Imagine Cup

{{Short description|Annual competition}} {{update|date=September 2022}} thumb|Imagine Cup official logo

'''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/06/14/tune-imagine-cup-july-27-see-team-wins-200000-prizes/|title=Tune in to Imagine Cup July 27 to see which team wins more than $200,000 in prizes - The Official Microsoft Blog|date=2017-06-14|work=The Official Microsoft Blog|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en-US}}</ref> It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer science and engineering and is considered one of the top competitions and awards related to technology and software design. All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems". Started in 2003, it has steadily grown, with more than 2 million competitors representing 150 countries in 2022. The 2023 Imagine Cup World Championship was held in Seattle, United States.<ref name="imaginecup.com">{{cite web|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/student-developer-blog/meet-the-2022-imagine-cup-champion-v-bionic/ba-p/3292574|title=Meet the 2022 Imagine Cup Champion: V Bionic|date=2022-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imaginecup.com/ |title=Imagine Cup official site |publisher=Imaginecup.com |access-date=2010-08-12}}</ref>

==History== thumb|Mistory group (2015)

The Imagine Cup began in 2003 with approximately 1,000 competitors from 25 countries and regions and has grown to more than 2 million competitors representing 150 countries in 2022. The Imagine Cup World Championship has been held all over the globe. Since 2014, the Imagine Cup World Championship has been held in Seattle, United States.<ref name="imaginecup.com"/> * 2003: Barcelona, Spain – Theme: ''Link between people, information, systems, and devices, using Web services and. NET as the springboard.'' * 2004: São Paulo, Brazil – Theme: ''Imagine a world where smart technology makes everyday life easier.'' * 2005: Yokohama, Japan – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us.'' * 2006: Agra & Delhi, India – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives.'' * 2007: Seoul, South Korea – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.'' * 2008: Paris, France – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment.'' * 2009: Cairo, Egypt – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.'' * 2010: Warsaw, Poland – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.'' * 2011: New York City, United States – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.'' * 2012: Sydney, Australia – Theme: ''Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.'' * 2013: Saint Petersburg, Russia – Theme: ''All dreams are now welcome.'' * 2014: Seattle, United States * 2015: Seattle, United States * 2016: Seattle, United States * 2017: Seattle, United States * 2018: Seattle, United States * 2019: Seattle, United States * 2020: Digital event at Microsoft Build in Seattle, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/student-developer-blog/meet-the-2020-imagine-cup-world-champion-team-hollo-from-hong/ba-p/1400674 |title=Meet the 2020 Imagine Cup World Champion: Team Hollo from Hong Kong SAR! |date=19 May 2020 |publisher=Imaginecup.com |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> * 2021: Digital event at Microsoft Build in Seattle, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/student-developer-blog/meet-the-2021-imagine-cup-world-champion-team-reweba-from-kenya/ba-p/2383629 |title=Meet the 2021 Imagine Cup World Champion: Team REWEBA from Kenya! |date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Imaginecup.com |access-date=2021-05-25}}</ref> * 2022: Seattle, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/student-developer-blog/meet-the-2022-imagine-cup-champion-v-bionic/ba-p/3292574 |title=Meet the 2022 Imagine Cup Champion: V Bionic |date=24 May 2022 |publisher=Imaginecup.com |access-date=2022-05-24}}</ref> * 2023: Seattle, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/student-developer-blog/2023-imagine-cup-world-championship-winner-revealed/ba-p/3827602 |title=2023 Imagine Cup World Championship Winner Revealed! |date=23 May 2023 |publisher=Imaginecup.com |access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref>

==Competition structure== [[File:Software Design Showcase July 5th - Portugal.jpg|thumb|A team of competitors from Portugal - Imagine Cup Poland, 2010]] All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.”

=== Competitions === * '''Software Design''' The Software Design competition challenges participants to use technology to solve what they consider to be the toughest problems facing the world today. Using Microsoft tools and technology, competitors create software applications. Participants develop, test, and build their ideas into applications that can change the world.<ref>{{cite web|author=Imagine Cup |url=http://www.imaginecup.com/competitions/software/software-design-rules |title=Imagine Cup Official Rules |date=2010-09-01}}</ref> * '''Game Design''' The Game Design Competition challenges participants to create a new game that illustrates the Imagine Cup theme.<ref>{{cite web|author=Imagine Cup |url=http://imaginecup.com/competitions/game-design/game-design-rules |title=Imagine Cup Official Rules |date=2010-09-01}}</ref>

==Winners== There are a number of competitions and challenges within the Imagine Cup. The Software Design category is the primary competition in which its winners take home the Imagine Cup trophy.

