Contest Buzz

Facebook 2011 Hacker Cup

2010-12-12T01:39:00.004+05:30

Hacking is a central part of Facebook's culture. Whether we're building the next big product at one of our Hackathons or creating a smarter search algorithm, we're always hacking to find a better way of doing things.

We're starting the Hacker Cup to bring engineers from around the world together to compete in a multi-round programming competition. Contestants will have to successfully solve algorithmic-based problem statements to advance and are ranked by accuracy and speed.

What: An annual algorithmic programming contest open to hackers from around the world.
Where: Three online rounds with the finals at Facebook's headquarters in California.
When: Registration opens December 20th with the three online rounds occurring throughout January 2011. World finals to follow.
Finals: We'll pay to fly and accommodate the top 25 hackers from the 3rd online round out to our campus.
Prizes: Of course! $5,000 USD and title as world champion to the top hacker, $2,000 for 2nd place, $1,000 for 3rd, and $100 for 4th through 25th. Awesome t-shirts for the top 300 hackers coming out of the second online round.

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=467531498919

SharePoint journeys video contest

2010-12-12T01:27:00.003+05:30

Our customers and partners inspire us every day with stories about their SharePoint journeys. From those just starting out, to customers with hundreds of thousands of users, the innovative solutions that IT professionals and developers build on SharePoint technology transform the way people work together to make their organizations even better.

We want to hear where you are in your SharePoint journey and how it has helped your people achieve great results.

How the contest works:

Record a short video that describes your SharePoint journey as it relates to one of three contest themes:
Ramping Up
Building Momentum
Driving Business Value
Upload your video by February 16, 2011
Share your video with your friends and colleagues
Rate and comment on videos
Microsoft will announce three winners, one for each contest category, the week of February 21, 2011.

www.sharepointjourneys.com

DesignStellaris 2010, sponsored by Texas Instruments

2010-02-17T20:12:00.003+05:30

Name: DesignStellaris 2010

Details: Use the Stellaris® LM3S9B96 microcontroller from Texas Instruments with Keil’s RealView® Microcontroller Development Kit (RVMDK) and SafeRTOS™ from Wittenstein to create your design contest entry

Website: luminarymicro.com/designstellaris2010/
Organized By: Texas Instruments
At Stake: $10,000 in cash prizes

Closes: 23rd June, 2010

DREAMBUILDPLAY - Game building contest

2010-02-14T12:17:00.002+05:30

Name: DREAMBUILDPLAY - 2010 Challenge

Website: dreambuildplay.com
Organized By: Microsoft
At Stake: Cash

Closes: 3rd March 2010

Fantastic Five - The South Africa Chapter

2009-05-05T13:54:00.001+05:30

Name: Fantastic Five - The South Africa Chapter

Details: The Fantastic Five is an online reality series that chronicles the journey of five young travellers sent out on the adventure of a lifetime.

Website: http://f5southafrica.in.com/

2009 Photoblog Awards

2009-03-16T01:57:00.001+05:30

Name: 2009 Photoblog Awards

Details: You can submit your own or your favorite photoblog sites at http://vote.photoblogawards.com, and your submission will immediately appear in "Candidates" section, where can be found by other members. Once a submission has earned enough valid votes, it becomes a nominee

Website: http://www.photoblogawards.com/

2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition

2009-03-16T01:49:00.002+05:30

Name: 2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition

Details: This is the most lucrative and influential international student photo contest in the world. The Grand prize is $20,000 and some great photo gear, but more importantly, it provides all four winners the opportunity to kick-start their careers.

Website: http://prophoto.microsoft.avitivacorp.com/Site.aspx
Organized By: Microsoft
At Stake: $20,000 and photo gear
Open to: Full university and college students

1takemedia.com Film Competition

2009-02-25T23:47:00.000+05:30

Name: 1takemedia.com Film Competition

Website: http://www.1takemedia.in/new-competition/new-competition.html

Native Client Security Contest

2009-02-25T23:25:00.000+05:30

Name: Native Client Security Contest

Details: Do you think it is impossible to safely run untrusted x86 code on the web? Do you want a chance to impress a panel of some of the top security experts in the world? Then submit an exploit to the Native Client Security contest and you could also win cash prizes, not to mention bragging rights.

