Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic Students Crowned
Champions at the Microsoft Imagine Cup Singapore 2016
Champions at the Microsoft Imagine Cup Singapore 2016
Standing out with innovative projects that demonstrated potential
to influence gaming, healthcare and customer care fields, three teams now stand
a chance to represent Singapore at the Imagine Cup 2016 World Finals in
Seattle, Washington, USA
to influence gaming, healthcare and customer care fields, three teams now stand
a chance to represent Singapore at the Imagine Cup 2016 World Finals in
Seattle, Washington, USA
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| Winner for World Citizenship Competition – Team Yuuy (Ruth) |
SINGAPORE, 1 April 2016 — Microsoft Singapore today crowned three
outstanding student teams from Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic as
the Games, Innovation and World Citizenship champions of Microsoft Imagine Cup
Singapore 2016. Centred upon the theme “Creating with Code”, this year’s Imagine
Cup competition saw
a total of 65 project entries from 150 tertiary students, presenting a wide
range of innovative applications, games and solutions that have the potential
to influence gaming, healthcare, education, environment and customer care
fields.
outstanding student teams from Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic as
the Games, Innovation and World Citizenship champions of Microsoft Imagine Cup
Singapore 2016. Centred upon the theme “Creating with Code”, this year’s Imagine
Cup competition saw
a total of 65 project entries from 150 tertiary students, presenting a wide
range of innovative applications, games and solutions that have the potential
to influence gaming, healthcare, education, environment and customer care
fields.
Into
its 14th edition this year, Microsoft’s premier student
technology competition has inspired countless students over the years to dream and build
original solutions that can change the world. This year, the winning projects – Imagine by Team
Holy Trinity from Singapore Polytechnic, NYX by Team
Natural Conquistadors from Singapore Polytechnic and Ruth by Team
Yuuy from Nanyang Polytechnic outshone their competitors with their
innovation and soundness of ideas, to emerge as victors in the Microsoft
Imagine Cup Singapore 2016 Finals.
its 14th edition this year, Microsoft’s premier student
technology competition has inspired countless students over the years to dream and build
original solutions that can change the world. This year, the winning projects – Imagine by Team
Holy Trinity from Singapore Polytechnic, NYX by Team
Natural Conquistadors from Singapore Polytechnic and Ruth by Team
Yuuy from Nanyang Polytechnic outshone their competitors with their
innovation and soundness of ideas, to emerge as victors in the Microsoft
Imagine Cup Singapore 2016 Finals.
Games Competition
Singapore
Polytechnic’s Team Holy Trinity created Imagine,
a role-playing game about the fantasy world Aferion, where challenging
obstacles and enemies await players. The story revolves around the protagonist,
Cliff Owen, an 18-year-old boy from Earth who has a huge interest in fantasy
and magic. Going into the library one day, he found a mystical book in a dark
corner of the library. Excited to view its content, Cliff opened the book
immediately, and as he flipped the book open, a blinding light flashed and
incapacitated him. With excitement and anxiousness, he set out on his journey
to explore this mystical world, discover the strength of his powers and most
importantly, return home.
Polytechnic’s Team Holy Trinity created Imagine,
a role-playing game about the fantasy world Aferion, where challenging
obstacles and enemies await players. The story revolves around the protagonist,
Cliff Owen, an 18-year-old boy from Earth who has a huge interest in fantasy
and magic. Going into the library one day, he found a mystical book in a dark
corner of the library. Excited to view its content, Cliff opened the book
immediately, and as he flipped the book open, a blinding light flashed and
incapacitated him. With excitement and anxiousness, he set out on his journey
to explore this mystical world, discover the strength of his powers and most
importantly, return home.