=== Software Design === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2004 |{{flagicon|France}} Team EPITA<ref name="microsoft.com">{{cite web|author=Imagine Cup |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/jul04/07-06champions04pr.mspx |title=Microsoft Presspass |website=Microsoft |date=2010-12-01}}</ref> Aymeric Gaurat Apelli Francois Beaussier Guillaume Belmas Vincent Vergonjeanne |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team Inspiration<ref name="microsoft.com"/> {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Stanislav Vonog {{flagicon|Russia}} Nikolay Surin {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Konstantin Zhereb {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Taras Kushko |{{flagicon|Greece}} Team SmartEyes<ref name="microsoft.com"/> Eleni Korkontzila Dimitrios Bisias Styliani Taplidou Nikolaos Trichakis |- |2005 |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team OmniMusic<ref>{{cite web|author=Imagine Cup |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-01ImagineCupAwardsPR.mspx |title=Microsoft Awards Student Technology Rock Stars at Imagine Cup 2005 |website=Microsoft |date=2005-08-01}}</ref> {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Stanislav Vonog {{flagicon|Russia}} Nikolay Surin {{flagicon|Russia}} Alexander Popov {{flagicon|Russia}} Ruslan Gilfanov |- |2006<ref name=2006press>{{cite press release|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2006/08/11/microsoft-announces-imagine-cup-2006-winners/|title=Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2006 Winners |date=2006-08-11}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Italy}} Team Even.ctor Giorgio Sardo Massimo Paternoster Silvia Perrone Andrea Sossich |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team Trivial Carlos Rodrigues Ivan Cardim Madson Menezes |{{Flagicon|Norway}}Team NTNU Jan-Kristian Markiewicz Gøran Hansen Hans Olav Norheim Jonas Follesø |- |2007 |{{flagicon|Thailand}} Team 3KC Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin Jatupon Sukkasem Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn |{{flagicon|Korea}} Team En#605/Project Finger Code Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin Jatupon Sukkasem Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn |{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Team ICAD Imran Allie Conroy Smith Ayson Baxter Damion Mitchel |- |2008<ref name=2008press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2008/07/08/microsoft-announces-imagine-cup-2008-winners/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=8 July 2008|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Australia}} Team SOAK<ref>{{cite web|author=Brett Winterford |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-students-win-global-software-competition/ |title=ZDNet.com |date=2008-07-09}}</ref> David Burela Edward Hooper Dimaz Pramudnya Long Zheng |{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Team Housekeepers Dusan Zelenik Jakub Simko Michal Kompan Marian Honsch |- |2009 |{{flagicon|Romania}} Team Sytech Adrian Buzgar Calin Juravle Andreas Resios |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team VitalLab Maxim Bovykin Sergey Fedorov Denis Gnatyuk Alexey Klishin |- |2010<ref name="robinson">{{cite web|author= Justin Robinson |url=http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/News/219344,microsoft-imagine-cup-2010-winners-announced.aspx |title= Atomic.edu|date=2010-07-09}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Thailand}} Team Skeek Krithee Sirisith Pichai Sodsai Thanasunn Dilokpinitnun Nonthawat Srichad |{{flagicon|Serbia}} Team TFZR Zlatibor Veljković Milan Kojadinović Goran Nikolić Vanja Zavišin |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} Team OneBeep Vinny Lohan Steve Ward Kayo Lakadia Chanyeol Yoo |- |2011<ref name=2011press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2011/07/13/microsoft-reveals-imagine-cup-2011-winners-unveils-3-million-grant-program/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=13 July 2011|access-date=13 July 2011}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Ireland}} Team Hermes James McNamara Calum Cawley Matthew Padden Aine Conaghan |{{flagicon|United States}} Team Note-Taker Qian Yan Shashank Srinivas David Hayden Michael Astrauskas |{{flagicon|Jordan}} Team OaSys Yousef Wadi Mohammad Azzam Monir Abu Hilal Hani Abu Huwaij |- |2012<ref name=2012press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2012/jul12/07-10imaginecup12pr.aspx|work=Microsoft News Center|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Team quadSquad Stepanov Anton Posternikov Anton Osika Maxim Jasakov Valery |- |2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2013/07/11/microsoft-announces-worldwide-imagine-cup-winners-awards-more-than-1-million-in-cash-and-prizes/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=11 July 2013|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Portugal}} Team For a Better World |- |2014<ref name=2014press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/08/01/imagine-cup-world-finals-2014-winner-eyenaemia-receives-50000-private-meeting-bill-gates/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=August 2014|access-date=1 Aug 2014}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Australia}} Team Eyenamia |- |2015<ref name=2015press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/uk_faculty_connection/2015/08/04/imagine-cup-2015-results/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=4 August 2015 |access-date=4 Aug 2015}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team EFitFashion |- |2016<ref name=2016press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/winners/2016WorldChampions|work=Microsoft News Center|access-date=9 July 2016}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Romania}} Team ENTy |- |2017<ref name=2017press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/07/27/meet-2017-imagine-cup-champions-team-x-glu-czech-republic/|work=Microsoft News Center|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Czech_Republic}} Team X.Glu |- |2018<ref name=2018press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/07/25/meet-your-2018-imagine-cup-champions-smartarm-of-canada/|work=Microsoft News Center|date=25 July 2018|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Canada}} Team SmartArm |- |2019<ref name=2019press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Student-Developer-Blog/Meet-the-2019-Imagine-Cup-World-Champion-team-EasyGlucose-from/ba-p/533238|work=Microsoft News Center|date=6 May 2019|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> |{{flagicon|USA}} Team EasyGlucose Bryan Chiang |{{flagicon|India}} Team Caeli Bharat Sundal |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Team Finderr<ref name=2019finderrpress>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Student-Developer-Blog/Congratulations-Imagine-Cup-EMEA-Regional-Final-Champions-Team/ba-p/376642 |work=Microsoft News Center|date=19 March 2019 |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> Ferdinand Loesch Choon Kiat Lee Sachin Sriskanda |}

