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Imagine that! NCU are Microsoft champs
Published: Friday | July 9, 2010
Northern Caribbean University's (NCU's) Team Xormis have emerged champions of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Interoperability Competition.
Team Xormis rocketed past 90 competitors from across the globe in preliminary contests before beating Brazil and Indonesia in the world finals in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday.
Team Xormis comprised Derron Brown, Markel Mairs, Dwayne Samuels, and Shawn McLean - all members of NCU's Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
They received prestigious Microsoft Imagine Cup gold trophies and the US$8,000 (J$688,000) cash prize.
Team Xormis' project, titled 'eXtensible Opportunity and Resource Matching Information System', is a problem-shooting matchmaker that identifies appropriate technology
providers.
Chairman of NCU's Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Kenrie Hylton, said he hoped this achievement would inspire others.
"It feels great to see that all the hard work and dedication that was put into developing this project has paid off," he said.
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