Innovation Competition
Team Natural Conquistadors from Singapore Polytechnic wowed
judges with NYX, a customisable chat-bot-driven platform set
to transform event planning and end-to-end customer care. With NYX, event
attendees can easily pull the information they need by simply having a casual
conversation with the chat-bot. The team harnessed the power of API integration
and cutting-edge technologies such as natural language processing to enable NYX
to respond naturally to users.
judges with NYX, a customisable chat-bot-driven platform set
to transform event planning and end-to-end customer care. With NYX, event
attendees can easily pull the information they need by simply having a casual
conversation with the chat-bot. The team harnessed the power of API integration
and cutting-edge technologies such as natural language processing to enable NYX
to respond naturally to users.
World Citizenship Competition
Team Yuuy from Nanyang Polytechnic delighted the crowd with Ruth,
an interactive social robot designed to assist the elderly in Singapore as a
personal assistant or companion. Ruth moves and interacts in a natural way, and
is not only able to listen to and understand speech and context, but can
reciprocate with appropriate verbal answers, recognise faces, respond to the user’s
emotions and display expression feedback. Ruth’s hardware is powered by a mini
Windows PC and driven by several high performance motors controlling its arms,
head, eyeballs and eyelids. It also makes use of the Internet of Things (IoT)
to gather and monitor the home environment, for example by detecting fire or a
gas leakage, and has an integrated infra-red controller to control infra-red
enabled electrical appliances such as air-conditioners.
an interactive social robot designed to assist the elderly in Singapore as a
personal assistant or companion. Ruth moves and interacts in a natural way, and
is not only able to listen to and understand speech and context, but can
reciprocate with appropriate verbal answers, recognise faces, respond to the user’s
emotions and display expression feedback. Ruth’s hardware is powered by a mini
Windows PC and driven by several high performance motors controlling its arms,
head, eyeballs and eyelids. It also makes use of the Internet of Things (IoT)
to gather and monitor the home environment, for example by detecting fire or a
gas leakage, and has an integrated infra-red controller to control infra-red
enabled electrical appliances such as air-conditioners.
Judged
by a panel of industry leaders and technology experts, including Jessica Tan,
Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore; Stephanie Hung, Senior Director for
Public Sector, Microsoft Singapore; Foo Jong Tong, Director of Business
Development, Microsoft Singapore; as well as Rahil Bhagat, Experienced
Technology Journalist and Writer for CNET, e27, Forbes and IGN Asia; Team Holy
Trinity, Team Holy Conquistadors and Team Yuuy will now advance to the Asia Pacific Semi-Finals to compete for a chance
to represent Singapore at the World Finals, to be held in Seattle, Washington,
USA, in July. The ultimate winner will be crowned the Imagine Cup 2016 World
Champion, and walk away with the coveted Imagine Cup trophy and up to US$50,000
in cash and prizes.
by a panel of industry leaders and technology experts, including Jessica Tan,
Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore; Stephanie Hung, Senior Director for
Public Sector, Microsoft Singapore; Foo Jong Tong, Director of Business
Development, Microsoft Singapore; as well as Rahil Bhagat, Experienced
Technology Journalist and Writer for CNET, e27, Forbes and IGN Asia; Team Holy
Trinity, Team Holy Conquistadors and Team Yuuy will now advance to the Asia Pacific Semi-Finals to compete for a chance
to represent Singapore at the World Finals, to be held in Seattle, Washington,
USA, in July. The ultimate winner will be crowned the Imagine Cup 2016 World
Champion, and walk away with the coveted Imagine Cup trophy and up to US$50,000
in cash and prizes.
“We
at Microsoft are very impressed by the quality of the finalists at Microsoft
Imagine Cup Singapore 2016 Finals. Besides displaying creativity, innovation
and cohesiveness of thinking, each team also demonstrated clear ability to
harness the power of technology to create solutions that can have a positive
impact on the way we work, live and play,“ said Nobuhiro Ito, Director of Developer
Experience and Evangelism, Microsoft Singapore.
at Microsoft are very impressed by the quality of the finalists at Microsoft
Imagine Cup Singapore 2016 Finals. Besides displaying creativity, innovation
and cohesiveness of thinking, each team also demonstrated clear ability to
harness the power of technology to create solutions that can have a positive
impact on the way we work, live and play,“ said Nobuhiro Ito, Director of Developer
Experience and Evangelism, Microsoft Singapore.