=== Office Designer === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2005<ref name=2005ODpress>{{cite web|title=Press Release|website = Microsoft|url=http://www.microsoft.com/japan/presspass/addcont.aspx?addid=669}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team Solvent-OD Andre Furtado Adeline Silva Madson Menezes Raony Araujo |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team FIBRA Sergey Dubovi Pavel Zadumkin Dmitry Kozlov Anastasiya Filinova |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team Paladin Liu Teifeng Yang Yongzhi He Cong Yang Lizhen |}

=== Web Development === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2007<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2007 Winners |url=https://news.microsoft.com/source/2007/08/10/microsoft-announces-imagine-cup-2007-winners |publisher=Microsoft |date=2007-08-10 |access-date=2025-09-25}}</ref> |{{flagicon|France}} Team APB Benjamin Talmard Thomas Albisser Pierrick Blons Sebastien Lam |{{flagicon|Ireland}} Team Red Dawn Mohamed Alsalehi Marouf Azad |{{flagicon|China}} Team Frontfree Studio-Web Jiasheng Guo Weining Sha Xia Xiao Zhenda Zhao |}

=== Embedded Development Competition === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2007 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team TriventDreams ED Andre Furtado Carlos Rodrigues Ivan Cardim Roberto Sonnino |- |2008 |{{flagicon|Singapore}} Team Trail Blazers |{{flagicon|Ireland}} Team AcidRain {{flagicon|China}} Team Wings |{{flagicon|Poland}} Team Aero@PUT |- |2009 |{{flagicon|South Korea}} Team Wafree |{{flagicon|China}} Team iSee |- |2010 <ref name="robinson" /> |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Team SmarterME |{{flagicon|Russia}} Team MCPU |{{flagicon|France}} Team GERAS |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} NTHUCS |{{flagicon|China}} Harmonicare |{{flagicon|Romania}} Endeavour_Design |}

