Saturday,
August 12, 2006
The
ANNOTICO Report
A total of 181
students from 72 teams representing 42 countries participated in the games.
Italian team Even .ctor took first place in the
software design category.
The Microsoft
Imagine Cup is a competition for students to compete in creating real-life
technology applications. It was designed to provide an outlet for students to
fuse their technological and artistic interests outside the classroom.
In
2005, one of the winning teams went on to become the founders of Musigy Inc., an online community music portal.
It's
been a good year for Italians: first they won the World Cup, and now they've
taken home the trophy in the Microsoft Imagine Cup.
A total of 181
students from 72 teams representing 42 countries participated in the games that
ended on Friday. Italian team Even .ctor took first
place in the software design category.
The Microsoft
Imagine Cup is a competition for students to compete in creating real-life
technology applications. It was designed to provide an outlet for students to
fuse their technological and artistic interests outside the classroom. Other
winners included Piotr Marek
Mikulski from
"The
competition encourages students from around the world to apply their
imagination and creativity to design software technology that has real world
applicability," said Joe Wilson, director of academic initiatives for
Microsoft in an email to sent to PC Magazine. "As
a result, it enables students to bridge between their idea and its impact on
both a local and global scale."
Winners were
awarded $25,000 in cash and celebrated in an award ceremony held at the
competition site in
Over 65,000
students entered the competition in the first round. This is the fourth year
for the event. The theme was "Imagine a world where technology enables us
to live healthier lives."
In 2005, one of
the winning teams went on to become the founders of Musigy
Inc., an online community music portal. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft,
released a statement on Friday expressing hope that this year's winners will
see similar success.
"These
projects demonstrate the power of software to address real-world problems, and
I'm so impressed by the high levels of technical innovation that these students
achieved in their work," Gates said. "This year's Imagine Cup
participants all share a commitment to improving people's lives that is very inspiring.
They represent the next generation of business and technology leaders, and
their creativity and passion are reasons for us all to be optimistic about the
future."
"Students
studying computer sciences today are the technology leaders of tomorrow,"
The 2007 Imagine
Cup will be held in
The
ANNOTICO Reports are Archived at:
Italia
Italia Mia: http://www.ItaliaMia.com
Annotico
Email: annotico@earthlink.net