The Imagine Cup 2004 Nationals for the United States is being held this weekend at the University of California - San Diego. I'll be one of seven judges at the competition on Sunday, with the winner being announced in the evening activities at Tech-Ed.
The Imagine Cup is a worldwide technology competition sponsored by Microsoft for college students. There are four “invitationals“:
- Software Design - design a mobile device application using .NET that improves some aspect of everyday life.
- Rendering - use DirectX 9.0 to show something cool in the world of 3D graphics.
- Algorithm - an online competition for algorithm design and application.
- Short Film - create a short film on the culture of innovation.
The nationals competition in San Diego is for the Software Design invitational. There are nine teams from nine universities around the country competing: UCLA, ASU, Boston University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of South Carolina, Georgia State University, Washington University, UIUC, and George Mason University. The abstracts for these nine teams are available online as well.
The winners from San Diego will travel to Brazil for the Imagine Cup Internationals!
Should be fun and interesting to see what exciting applications these top teams have created.