=== Interoperability Challenge === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2008 |{{flagicon|India}} SKAN <ref name=2008ia1>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2008/jul08/07-08icwinnerspr.aspx |title=Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2008 Winners |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2008-07-08 |access-date=2013-07-23}}</ref> Sameet Singh Khajuria Karun AB Amith George Noel Sequeira |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ecologix <ref name=2008ia2-1>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/interop/events/ |title=Interoperability Achievement Award Winners |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2008-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222173703/http://www.microsoft.com/interop/events/ |archive-date=February 22, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=2008ia2-2>{{cite web |url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/f/61f5dba3-2637-4a13-a236-06f8dd0fed89/IC2008Yearbook_v6.pdf |title=Imagine Cup 2008 Year Book |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2014-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810065049/http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/f/61f5dba3-2637-4a13-a236-06f8dd0fed89/IC2008Yearbook_v6.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Eduardo Sonnino Renato Ferreira Roberto Sonnino |{{flagicon|Poland}} Together <ref name=2008ia3>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/poland/centrumprasowe/prasa/08_07/06.aspx |title=Centrum Prasowe Microsoft |publisher=Microsoft.com |access-date=2013-07-23}}</ref> Dariusz Walczak Marcin Wrzos Piotr Sikora Tomasz Nowak |- |2009 <ref name=2009ia1>{{cite web|url=https://imaginemedia.blob.core.windows.net/library/imagine_cup_2009_yearbook.pdf |title=Egypt 09 Imagine Cup - The World's Premier Student Technology Competition |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2009-07-07 |access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Proativa Team Amirton Chagas Flavio Almeida Joao Paulo Oliveira Santos Lucas Mello |{{flagicon|Jordan}} ECRAM Mohammed Y. Eshbeata Laith Dawahir Wassim Shehadeh |{{flagicon|Poland}} Fteams Tomasz Ciejka Grzegorz Glonek Jacek Pintera Krzysztof Szokal-Egird |- |2010 <ref name=2010ia1>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/07/imagine-cup-2010-the-winners/ |title=Imagine Cup 2010: The Winners! |magazine=Wired |publisher=Wired.com |date=2010-07-09 |access-date=2019-03-21|last1=Lawton |first1=Chuck }}</ref><ref name=2010ia2>{{cite web|url=https://vdocuments.mx/imagine-cup-2010-yearbook-compressed.html |title=Imagine Cup 2010 Yearbook |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2010-07-09 |access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Xormis Shawn Mclean Derron Brown Dwayne Samuels Markel Mairs |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Uptiva Dreams IT Hugo Rodrigues Edmiel Leandro Daniel Ferreira Eduardo Sonnino |{{flagicon|Indonesia}} Chandradimuka Yudha Antawiryawan Kania Audrint Anggunmeka Luhur Prasasti Widyara Desgita |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|Greece}} Team Alaniarides Giorgos Karakatsiotis Vangos Pterneas |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Bells Team Daniel Ferreira Lucas Mello Amirton Chagas Joao Paulo dos Santos Oliveira |{{flagicon|Poland}} DemosceneSpirit Lukasz Michniewicz Szymon Majewski Marek Banaszak Magdalena Dudarska |}

=== Game Design === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2008 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team Mother Gaia Studio Rafael Costa Guilhermr Campos Helena Van Kampen Tulio Marques Soria |{{flagicon|Belgium}} Drunk Puppy Productions Kenny Deriemaeker Timothy Vanherberghen Filip Van Bouwel Jeroen Van Raevels |{{flagicon|Korea}} GomZ Dong HoonKim KiHwan Kim Min My Park |- |2009 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Team LEVV It Luciano José Edgar Neto Vinícius Ottoni Victor Rafael |{{flagicon|United States}} Epsylon Games |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Sanguine Labs |- |2010 <ref name="robinson" /> |{{flagicon|Philippines}} Team By Implication |{{flagicon|Belgium}} NomNom Productions |{{flagicon|France}} Green Gears Studio |- |2011 Mobile<ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|France}} Geekologic |{{flagicon|France}} Close World Mobile |{{flagicon|United States}} Team Dragon Pierre Elias Eric Lee Veronica Burkel Chase Sandmann |- |2011 Web<ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|Poland}} Cellardoor |{{flagicon|Philippines}} Signum Fidei Thomas Tiam-Lee Jenina Chua Jeriah Miranda Keven Hernandez |{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Quegee Team |- |2011 Windows/Xbox<ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|Brazil}} Signum Games |{{flagicon|Thailand}} JubJub<ref>{{cite web|author=Microsoft Thailand |url=http://www.microsoft.com/thailand/imaginecup |title=Imagine Cup Thailand|website=Microsoft }}</ref> |{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} WickedTeam |- |2012 Windows/Xbox<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2011/07/13/microsoft-reveals-imagine-cup-2011-winners-unveils-3-million-grant-program |title=Imagine Cup 2012 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com |date=2012-07-12 | access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Thailand}} TANG Thai<ref>{{cite web|author=The Nation Newspaper |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/homeThai-Students-Scoop-Gold-in-Worldwide-Microsoft-Im-30185924.html |title=Imagine Cup Thailand}}</ref> |- |2014<ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Russia}} Brainy Studio |{{flagicon|South Korea}} BOMON |{{flagicon|Egypt}} Illogic |- |2015 <ref name="2015 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Russia}} IzHard |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Kuality Games |{{flagicon|China}} Thief |- |2016 | {{flagicon|Thailand}} PH21 |- |}

