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Finalists Selected in Computer Competition

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 11 May, 2006 -- Ten teams of university students have been chosen as finalists in the IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition. Finalists include three teams from the United States, two from China, two from Poland, one from India, one from Romania and one from Jordan.

The teams, which designed and implemented computer-based solutions to real-world problems along the theme of Preserving, Protecting and Enhancing the Environment, will travel to Washington, DC to present their projects in the CSIDC 2006 World Finals on 1-2 July.

“The quality of the project reports from all the teams was very strong this year,” said Kathy Land of Northrop Grumman IT/TASC and lead judge. “We are anticipating an intense competition at the World Finals in July.”

This year’s competition drew entries from 133 teams from 28 countries. Alan Clements, chair of the CSIDC Executive Committee and a professor at the University of Teesside in Teesside, UK, notes that the competition benefits all students who participate in it by encouraging them to work together as a team to solve difficult problems and to critically evaluate their solutions. “Students taking part in CSIDC will have a tremendous advantage over their contemporaries when it comes to seeking jobs when they graduate,” Clements said.

The finalists and the names of their projects are:

• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing; “Coal Mine Enhancing System”
• Boston University, Boston; “SmarTrash”
• California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.; “Swarm-Cast”
• ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India; “Tsunami Tracking System”
• Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; “AntiHunter”
• North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.; “SunRay”
• Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, “Synairgy”
• Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland; “BirdWatch”
• Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland; “IntelliForest”
• The University of Jordan, Amman: “AviTrack”

The IEEE Computer Society Design Competition is sponsored by Microsoft and is designed to provide a substantive design experience for undergraduate students in computer design and computer engineering fields.

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