Website: http://code.google.com/contests/nativeclient-security/

Make a sweet game in Silverlight & win $5000

2009-02-13T22:37:00.000+05:30

http://www.serverquestcontest.com/

2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challeng

2009-01-21T00:14:00.002+05:30

Name: 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

Details: Global program challenges application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) that work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps.

Website: www.lbschallenge.com

The XML Challenge

2008-12-24T18:16:00.004+05:30

Name: The XML Challenge

Details: 3 level quiz

Website: developerworkscontest.com
Organized By: IBM deverloperWorks

Open to: Developers and Database Administrators of any technology. However the contest will focus more on DB2 9 and pureXM

Renovate Your Business contest

2008-12-07T13:12:00.001+05:30

Name: Renovate Your Business contest

Website: microsoft.com/india/sbs/renovateyourbusiness/contest.aspx
Organized By: Microsoft

Gizmox dares community members to break into Visual WebGui

2008-11-14T01:19:00.002+05:30

Details: The contest bets $10,000 that no one can hack their Empty Client Platform, Visual WebGui

Website: http://www.visualwebgui.com/Community/Resources/News/tabid/328/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/357/Gizmox-Dares-Breaking-Into-Visual-WebGui.aspx

Google Code Jam

2008-07-15T18:26:00.000+05:30

Name: Google Code Jam

Details: Coding competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The contest is all-inclusive: Google Code Jam lets you program in the coding language and development environment of your choice.

At Stake: Top 100 finalists will divide over $80,000 in prize money

Code Project Random Programming Competition

2008-07-15T12:47:00.000+05:30

Name: The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008.
Details: Write an application that implements the 1971 'Star Trek' game in whatever manner you feel like. Use a technology you've never touched before. Use a technology you're an ace in. Or just use a technology that is absolutely inappropriate for the task and hand and bend it to your will.
At Stake: TechEd 2008 bag, a Code Project fleece size XL and a dozen Code Project stickers

Closes: 31st August, 2008

Nokia Nseries :: Fusions Challenge (Closes: 27th July 2008)

2008-07-11T20:44:00.000+05:30

Name: Nokia Nseries :: Fusions Challenge

At Stake: Trip to Turkey & Nokia N78
Country Focus: India

Closes: 27th July 2008

Cutscape: Cut their own music video contest

2008-07-08T21:04:00.001+05:30

Name: Cutscape

Details: Open-source competition created to allow editors, filmmakers, or even your average music video fan to take professionally shot, film-grade footage and cut their own music video. The idea being there are many ways to tell a story and we want to find the best!

OpenCut - Open-source Film Editting Competition

2008-07-08T08:24:00.001+05:30

Name: OpenCut - Open-source Film Editting Competition

Details: OpenCut is a completely open-source film competition designed to encourage people to take professionally shot material and edit it in their own way. As there is no "one way" to tell a story, so too can stories benefit from being re-edited and re-told from many different vantage points and perspectives.

Closes: Currently Closed. Version 2 will open soon.

Animal Planet Bissell Pet Games Video Contest

2008-07-04T20:58:00.001+05:30

Name: Animal Planet :: "Bissell Pet Games Video" Contest

Rails Rumble: Contest to build an app in 48 hours

2008-07-04T13:38:00.001+05:30

Name: Rails Rumble 2008

Details: Contest to build an app in 48 hours on September 20th, 2008

Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008 (Closes: 30th September 2008)

2008-07-01T06:18:00.001+05:30

Name: Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008

At Stake: Up to ten essays will each be awarded a top prize of £1000. A special commendation will be awarded to those essays deemed of a high quality but which are not among the winning entries.
Open to: Anyone registered as a student at any university worldwide

Closes: 30th September 2008

Daylife's DayPI Developer Challenge (Closes: July 25th, 2008)

2008-06-30T21:02:00.000+05:30

Name: Daylife's DayPI Developer Challenge
At Stake: Over $5000

Closes: July 25th, 2008

Silverlight Control Builder Contest (Closes: 11st August 2008)

2008-06-29T17:58:00.001+05:30

Name: Silverlight Control Builder Contest

At Stake:1-Year MSDN Premimum Subscription, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition,Choice of one book from the entire O'Reilly catalog

Closes: 11st August 2008

Best Belly Photo Contest

2008-06-29T17:53:00.000+05:30

Best Belly Photo Contest
Win $2,500 in Cash