=== IT Challenge === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2005 |{{flagicon|France}} Stefan Plizga |{{flagicon|Romania}} Emanuel Pentescu |{{flagicon|Austria}} Andreas Tomek |- |2006 |{{flagicon|Austria}} Andreas Tomek |{{flagicon|Romania}} Valy Greavu |{{flagicon|France}} Daniel Boteanu |- |2007 <ref name="2007mspress">{{cite news|title=Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2007 Winners|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2007/08/10/microsoft-announces-imagine-cup-2007-winners/|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> |{{flagicon|China}} Zhifeng Chen |{{flagicon|France}} Romain Larmet |{{flagicon|Romania}} Ilie Cosmin Viorel |- |2008 <ref name=2008press /> |{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Benoit Paux |{{flagicon|Romania}} Cosmin Ilie |{{flagicon|China}} Yan Liu |- |2009 |{{flagicon|Romania}} Cosmin Ilie |{{flagicon|China}} Wu Chang |{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Miklos Cari Sivila |- |2010<ref name="robinson" /> |{{flagicon|China}} WeiQiu Wen |{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Miklos Cari Sivila |{{flagicon|Singapore}} zxc1984 |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Sébastien Duchêne |{{flagicon|Poland}} Błażej Matuszyk |{{flagicon|Singapore}} Yunheng Mong |}

=== Digital Media === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2010<ref name="robinson" /> |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Mirror Vita |{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Dreaming Spirits |{{flagicon|Singapore}} Woolgathering |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|Romania}} M.N.A. |{{flagicon|Oman}} Brothers Forever |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} CottonCandy |}

=== Health Awareness Awards === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2012 <ref name="2012 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://in.pcmag.com/software-services/83621/microsofts-imagine-cup-2012-winners |publisher=www.pcmag.com | access-date=2015-10-01|title=Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2012 Winners |date=11 July 2012 }}</ref> |{{flagicon|Italy}} FifthElement Project Matteo Valoriani Antimo Musone Daniele Midi Antonio Vecchio |N/A |N/A |}

=== Connected Planet Award === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2013 |{{flagicon|India}} Y Nots |N/A |N/A |}

=== Microsoft Azure (Cloud) === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2013 |{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Y Nots |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} nLife |{{flagicon|China}} LetssGo |}

=== Windows Phone === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|South Korea}} HOMERUN |{{flagicon|South Korea}} Zipi Zigi |{{flagicon|United States}} Lifelens Tristan Gibeau Cy Khormaee Wilson To Jason Wakizaka |- |2012 <ref name=2012press /> |{{flagicon|Egypt}} Vivid Noureldien Hussein (Nour El-Dien Hussein) Muhammad El-Orabi Kariem El-Shazly |{{flagicon|Poland}} The Stack Karol Stosik |{{flagicon|Finland}} Aaltovation Apurva Jaiswal Irena Prochkova Gitanjali Sachdeva Maimuna Syed |}

=== Windows 7 Touch Challenge === {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2011 <ref name=2011press /> |{{flagicon|France}} Team India Rose Anthony Froissant José Martins |{{flagicon|Indonesia}} _dreambender_ |{{flagicon|Japan}} IUVO |}

