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Imagine Cup: New contests - new prizes

As part of the student competition Imagine Cup , additional competitions (Awards) have been announced, in which you can participate regardless of the main categories or in addition to them.



For all new contests, the general theme remains unchanged: “Imagine a world where technology helps in solving the most important contemporary world problems.”





New contests





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Internet Explorer 8 Award



Competition additions to Internet Explorer 8 is designed for teams of up to 4 people. As part of the competition you are invited to develop a web fragment, an accelerator and a visual search for Internet Explorer. (How to do this can be found on TechDays.ru .)



Application deadline is March 22. Read more - in the official rules of the competition .



The prize for first place is $ 5000. The second and third prizes are $ 4000 and $ 3000, respectively. Separately, prizes for the best accelerator, a web fragment and a visual search - for $ 2000 each.



Next Generation Web Award



A new generation of web programming contest is held between teams of students up to 4 people. You need to create an ASP.NET or Silverlight website that satisfies the topic of the competition and submit a screencast (no longer than 5 minutes) with a story about the project and a demonstration to the jury by March 15, 2010. To participate in the second stage, you must provide a link to an already working website.



Read more - in the official rules of the competition .



The prize for first place is $ 8,000 and a trip to Warsaw. The second and third prizes are $ 5,000 and $ 2,000, respectively.



Interoperability Award



The Interoperable Applications Competition is aimed at projects using Microsoft technologies along with open standards and technologies. The competition involves teams of up to 4 students or graduate students.



The deadline for submission is May 5, 2010. For more details, see the official rules of the competition .



The prize for first place is $ 8,000 and a trip to Warsaw. The second and third prizes are $ 4000 and $ 3000, respectively.



Touch & Tablet Accessibility Award



Application competition with tablet / touch support in education . In this competition it is necessary to introduce the concept of an educational application aimed at people with disabilities, and using the idea of ​​a touch interface. A team may consist of no more than two people.



The application deadline is March 26th. Read more - in the official rules .



The prize for first place is $ 8,000 and a trip to Warsaw and the Lenovo Tablet PC (estimated cost is $ 1,879).

Second prize - $ 4,000 USD and Lenovo laptop (estimated cost - $ 569 USD).



Get involved! This is not as difficult as it seems;) Especially the first competition.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/84932/



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