Winners of Duke's Choice Awards 2013

Hi Habr!

It has been exactly one year since our project Jelastic received the most prestigious award in the world of Java - the Duke's Choice Award (at the JavaOne conference). Thanks again to all habravchanam for support!

This year we are also actively participating in the JavaOne conference, though not as nominees anymore. We are pleased to be at the very epicenter of events and today we want to give you a brief overview of the winners of the Duke's Choice Award 2013, because such an award can only be obtained by the most innovative, advanced and ambitious Java projects:
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• Contrast Security : These guys have developed a special Java EE plugin to provide network security for applications, which uses the JVM for unobtrusive monitoring and automatically detects code vulnerabilities. It protects the infrastructure, ensures data security and thoroughly checks the code, while minimizing the impact on the developer.

• Devoxx : The Devoxx team (one of the largest conferences for Java developers) created a program to teach children in computer science. Now children from 8 to 14 years old can attend lessons on the study of programming, computer logic and the basics of electronics.

• The Dutch Java User Group : The Dutch Java user group has grown to a national scale and has organized the J-Fall conference, which is the leading event of its kind. The tradition of awarding JUG (Java User Group) for various achievements was born only last year.

• ISBAK : The developer of intelligent transport systems ISBAK has created a special tool, ISIM, designed for traffic planning, modeling and analysis. He used Java technology to enable users to design efficient road networks.

• JFrog : Bintray's cloud-based social platform, developed by JFrog, allows developers to download, store, and share code, as well as libraries within a single community.

• Licel : An independent Moscow software developer used Java Card technology for jCardSim, a simulator that allows students to create prototypes and test applications on various platforms.

• ai solutions : To help launch the NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission in 2014, ai solutions used JDK 7, NetBeans IDE and JavaFX to create a ground support system for GEONS. Using Java in this project helped reduce software development time by about 35 percent.

• Neuroph : The Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Belgrade developed the Neuroph project to simulate brain activity and simplified brain-like structures. Developed using the all-Java framework, Neuroph can be used in medicine, robotics and finance to make decisions, recognize, predict, control and simulate.

• openHAB : The project authors have developed a universal integration platform for home automation, written in Java and based on OSGi standards. openHAB is vendor-independent and integrates various bus systems, hardware devices, and interface protocols using dedicated bindings. This concept allows you to design user interfaces with a unique appearance and the ability to manage a variety of devices with completely different technologies.

• OpenSim : The team of the Center for Biomedical Computing SimbioS and the National Center for Modeling in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) at Stanford University created the OpenSlim application for modeling muscles, joints and bones, as well as human body movements. This is an open source product that includes Java technology and NetBeans IDE. It allows researchers, therapists and students to develop, analyze, model and share information, as well as find methods for treating various disorders and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

• Robotswim : French startup Robotswim has released the smallest (22 cm in length) Jessiko robots fish. Jessiko fish can swim in groups and flocks using Jesskommand, special control software written in Java using NetBeans modules.

What do you think? Who do you think is really an innovator? Who would you vote for?