===World Citizenship Competition=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2013 <ref name="2013 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2013Winners_Finals|title=Imagine Cup 2013 Winners|publisher=www.imaginecup.com |date=2014-08-01 |access-date=2014-08-02}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Portugal}} For a Better World |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} Omni-Hearing Solution |{{flagicon|Australia}} Foodbank Local |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2014Winners_Finals#?fbid=Rgu1GcnJl4p|title=Imagine Cup 2014 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com |date=2014-08-01 |access-date=2014-08-02}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Australia}} Eyenaemia |{{flagicon|Taiwan}} SMART Crew |{{flagicon|Ireland}} Access Earth Matthew McCann Jack Gallagher KC Grant Donal McClean |- |2015 <ref name="2015 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2015Winners_Finals|title=Imagine Cup 2015 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com | access-date=2015-10-01}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Australia}} Virtual Dementia Experience |{{flagicon|Singapore}} Mozter |{{flagicon|Greece}} Prognosis |- |2016 <ref name="2016 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2016Winners_Finals|title=Imagine Cup 2016 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com | access-date=2015-10-01}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Greece}} AMANDA |{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Night's Watch |{{flagicon|Hungary}} InSimu |}

===Innovation Competition=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2013<ref name=2013press>{{cite web|title=Press Release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/jul13/07-11imaginecup13pr.aspx|work=Microsoft News Center|access-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} soundSYNK Robert Parker Alex Bochenski Jonathan Neumann Edward Noel |{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Dora |{{flagicon|Thailand}} SkyPACS |- |2014<ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|New Zealand}} Estimeet Hayden Do Jason Wei Chris Duan Derek Zhu |{{flagicon|Hungary}} Tep |{{flagicon|Bahrain}} ButterFly |- |2015 <ref name="2015 Imagine Cup World Finals">{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2015Winners_Finals|title=Imagine Cup 2015 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com | access-date=2015-10-01}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Brazil}} eFitFashion |{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} NoObs Team |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Siymb |- |2016 <ref name="2016 Imagine Cup World Champions">{{cite web|url=https://imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/winners/2016WorldChampions|title=Imagine Cup 2015 Winners |publisher=www.imaginecup.com | access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref> |{{flagicon|Romania}} ENTy |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Bit Masters |{{flagicon|United States}} HealthX |}

===Facebook Creativity Award=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Cyprus}} ij Developers | | |- |2013 <ref name="2013 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Ecuador}} Team Ayni | | |}

===AppCampus Award=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Hungary}} Tep {{flagicon|Russia}} Brainy Studio | | |}

===Skype Award=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |'''Drive Social Impact''' {{flagicon|Australia}} Eyenaemia '''Learning and Education''' {{flagicon|Nepal}} Code Buzzers '''Innovate and Collaborate''' {{flagicon|South Africa}} Super Sea Dragons | | |}

===Visual Studio Online Boost=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Greece}} Genesis {{flagicon|Slovakia}} LeapKin {{flagicon|Germany}} Tutus {{flagicon|Uruguay}} flipped.uy {{flagicon|Algeria}} RELOAD {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Learn n' Earn {{flagicon|Kenya}} BiDE Code {{flagicon|Uganda}} AfriGal Tech {{flagicon|Israel}} Flow | | |}

===Apps For Office Challenge=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|China}} iGeek {{flagicon|India}} CodeBlue | | |}

===Windows & Windows Phone Challenge=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Pomato Apps | | |}

===User Experience Challenge=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |World Citizenship {{flagicon|United States}} Team HCI/d Games {{flagicon|United States}} Team Silicon Innovation {{flagicon|Philippines}} Hiraya Gabriel Eric Villanueva Jomarie Anne Marquez Neo John Tuquero | | |}

===Pitch Video Challenge=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |'''World Citizenship''' {{flagicon|Ireland}} Team Symbiote '''Games''' {{flagicon|Romania}} Team Sticky Bits '''Innovation''' {{flagicon|United States}} Team Mote Labs | | |- |2015 <ref name="2015 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |'''World Citizenship''' {{flagicon|Ireland}} Rapid Response | | |}

===Project Blueprint Challenge=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |- |2014 <ref name="2014 Imagine Cup World Finals" /> |'''World Citizenship''' {{flagicon|Brazil}} Team Life Up '''Games''' {{flagicon|Brazil}} Liaison Team '''Innovation''' {{flagicon|Denmark}} YouBeRu | | |}

