As the world's premier student technology competition, the Imagine Cup is one way Microsoft is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, their passion, and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world. Now in its seventh year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to global issues. More than 200,000 students from over 100 countries entered the 2008 competition. The theme of Imagine Cup 2009 is "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems."
The Imagine Cup was founded in 2003. Worldwide Finals host countries have spanned the globe from Spain, to Brazil, to Japan, to India, to South Korea, and last year, to France. The 2009 Worldwide Finals will take place in July in Cairo, Egypt.
The "cup" itself, a trophy first awarded in 2003 when Software Design was the only category, has spent time with the Software Design champions in the United States (2003-2004), France (2004-2005), Russia (2005- 2006), Italy (2006-2007), Thailand (2007-2008), and now Australia (2008-2009).
Below is a list of our 2008 and 2007 winners. For information on the winners of Imagine Cup 2003-2006, please see the links on the right side of this page.
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
Algorithm
First place: Ukraine - Roman Koshlyak
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:
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 Nazeer, Nadeem Isaacs
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
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
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2008: Paris, France
Theme: “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment.”
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2007: Seoul, South Korea
Theme: “Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.”
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2006: Delhi, India
Theme: “Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives.”
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2005: Yokohama, Japan
Theme: “Imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us.”
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2004: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Theme: "Imagine a world where smart technology makes everyday life easier."
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2003: Barcelona, Spain
Theme: "Link between people, information, systems, and devices, using Web services and .NET as the springboard."
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