Cisco-UoG Hackathon Prize Winners
The winners of the joint Cisco Systems and University of Glasgow "Internet of Everything" Hackathon have been announced.
Big congratulations to Computing Science students Jarana Manotumruksa, Bruno Peres, and Tomasz Sadowski, who today received prizes from Professor Jonathan Cooper, Vice Prinicpal for Knowledge Exchange, for their winning entries in the Cisco Hackathon event.
Participating students took on the challenge to create innovative uses for the Smart Citizen Kits - environmental sensors which were placed and connected around the University, demonstrating just a little of what can be achieved by connecting smart interactive devices. The competition has been hosted by the University's School of Computing Science, which is home to world-class research in Information Retrieval and Embedded Networks and Distributed Systems.
Overall winner Jarana, from Thailand, picked up £500 in Amazon vouchers for his ‘Entertain Me’ mobile app. Second-placed Bruno, from Brazil, took home £250 in vouchers for the ‘Campus Companion’ mobile app and Tomasz, from Poland, received £100 for ‘Operation Dark Sky’. Each of them also received goodies from Cisco.
The projects were showcased at the Glasgow Science Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014.
You can read more about the Hackathon event on Cisco’s blog at http://ow.ly/A1c5E or view Cisco's promotional short video, including an introduction by the Hackathon's organisers Dr Iadh Ounis and Dr Craig Macdonald.