==Innovation Accelerator== The Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator was a program that, between 2006 and 2008, provided Imagine Cup Software Design teams with direction on the next stage of developing their innovative ideas into a business. Each year, between 2006 and 2008, six teams were selected for the Innovation Accelerator program. Participants in the Innovation Accelerator program travelled to the Microsoft Mountain View campus in Silicon Valley and received technical support and business coaching to create the must-have technology and communications applications of the future. In 2010, Microsoft began inviting every Imagine Cup team to participate in its new program for startups: Microsoft BizSpark.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Chuck Lawton |url=http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2010/07/looking-back-at-the-imagine-cup-2010/ |title=Wired.com|magazine=Wired |date=2010-07-26}}</ref> With this program, startups receive access to current, full-featured software development tools and platforms.<ref>{{cite web|author=BizSpark |url=http://www.bizspark.com/Pages/home.aspx |title=BizSpark |date=2010-07-26}}</ref>

Previous teams include:

* 2006: Brazil, China, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Norway, India * 2007: Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Thailand, * 2008: Australia, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, South Africa,

==Imagine Cup Grant== A three-year, $3 million competitive grant program was established by Microsoft in 2011 to support a select number of winning teams’ solutions to go to market and realize its potential to solve a critical global problem. The inaugural grant recipients were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 27, 2012, which included the following teams:

* Team Lifelens from the United States * Team Apptenders from Croatia * Team Falcon Dev from Ecuador * Team OaSys from Jordan

The grant packages include US$75,000 for each team, as well as software, cloud computing services, solution provider support, premium Microsoft BizSpark account benefits and access to local resources such as the Microsoft Innovation Centers. Microsoft will also connect grant recipients with its network of investors, nongovernmental organization partners and business partners.

For the 2012 version of the competition, the following teams were announced in December 2012. The teams are:

* Team Graphmasters from Germany. The team members are: Christian Brüggemann, Sebastian Heise and Iulian Nitescu. * Team StethoCloud from Australia. The team members are: Hon Weng Chong, Andrew Lin, Mahsa Salehi and Karthik Rajah. * Team Vivid from Egypt. The team members are: Noureldien Hussein (Nour El-Dien Hussein), Muhammed Mousa El-Orabi and Fady Fawzy Rafla. * Team Cipher256 from Uganda The team members are: Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello, Dr. Davis Musinguzi, Josiah Kavuma and Joseph Kaizzi. * Team QuadSquad from Ukraine. The team members are: Maxim Osika, Valeriy Yasakov, Anton Stepanov, Anton Posternikov and Dmytro Samoilenko.

==Recognition== Imagine Cup participants from around the world who won their regional competitions in 2010 have been recognized by their government leaders.<ref>{{cite web|author=Microsoft|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2010/10/27/government-leaders-celebrate-imagine-cup-successes.aspx |title=Microsoft on the Issues Blog |date=2010-10-27}}</ref> In October 2010, two Imagine Cup 2010 United States finalists (Wilson To <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/wilson-to/educate-to-innovate-white_b_768829.html|title = Educate to Innovate: The White House Science Fair Kickoff|website = HuffPost|date = 20 October 2010}}</ref> from the Mobilifeteam and Christian Hood from BeastWare){{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} were invited to participate in the White House Science Fair. New Zealand's Prime Minister, Hon. John Key sent Team OneBeep from New Zealand a personal letter that congratulated them on their third-place finish. Team Skeek from Thailand, winners of the 2010 Software Design competition, met Dr. Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, a member of Parliament and Secretary General of The Rajapruek Institute Foundation. Microsoft Poland and members of the European Parliament hosted the “Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation” conference in Brussels. Imagine Cup teams from Poland (fteams and Mutants), Serbia (TFZR), Germany (Mediator), and Belgium (Nom Nom Productions) were in attendance. Greek Imagine Cup winners, Giorgos Karakatsiotis and Vangos Pterneas, of Megadodo,{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} met with the Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou, and demonstrated their project that creates personalized descriptions of museum exhibits based on the user's needs. Teams Xormis and Educ8 from Jamaica were honored with a special luncheon hosted by the Government of Jamaica that included an address from Hon. Bruce Golding, the prime minister. Team Think Green had the opportunity to meet with Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia.<ref>{{cite web|author=Microsoft |url=http://www.microsoft.com/croatia/press/predsjednik_studenti.mspx |title=Imagine Cup Croatia |website=Microsoft |date=2010-10-04}}</ref>

==See also== *Imagine Cup Sri Lanka Page

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Imagine Cup}} *{{Official website|https://imagine.microsoft.com/Compete}} *[https://imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/winners Winners] *[https://news.microsoft.com/imaginecup2017/ Virtual Pressroom (2017)] *[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoftimagine/ Blog]

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