Imagine Cup

2008 Imagine Cup Winners

Worldwide Finals Host City: Paris, France
Theme: "Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment."

Software Design

First place: Australia- Team SOAK
Team Members: David Burela, Dimaz Pramudya, Ed Hooper, Long Zheng

Second place: Slovakia - Team Housekeepers
Team Members: Marián Hönsch, Michal Kompan, Jakub Šimko, Dušan Zeleník

Third place: Hungary - Team DigitalMania
Team Members: Ákos Kapui, Laszló Zöld, Bálint Orosz, Gergely Orosz

Embedded Development

First place: Singapore - Team Trail Blazers
Team Members: Pinto James Dominic, Shi Ben Yong, Hu Shuhan, Denver Lim

Second place: TIE

Ireland - Team AcidRain
Team Members: Brian Byrne, Aodhan Coffey, Karl O'Dwyer

China - Team Wings
Team Members: Shibiao Xu, Junjie Li, Zhongjie Wang, Lei Yan

Third place: Poland - Team Aero@PUT
Team Members: Piotr Kryger, Mikołaj Małaczyński, Jakub Pawłowski, Piotr Slęzak 

Game Development

First place: Brazil - Team Mother Gaia Studio
Team Members: Guilherme Campos, Helena Van Kampen, Rafael F. Costa, Túlio Sória

Second place: Belgium - Team Drunk Puppy Productions
Team Members: Kenny Deriemaeker, Filip Van Bouwel, Timothy Vanherberghen, Jeroen van Raevels

Third place: Korea - Team GOMZ
Team Members: Kim Dong Hoon, Kim Ki Hwan, Park Min Kyu

Project Hoshimi Programming Battle

First place: Russia - Team Red Devils
Team Members: Ilya Grebnov, Sergei Grebnov

Second place: China - Team Zephyr
Team Members: Peng Guo, Jiaze Huang

Third place: Ukraine - Team Dream Team
Team Members: Pavlo Liapota, Margaryta Skrypachova

IT Challenge

First place: France - Jean-Benoit Paux

Second place: Romania - Cosmin-Viorel Ilie

Third place: China - Yan Liu

Algorithm

First place: Ukraine - Roman Koshlyak

Second place: Hungary - Szilveszter Szebeni

Third place: Japan - Naohiro Takahashi

Photography

First place: United States - Team Provisio
Team Members: Jennifer Hui, Melissa Hui

Second place: Austria - Team Austria
Team Members: Rosa Maria Binder, Benedikt Wurth

Third place: Croatia - Team Voodoo Delirum
Team Members: Duje Nebojša Pandžić, Martin Štokić

Short Film

First place: Korea - Team NEIP
Team Members: Il Jin Joung, Seong Ran An, Yeun Jun Choo, Sung Wook Lee

Second place: Mexico - Team Lava Lamp
Team Members: Grace Montoya, Aldo Murillo

Third place: Canada - Team Robotree
Team Members: Drake Birmann, Ryan Morrison, Media Ridha, Dan Tran

Interface Design

First place: United States - Team IU EcoVis
Team Member: David Roedl, William Odom

Second place: Canada - Team GreeNet
Team Members: Jin Fan, Kevin Muise

Third place: France - Team Edelweiss
Team Members: Johanna Rowe, Steven Muhr

2008 Achievement Awards

• The Rural Innovation Achievement Award, sponsored by Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, is designed to recognize the software solution that contributes toward a more sustainable environment and best helps promote the social and economic growth of underserved populations in developing countries and regions and best helps them better meet their basic needs. It was won by Indonesia's Team Antarmuka: Arief Widhiyasa, Dimas Yusuf Danurwenda, Ella Madanella Dwi Mustika and Erga Ghaniya.
• The Accessible Technology Achievement Award, designed to recognize the interface design solution that makes it easier for anyone to see, hear and use a computer, and to customize their computing environment according to their own preferences, needs and abilities, was won by Jeffrey Bigham, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science from the University of Washington, United States, for Project WebAnywhere. An additional onsite challenge was won by France's Team JivAd: Jivane Rajabaly and Adrien Ossorguine.
• The Interoperability Achievement Award, designed to recognize the software solution that best leverages Microsoft technologies to connect people, data or diverse systems to help address real-world customer needs, was won by India's Team SKAN: Sameet Singh Khajuria, Karun AB, Amith George, Noel Sequeira.
• The Windows Live Achievement Award, designed to recognize the software solution that makes the best use of the Windows Live platform and adds new social dimensions to both new and old Web sites and Web projects, was won by Spain's Windows Drive: CarlosJunquera Cachero, David Rodriguez, Héctor Juan and Miguel Llopis.
• The Engineering Excellence Achievement Award, sponsored by Microsoft's Enterprise Engineering Center, is designed to recognize three outstanding teams from the Software Development category that have created solutions that demonstrate the potential to be developed to scale with focused guidance from a Microsoft engineer, was won by the following:
  • Bulgaria - Team Atlas
    Team Members: Boryana Miloshevska, Dobromira Ivanova, Martin Damyanov, Yordan Pavlov
  • USA - Team Sparx
    Team Members: Adam Risi, Zachery Shivers, Ziyan Zhou
  • Russia - Team Ignition
    Team Members: Anatoly Nikitin, Roman Belov, Daria Elkina

Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Program

The six 2008 Finalist teams chosen to participate in the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator program are:

• Australia - Team SOAK (Smart Operational Agricultural toolKit)
  Team members: David Burela, Dimaz Pramudya, Ed Hooper, Long Zheng
• France - Team Well K'Home
  Team Members: Regis Hanol, Gauthier Chanliau, Sebastien Warin, Jean-Noel Gauthier
• Germany - Team PoinT-Power in Time
  Team Members: Daniel Franke, Jörn Schindler, Vasilios Filippidis, Axel Ernst
• Hungary - Team Digital Mania
  Team Members: Ákos Kapui, Laszló Zöld, Bálint Orosz, Gergely Orosz
• Slovakia - Team Housekeepers
  Team Members: Marián Hönsch, Michal Kompan, Jakub Šimko, Dušan Zeleník
• South Africa - Team Smile
  Team Members: Devin de Vries, Christopher King, Nabeel

To learn more about the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator program, click here.

Imagine Cup 2007 Winners

Worldwide Finals Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Theme: “Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.”

Software Design

First place: Thailand - Team 3KC Returns/Project LiveBook!
Team Members: Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn

Second place: Korea - Team En#605/Project Finger Code
Team Members: Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, Jeong Ji-hyeon

Third place: Jamaica - Team ICAD/Project CADI
Team Members: Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter, Damion Mitchell

Embedded Development

First place: Brazil - Team TriventDreams ED
Team Members: Carlos Eduardo Rodriques, Andre Wilson Furtado, Ivan Cordeiro Cardim

Second place: Romania - Team Aether
Team Members: Alexandru Vranescu, Bogdan Tanasa, Ionel Vuza, Bogdan Holmanu

Third place: China - Team SEED
Team Members: Huning Dai, Zhou Xue, Ziqing Ye, Dai Tang

Web Development

First place: France - Team APB
Team Members: Benjamin Talmard, Thomas Albisser, Pierrick Blons, Sebastien Lam

Second place: Ireland - Team Red Dawn
Team Members: Mohammed Al-Tahs, Marouf Azad

Third place: China - Team Frontfree Studio-Web
Team Members: Jiasheng Guo, Weining Sha, Xia Xiao, Zhenda Zhao 
 

Project Hoshimi Programming Battle

First place: Argentina - Team OIA
Team Members: Pablo Gauna, Nicolás Rodríguez Vilela

Second place: France - Team Arenium
Team Members: Laure Portet, Régis Hanol

Third place: Serbia - Team vladan.simov
Team Member: Vladan Simov 
 

IT Challenge

First place: China - Zhifeng Chen

Second place: France - Romain Larmet

Third place: Romania - Ilie Cosmin Viorel 
 

Algorithm

First place: Poland - Przemyslaw Debiak

Second place: Ukraine - Roman Koshlyak

Third place: Hungary - Szilveszter Szebeni
 

Photography

First place: Poland - Team Maraqja
Team Members: Iwona Bielecka, Malgorzata Lopaciuk

Second place: Croatia - Team Black and White
Team Members: Aleksandar Kordic, Igor Matoša

Third place: Canada - TeamCurrent
Team Members: Patrick Struys, Ryan Marr 
 

Short Film

First place: Poland - Team Skylined
Team Members: Julia Górniewicz, Jacek Barcikowski

Second place: Taiwan - Team Circle
Team Members: Chang Hao-Jan, Chang Shu-Wei, Tseng Yen-Chi, Lin Di-Er

Third place: Brazil - Team Papapaçoca
Team Members: Paçoca Alexandre Nacari, Arthur de Pádua, Felipe Pellisser, Wendel Yokoyama 
 

Interface Design

First place: Austria - Team OOT Graphics
Team Members: Verena Lugmayr, Claudia Oster

Second place: China - Team Frontfree Studio UI
Team Members: Dongjing Yao, Yushi Ma

Third place: France - Team Atomnium
Team Members: Manon Gaucher, Flavien Charlon

Innovation Accelerator Teams

The following 2007 Finalist Teams participated in the Innovation Accelerator 2008 program:

• Thailand - Team 3KC Returns/Project LiveBook!
  Team Members: Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn
• Korea - Team En#605/Project Finger Code
  Team Members: Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, Jeong Ji-hyeon
• Jamaica - Team ICAD/Project CADI
  Team Members: Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter, Damion Mitchell
• Ireland - Team inGest/Project Signal-Sign Language Learning Environment
  Team Members: Daniel Kelly, Cathal Coffey, Eric McClean, Mark Clerkin
• Mexico - Team Wisdom Spice/Project Wisdom Spice
  Team Members: Ramiro Berrelleza Perez, Dimitri Limberopulos Fernandez, Sergio Marcin Gorrino, Francisco Sandoval Zazueta
• Poland - Team InPUT/Project Onespace
  Team Members: Szymon Wybranski, Michal Zygmunt, Michal Tartanus, Marek Wronowski