We have an Australian winner of the Imagine Cup Today I got to see the three Australian finalists in the Imagine Cup. The 3 teams strutted their stuff in front of the judging panel, made up of myself, Ben English , and our boss Norbert Haehnel. Each team had 20 minutes to present the solution, and we were looking at the following things: 15% Problem Definition How difficult is the problem being addressed? How well is it being defined? 60% Design Equal consideration will be given to: Innovation - applications that approach a new problem, or look at an old problem in a new way. Impact - applications that either impact a large number of people very broadly, or impact a smaller number of people very deeply. Effectiveness - to what degree the application actually solves the problem in question. 15% Development The judges will be looking for elegant system architectures that break the problem down into logical chunks and modules. 10% Presentation The judges will be looking for oral presentations that provide background and context to the project, explain why the problem is an interesting one, highlight how the system works, and include an insightful demonstration. Teams will also be evaluated on their ability to take questions from the judging panel. The winner was a team from University of Canberra. The runner up was also a team from University of Canberra. The winning entry was the Patient Monitoring and Alerting System. This has a lot of potential, and we’re going to spend some time with the team to help them develop the concept further so that they can blitz the field in India! Great work to all the finalists and the other participants. And Kudos to our intern Bernard Oh , who managed the entire process (and I’m sure Berno will be putting photos up somewhere soon) I love this part of my job ;) [ Currently Playing : Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin (02:36) ] Comments Anonymous June 18, 2006 and congratulations on presenting them with a giant Cheque.. It just doesn’t feel right unless you get that… Anonymous June 24, 2006 Hey Frank, the Imagine Cup pictures are up! Check it out - http://thespoke.net/blogs/bernard/archive/2006/06/25/The_OZ_Imagine_Cup_06_Finals.aspx Anonymous July 27, 2006 Nice to see our Imagine Cup Winners getting some coverage. Oz team off to Delhi for Imagine… Additional resources Last updated on 2006-06-16