comment them. Web site will support three languages for UI - Ukrainian, Russian and English. I am thinking about using automated translation services (such as google translate) to perform translation for user comments and photo description. But this is for future…

See U - is a demo project for student’s contest: http://webcup.com.ua. I have created it for my joy, hope you will enjoy it too!

Logo See U
See U
Short Video from See U

Microsoft Press Release

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

 

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 5-10. Computer-science students participating in the Software Design Competition at Imagine Cup 2007 assembled for a week of competition. The 2007 theme, “imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all,” attracted a pool of 100,000 students from 100 countries. Semifinalists include teams representing Austria, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, and the Ukraine, which will compete in the Worldwide Finals hosted by Joe Wilson, director of Academic Initiatives at Microsoft and Microsoft Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar.

Imagine Cup 2007, Seoul, South Korea - SDI Winners

Team 3KC Returns from Thailand received the First place award in Software Design for their project LiveBook! Members include Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, and Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn. JPG (104 KB)

 
Team En#605 received the Second place award in Software Design for their project Finger Code. Members include Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, and Jeong Ji-hyeon.
Team En#605 received the Second place award in Software Design for their project Finger Code. Members include Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, and Jeong Ji-hyeon.
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Team ICAD from Jamaica received the Third place award in Software Design for their project CADI. Members include Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter and Damion Mitchell. JPG (74 KB)
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More than 100,000 students from over 100 countries entered the 2007 competition.

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The Austrian team was selected as an SDI Finalist for their project INTOI Interchange of Ideas.

 
The team from Ireland (Mark Clerkin, Dan K, Eric McClean and Cathal Coffey) celebrates their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project Signal ? Sign Language Learning Environment.
The team from Ireland (Mark Clerkin, Dan K, Eric McClean and Cathal Coffey) celebrates their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project Signal? Sign Language Learning Environment.
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Students (Ayson Baxter, Conroy Smith, Imran Allie and Damion Mitchell) from the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica were selected as an SDI Finalist for their project CADI - Computer Aided Distance Instruction. JPG (75 KB)
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Students (Chan-kyu Lim, Byoung-su Lim and Kyoung-hoon Min) from Sejong University in Korea celebrate their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project Finger Code.
Students (Chan-kyu Lim, Byoung-su Lim and Kyoung-hoon Min) from Sejong University in Korea celebrate their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project Finger Code.
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Students (Milan Stojić, Ivan Vujić, Neven Tubić and Sava Čajetinac) from Belgrade University in Serbia were selected as an SDI Finalist for their project DriveON. JPG (67 KB)
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The Thailand team, composed of three students from Kasetsart University and one from Chulalongkorn University, celebrates their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project LiveBooks!
The Thailand team, composed of three students from Kasetsart University and one from Chulalongkorn University, celebrates their selection as an SDI Finalist for their project LiveBooks!
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Students competing in the Software Design Invitational, composed of teams from Austria, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Serbia and Thailand, celebrate their selections as Finalists for Imagine Cup 2007. JPG (88 KB)
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Students from University of Applied Science Hagenberg in Austria showcase INTOI? Interchange of Ideas, a hardware-software setup that serves as a hybrid between a digital flipchart and a digital whiteboard. INTOI allows its users to easily write and draw as well as load images, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs and videos.

 
 
 
Imagine Cup 2007, Seoul, South Korea - SDI Semi-Finalists  
Zhou Yu, Qi Chen, Jianxin Mao and Sen Li of Team Paladin from China is interviewed about OpenLearning, a set of interactive tools to improve educational resources for students and teachers, especially those lacking resources in remote and rural areas of developing countries.
Zhou Yu, Qi Chen, Jianxin Mao and Sen Li of Team Paladin from China is interviewed about OpenLearning, a set of interactive tools to improve educational resources for students and teachers, especially those lacking resources in remote and rural areas of developing countries.
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The Czech Republic team demonstrates SilentBooks, a program for the hearing impaired that creates 3-D sign language of educational content. JPG (65 KB)
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Students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Engineering, Electrical & Computers Engineering Department in Greece, showcase Noesis, a novel educational tool for kids with autism spectrum disorders.
Students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Engineering, Electrical & Computers Engineering Department in Greece, showcase Noesis, a novel educational tool for kids with autism spectrum disorders.
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Mark Clerkin, Dan K, Eric McClean and Cathal Coffey answer questions about Signal? Sign Language Learning Environment, a software solution aimed at educating people in the skill of sign language. JPG (65 KB)
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Students (Ayson Baxter, Conroy Smith, Imran Allie and Damion Mitchell) from the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica showcase CADI - Computer Aided Distance Instruction, software designed to provide a centralized learning environment for distance education.
Students (Ayson Baxter, Conroy Smith, Imran Allie and Damion Mitchell) from the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica showcase CADI - Computer Aided Distance Instruction, software designed to provide a centralized learning environment for distance education.
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Students (Chan-kyu Lim, Byoung-su Lim and Kyoung-hoon Min) from Sejong University in Korea showcase Finger Code, an educational solution for people with both visual and hearing impairments. JPG (82 KB)

Attendees try out IConnect, a gaming program designed to connect children around the world, breaking down the barriers of language with simple icons. Students from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands designed the program to help children learn about other cultures.
Attendees try out IConnect, a gaming program designed to connect children around the world, breaking down the barriers of language with simple icons. Students from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands designed the program to help children learn about other cultures.
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Konstantin Kichinskiy, Konstantin Gorskiy, Mikhail Gurenkov and Andrey Sverdlov from Moscow State Aviation Institute in Russia demonstrate Mapedia, a personal knowledge space library. The program uses mind map technology to associate like human thought. JPG (63 KB)

