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Imagine Cup Sri Lanka is the annual competition sponsored by
Microsoft Sri Lanka. It is the local round of competition to select teams to represent
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
at the international
Imagine Cup
Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together student developers worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer sc ...
competition sponsored and hosted by
Microsoft Corp.
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Started in 2005, primarily a software design competition, it enlists teams of four within the
high school
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and
university
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levels to submit software solutions addressing a specifically provided theme.
Winners
Past winners;
*2005: Team ''SivuMithun'', Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2006: Team ''Arunalu'', Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2007: Team ''Sara'', Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2008: Team ''Sasrutha'', Faculty of Engineering/Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2009: Team ''Mahee '',
.....
*2010: Team ''Collectivists'',
School of Computing,
University of Colombo
(Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate)
, mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens''
, established =
, endowment = Sri Lankan rupee, LKR 1.461 1,000,000,000 (number), billion
*2011: Team ''PeraSoft '', Faculty of Engineering,
University of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a Public research university, public university in Sri Lanka ...
*2012: Team ''Team V360'', Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2013: Team ''Team Firebird '',
Informatics Institute of Technology.....
*2014:
**Innovation - Team ''Team Firebird,''
Informatics Institute of Technology
**World Citizenship - Team ''Silver Chasers,''
Informatics Institute of Technology
*2015:
**Games - ''Dimension X'',
Informatics Institute of Technology
**Innovation - ''Team DRUTA,''
Informatics Institute of Technology
**World Citizenship - ''Team Firebird'',
Informatics Institute of Technology
*2016:
**Games - Team ''Bit Masters'', Faculty of Engineering,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
**Innovation - Team ''Bit Masters'', Faculty of Engineering,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2017: Team ''Team Titans'', Faculty of Engineering,
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*2018: Team ''Team AlgoR'', Faculty of Computing,
,
ESOFT Metro Campus
Participants
*
Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology
*
ESOFT Metro Campus
*
Informatics Institute of Technology
*
Open University of Sri Lanka
"The Open University of Sri Lanka" (OUSL; si, ශ්රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ta, இலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a national universit ...
*
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ta, சபரகமுவா பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Belih ...
*
*
University of Colombo
(Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate)
, mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens''
, established =
, endowment = Sri Lankan rupee, LKR 1.461 1,000,000,000 (number), billion
*
University of Kelaniya
Pannaya Parisujjhati
, mottoeng = Self-purification is by insight
, established = 1875 Vidyalankara Pirivena1959 Vidyalankara University
, type = Public
, endowment =
, adminis ...
*
University of Moratuwa
(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. ...
*
University of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a Public research university, public university in Sri Lanka ...
*
University of Ruhuna
The University of Ruhuna ( si, රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්යාලය, රෝහණ සරසවිය (Ruhuṇa Viśvavidyālaya, Rohana sarasaviya),; ta, ருகுண பல்கலைக் கழகம்) is a publ ...
Criticism
The Microsoft Corporation has been criticized for including provisions in the competition's legal documents, stating that by accepting their prizes, winners agree to allow Microsoft to use concepts, techniques, ideas or solutions from the winning applications "for any purpose." Also, the competition has been criticized for being rather Microsoft-centric, with demands such as "the entry must be designed on.NET Framework 2.0 using Microsoft Visual Studio" or "30% of the scoring in this round will be based on use of showcasing the.NET framework".
Microsoft's ''Rules and Regulations'',
however, contains a section stating that students' intellectual property will be respected, and that neither Imagine Cup competition nor Microsoft claim ownership of the materials provided by the competitors. It is important to highlight that for the sake of the judgment, internal elements of the solution might be made public to the judges.
See also
*
Imagine Cup
Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together student developers worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer sc ...
References
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External links
ImagineCup.lk Imagine Cup Sri Lanka
ImagineCup.com Imagine Cup Global Website
Imagine Cup Sri Lanka, Official Facebook Page
Sri Lankan awards