Meet the new Imagine Cup 2013!
This year, the Imagine Cup will be doubly wonderful! First, the international final will be held in Russia , in St. Petersburg, in the summer of 2013 (and Russian students will have much more chances to participate in them). Secondly, the competitions themselves this year have been significantly updated and become much better! Details - below!
This year, the competition includes three major design competitions held around the world:
Project competitions will be held in Russia as well as a competition of software projects in previous years:
At the international final from Russia this year three teams will be held at once - one in each of the project competitions (Russia received this right as a host country, from all other countries there will still be only one team). At the same time, one project can be presented only in one of the project competitions (although in some cases it is possible to split the project into two) - so think carefully about which category your project will look most advantageous for.
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An additional opportunity to get to the final are technological online contests , which are held on separate technologies: Windows 8 , Windows Phone , Windows Azure (and, possibly, others will be added). In these competitions, you will first have to go through a small online testing on site imaginecup.com , and then send your application to the international jury. The teams that have created the best applications will be invited to the international final.
We will also hold for you Russian contests of applications for Windows 8, Windows Phone and Azure - this is an additional reason to get prizes by competing with other Russian students. Although, of course, the main prize will be your application, available to millions of users of Windows 8 in the Windows Store.
In the coming weeks, we will tell you in more detail about each of the contests - but now you can register on the updated site imaginecup.ru . When registering, we ask you to briefly describe your idea in order to also participate in a local competition of ideas . Yes, yes, this year we will give out prizes not only for ready-made applications, but also to authors of ideas that will seem to the jury to be the most interesting and promising. You can also put your idea on the “ exchange of ideas ” - in this case, other students, interested in the idea, will be able to contact you and join the project team, who will then present this idea at the Imagine Cup competition.
Read more about contests on our website www.imaginecup.ru . Official rules for international competitions are available at www.imaginecup.com . I will be happy to answer all questions in the contest in person on Twitter @shwars , in the comments to this post, or by mail to rusacad@microsoft.com .
This year is the best to participate in the Imagine Cup ! First of all, you have much more chances to touch the international final, participation in which is actually the main prize of the competition ! We hope that in one form or another, not only three finalist teams, but also other active participants in the competition and the Russian final will be able to take part in the final. Secondly, any student project using Microsoft technologies in any way can participate in competitions in the updated structure of competitions!
This year, the competition includes three major design competitions held around the world:
- Social projects are a former competition of software projects. It is necessary to present a solution in it that solves the actual problem of humanity. It is reasonable to submit beautiful and bright projects in the fields of medicine, education, the fight against hunger, etc.
- Games - this competition has ceased to be an online competition, and will be held in Russia and in other countries on a par with the other two project competitions. If you want to create (or have already created) a game, in any of its manifestations: for a Windows Phone smartphone, for Windows 8, for XBox or for the web - apply for a game contest!
- Innovation is the competition we have been waiting for! It allows you to submit to the Imagine Cup completely any projects that do not fall into one of the two categories mentioned above.
Project competitions will be held in Russia as well as a competition of software projects in previous years:
- Application deadline - February 15, 2013.
- Regional finals and online tour (for those who cannot participate in the regional final in person) - March 2013
- Russian final - April 2013
At the international final from Russia this year three teams will be held at once - one in each of the project competitions (Russia received this right as a host country, from all other countries there will still be only one team). At the same time, one project can be presented only in one of the project competitions (although in some cases it is possible to split the project into two) - so think carefully about which category your project will look most advantageous for.
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An additional opportunity to get to the final are technological online contests , which are held on separate technologies: Windows 8 , Windows Phone , Windows Azure (and, possibly, others will be added). In these competitions, you will first have to go through a small online testing on site imaginecup.com , and then send your application to the international jury. The teams that have created the best applications will be invited to the international final.
We will also hold for you Russian contests of applications for Windows 8, Windows Phone and Azure - this is an additional reason to get prizes by competing with other Russian students. Although, of course, the main prize will be your application, available to millions of users of Windows 8 in the Windows Store.
In the coming weeks, we will tell you in more detail about each of the contests - but now you can register on the updated site imaginecup.ru . When registering, we ask you to briefly describe your idea in order to also participate in a local competition of ideas . Yes, yes, this year we will give out prizes not only for ready-made applications, but also to authors of ideas that will seem to the jury to be the most interesting and promising. You can also put your idea on the “ exchange of ideas ” - in this case, other students, interested in the idea, will be able to contact you and join the project team, who will then present this idea at the Imagine Cup competition.
Read more about contests on our website www.imaginecup.ru . Official rules for international competitions are available at www.imaginecup.com . I will be happy to answer all questions in the contest in person on Twitter @shwars , in the comments to this post, or by mail to rusacad@microsoft.com .
This year is the best to participate in the Imagine Cup ! First of all, you have much more chances to touch the international final, participation in which is actually the main prize of the competition ! We hope that in one form or another, not only three finalist teams, but also other active participants in the competition and the Russian final will be able to take part in the final. Secondly, any student project using Microsoft technologies in any way can participate in competitions in the updated structure of competitions!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/153531/
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