Milan Stojić, Ivan Vujić , Neven Tubić  and Sava Čajetinac  of Serbia?s Team SMOR demonstrate DriveON. The program, designed by the Belgrade University students, allows student to learn to drive virtually ? before getting on the road.
Milan Stojić, Ivan Vujić , Neven Tubić and Sava Čajetinac of Serbia’s Team SMOR demonstrate DriveON. The program, designed by the Belgrade University students, allows student to learn to drive virtually? before getting on the road.
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Comprised of three students from Kasetsart University and one from Chulalongkorn University, team 3KC Returns from Thailand celebrates teamwork for their project LiveBooks! JPG (76 KB)
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Alexey Kurchayev, Valeriy Prokhorov, Petr Protsik and Kirill Yatsenko from Kyiv National University of Tarasa Shevchenka in the Ukraine present Fenestra, a program that allows people with visual disabilities to be fully integrated into the educational process within a normal classroom setting.
Alexey Kuchayev, Valeriy Prokhorov, Petro Protsik and Kirill Yatsenko from Kyiv National University of Tarasa Shevchenka in the Ukraine present Fenestra, a program that allows people with visual disabilities to be fully integrated into the educational process within a normal classroom setting.
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REDMOND, Wash., June 26, 2007? Computer-science students representing Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 winning teams from 10 world regional finals? Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, North America, Poland, United Kingdom? visited Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to share their software applications with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie and Corporate Vice Presidents Sanjay Parthasarathy and S. Somasegar.

Imagine Cup 2007 Innovation Fair Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, left, and Craig Mundie, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer address participants of Microsoft’s 2007 Imagine Cup, which encourages students to use their creativity to solve real world problems. JPG (58 KB)
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Brian Thomas, left, from Tacoma, Wash., explains Team North America's 2007 Imagine Cup software project Omni to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie. Omni is a language-learning system that uses social networking concepts to encourage student collaboration.
Brian Thomas, left, from Tacoma, Wash., explains Team North America’s 2007 Imagine Cup software project Omni to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie. Omni is a language-learning system that uses social networking concepts to encourage student collaboration.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, center, tries out Team Brazil’s 2007 Imagine Cup software project, KnowTouch, as Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie looks on. KnowTouch consists of a mobile device with electromechanic pins that accesses a server through radio frequency. Within the servers range, the device receives a list with all the available documents and can turn any of them into Braille. JPG (91 KB)
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (right) and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie receive a demonstration of the Finger Code software project from members of Team Korea. Finger Code is a Braille interpretation system for students who are deaf and blind.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (right) and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie receive a demonstration of the Finger Code software project from members of Team Korea. Finger Code is a Braille interpretation system for students who are deaf and blind.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie (second from right) discuss the Openlearning software project with members of Team China. Openlearning is an easy-to-use, unified, adaptable and extensible online learning platform that allows students, teachers and volunteers to connect online and learn from and help one another. JPG (49 KB)
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Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie (left), Chairman Bill Gates and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of EduCare, a software project from Team Egypt. By providing a fast and efficient communication link between parents, teachers and specialists, EduCare drastically cuts down the time and cost needed to support education for challenged individuals and improves the quality of the education provided to them.
Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie (left), Chairman Bill Gates and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of EduCare, a software project from Team Egypt. By providing a fast and efficient communication link between parents, teachers and specialists, EduCare drastically cuts down the time and cost needed to support education for challenged individuals and improves the quality of the education provided to them.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (left) and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie discuss the re-Educate software project with members of Team France. Through a modern and interactive interface and new technologies such as voice recognition, re-Educate opens up a new world for children with reduced mobility. JPG (47 KB)
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (left), Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of UbiZoo, a software project from Team Germany. Through natural history instruction for primary school children and teachers, UbiZoo offers technological support for a visit to the zoo. Through the integration of modern, mobile computers, the visit to the zoo becomes an exciting experience for students and teachers.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (left), Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of UbiZoo, a software project from Team Germany. Through natural history instruction for primary school children and teachers, UbiZoo offers technological support for a visit to the zoo. Through the integration of modern, mobile computers, the visit to the zoo becomes an exciting experience for students and teachers.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (left) and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie discuss the LinC software project with members of Team Japan. LinC is a system with two solutions: a Learning Management Tool that helps with a student’s learning and a Communication Tool that enables communication with other students. JPG (53 KB)
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (second from left), Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of Onespace, a software project from Team Poland. Onespace enables a group of users to work on a single project at the same time. It provides audio and video communication and enables one to switch between different users? desktops as easily as switching between applications.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (second from left), Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar listen to a presentation of Onespace, a software project from Team Poland. Onespace enables a group of users to work on a single project at the same time. It provides audio and video communication and enables one to switch between different users’ desktops as easily as switching between applications.
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Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie (left) and Chairman Bill Gates discuss a presentation of software project First Programme Language from Team UK. First Programme Language (FPL) is designed to develop young children’s problem-solving skills through the teaching of simple programming concepts. JPG (53 KB)
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Semi-final announcement of Fenestra

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Imagine Cup 2007 Semi-finalist Announcement

Imagine Cup 2007 Semi-finalist Announcement