“We
would like to commend all participating student teams for putting in months of
hard work for the Imagine Cup competition. We hope that this experience has
helped the students to leverage technology with “hacker” mind-sets to help them
progress new ideas and empower them to innovate and create applications, games
and solutions that will be critical in realising Singapore’s Smart Nation. We
also want to congratulate the three champions of Imagine Cup Singapore 2016,
and hope that they will do us proud at the Asia-Pacific Semi-Finals next month,
as well as at the World Finals in Seattle later this year,” said Jessica Tan,
Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore.
would like to commend all participating student teams for putting in months of
hard work for the Imagine Cup competition. We hope that this experience has
helped the students to leverage technology with “hacker” mind-sets to help them
progress new ideas and empower them to innovate and create applications, games
and solutions that will be critical in realising Singapore’s Smart Nation. We
also want to congratulate the three champions of Imagine Cup Singapore 2016,
and hope that they will do us proud at the Asia-Pacific Semi-Finals next month,
as well as at the World Finals in Seattle later this year,” said Jessica Tan,
Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore.
Held
annually since 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student
technology competition, known affectionately by participants as the “Olympics
of student technology competitions”. The Imagine Cup centers around three
competitions: Games, Innovation and World Citizenship.
annually since 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student
technology competition, known affectionately by participants as the “Olympics
of student technology competitions”. The Imagine Cup centers around three
competitions: Games, Innovation and World Citizenship.
• Games: The Games Competition honours the best student games built
on Microsoft platforms that are fun, original, well-made and has the potential
to attract an enthusiastic audience.
on Microsoft platforms that are fun, original, well-made and has the potential
to attract an enthusiastic audience.
• Innovation: The Innovation Competition honours applications that deliver
technology innovations that advance user experiences in major categories such
as social networks, search, classifieds or online shopping — or that create
entirely new categories.
technology innovations that advance user experiences in major categories such
as social networks, search, classifieds or online shopping — or that create
entirely new categories.
• World Citizenship: The World Citizenship Competition honours
the applications or solutions with the greatest potential to make a positive
contribution to the betterment of humanity. An entrant in the World Citizenship
Competition might tackle a vexing social or medical problem, promote education
or generally harness the power of technology to enrich lives.
the applications or solutions with the greatest potential to make a positive
contribution to the betterment of humanity. An entrant in the World Citizenship
Competition might tackle a vexing social or medical problem, promote education
or generally harness the power of technology to enrich lives.
Last
year, Team 3DiMS from Nanyang Polytechnic, Team Mei You from Nanyang
Polytechnic and Team Mozter from Temasek Polytechnic clinched top spots in the
Microsoft Imagine Cup Singapore 2015 Finals. Following this, Team Mozter from
Temasek Polytechnic went on to represent Singapore at the Microsoft Imagine Cup
World Finals, and eventually clinched first runners-up position in the World
Citizenship competition, doing the country proud with their Mozter real-time
mosquito-monitoring platform that empowers environment control officers to act
upon the data collected and take timely control actions to curb mosquito
activity when needed.
year, Team 3DiMS from Nanyang Polytechnic, Team Mei You from Nanyang
Polytechnic and Team Mozter from Temasek Polytechnic clinched top spots in the
Microsoft Imagine Cup Singapore 2015 Finals. Following this, Team Mozter from
Temasek Polytechnic went on to represent Singapore at the Microsoft Imagine Cup
World Finals, and eventually clinched first runners-up position in the World
Citizenship competition, doing the country proud with their Mozter real-time
mosquito-monitoring platform that empowers environment control officers to act
upon the data collected and take timely control actions to curb mosquito
activity when needed.
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