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UH students headed to Imagine Cup 2012 US Finals! Wednesday, 04 January 2012 16:02 Three teams from the University of Houston, Ziggers, Wasabi Ninja and Eager Beavers qualified to compete in the finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012 US Competition. Imagine Cup 2012 Finalist.

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UH wins 1st, 2nd & 3rd in Imagine Cup 2011 US Finals! Monday, 06 December 2010 22:43 Four teams from the University of Houston, AAMP, Righteous Noodle, STC and Big Impact Bear qualified to compete in the finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2011 US Competition. There were 74,000 registrants and UH came out on top taking 1st and 2nd in the Game Design\Mobile competition and 3rd in the Game Design\PC & Xbox. Imagine Cup winners.

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UH wins 2nd & 3rd in Imagine Cup 2010 US Finals! Wednesday, 05 May 2010 22:06
Game Design – Microsoft Press Pass The Game Design competition is a chance for students to create their own video game More info.

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Qin Gu - PhD Candidate of Computer Science Department and will join PIXAR Animation Studios in the Fall 2011.

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Imagine Cup 2010 US 2nd Prize Winner - UH Team Ifrit Salsa

Representing the University of Houston, our own Team Ifrit Salsa and their game RoboCycler made it to the top 4 teams in the US on the Imagine Cup 2010. The team members were Alaa Gharandoq, Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Biediger and Arifur Sabeth. The students use Microsoft’s ground-breaking new XNA Game Studio. Let’s congratulate our 2nd Prize winners, Team Ifrit Salsa for their hard work and creativity to reach to the top in the Nation!

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Imagine Cup 2010 US 3rd Prize Winner - UH Team Level 13

Representing the University of Houston, our own Team Level 13 and their game Antitoxin Squad made it to the top 4 teams in the US on the Imagine Cup 2010. The team members were Reggie Tye, Paul Diaz, Yu-Chao Chen and Syung Whan You. The students use Microsoft’s ground-breaking new XNA Game Studio. Let’s congratulate our 3nd Prize winners, Team Ifrit Salsa for their hard work and creativity to reach to the top in the Nation!

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Imagine Cup International 2010 - Top 150 - Team UH Cougar2

Representing the University of Houston, our own UH Cougar and their game RobotCraft2 made it to the top 150 teams in the world on the Imagine Cup 2010. The team members were Qin Gu, Xiaohan Ma, Qin Li and Peng Chu Wang. The students use Microsoft’s ground-breaking new XNA Game Studio. There were 12 USA teams selected this year and 4 were from the University of Houston. Let's congratulate our teams!

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Imagine Cup International 2010 - Top 150 - Team Fallout

Representing the University of Houston, our own Team Fallout and their game Hemofliction made it to the top 150 teams in the world on the Imagine Cup 2010. The team members were John Stuart Summers and . The students use Microsoft’s ground-breaking new XNA Game Studio. There were 12 USA teams selected this year and 4 were from the University of Houston. Let's congratulate our teams!

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Imagine Cup International 2010 - Top 150 - Team

Representing the University of Houston, our own Team .exe and their game The Waver made it to the top 150 teams in the world on the Imagine Cup 2010. The team members were Carlos Lacayo, Evan Susanto and Vieta. The students use Microsoft’s ground-breaking new XNA Game Studio. There were 12 USA teams selected this year and 4 were from the University of Houston. Let's congratulate our teams!

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Kinect for Windows SDK beta

July 01, 2011 2D Graphics by Jose Baez Edit

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/default.aspx

http://channel9.msdn.com/series/KinectSDKQuickstarts/

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Of-course-our-first-Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-Project-has-to-involve-a-Light-Saber

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Intro-to-the-Kinect-SDKDrawing-Joints-in-XNA

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Imagine Cup World Competition Update!

April 27, 2011 Bloggies by Jose Baez Edit

Today, April 27th at 7:00pm is the submission for Round 2 of the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals. Only 50 teams from Xbox/PC and 50 teams from mobile will advance to Round 2 for a chance to go to the finals this summer. Only 5 teams will be selected in each category. The Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals will be held July 8 through 13 in New York — the first time the United States will host the final stage of the competition. There were 7 teams selected for USA and 5 teams are from University of Houston as they advanced to Round 2 in the mobile and 1 team for the Xbox/PC. The teams are as follows;

Team Big Impact Bear - Brett Langsjoen, Daniel Salazar, and Francisco Jimenez (Mentor: Dr. Chang Yun). Advance in both PC and Mobile.

Team Blizz - Otto Dobretsberger, Qing Li, Lung Guo (Mentor: Jose Baez)

Team International House of Programmers - Catarino Hernandez,Kenneth McGarvey. (Mentor: Jose Baez).

Team Refresh - Jose Ribas, Martin Huy Le, Kenny Morales and Jason Wang(Mentor: Dr. Chang Yun).

Team WWTS - Liel Alimole and Eric Morales(Mentor: Dr. Chang Yun).

Congratulations to those of you who have advanced to Round 2!

Round 2 Ends April 27th at 7:00pm Central US Time.

Round 2 is the ultimate game-changer. 3-D or 2-D, multi-level or single player. Xbox/Windows, Mobile or Web. Depending on the Game Design track you are competing in, the structure of your team’s Round 2 game is entirely up to you. But the goal all comes back to one thing: use technology to help solve the toughest problems. Create a game that's accessible for folks with disabilities. Or help children learn about the environment. The Game Design competition definitely makes changing the world a little more fun. Leaderboards.

Microsoft is hosting the student technology competition.

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Microsoft is hosting the student technology competition.

April 06, 2011 News by Jose Baez Edit

BusinessMakers favorite Jennifer Heard, Vice President of Microsoft, is back with another update on Microsoft and its student technology competition, the U.S. Imagine Cup. Leisa Holland-Nelson interviews our most informative Microsoft headliner. Jennifer: And we actually, the thing that's the most exciting is there's 22 finalists that have entered their projects to the Imagine Cup. And four of those teams are right here from the University of Houston. Link.

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Microsoft’s Imagine Cup – New ‘Solve This’ Program and 2011 US Finalists Announced

November 22, 2010 XNA by Jose Baez Edit

Microsoft Corp. today announced Imagine Cup Solve This, a new program to provide inspiration for students looking to help solve the world’s toughest problems. In the spirit of “crowdsourcing,” intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits now will be able to seek the help of the brilliant and passionate students competing in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology competition, to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems. Microsoft also announced today the first round of Imagine Cup finalists from the United States. These finalists will compete at the U.S. national finals that will be held on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., in April:

Plump Pixel, California State University, Chico

Project: The team created “Green World,” an educational game blended with real-time strategy and simulation where the player takes on the role of a city planner whose responsibility is to provide a sustainable level of energy to the city while keeping the environment clean and free of pollution.

Righteous Noodle, University of Houston

Project: The team created “Eva Frontier,” a real-time strategy game designed to develop problem-solving skills by managing a humanitarian mission that delivers food and medicine to villages.

STC, University of Houston

Project: The team developed “Deep Sea,” a game designed to protect the ocean environment and promote innovation in keeping oil rigs safe.

Game Design – Mobile

SDEG, University of Texas San Antonio; Texas A&M University, San Antonio; San Antonio College

Project: The team created a mobile video game, “Renuvia,” which allows players to travel the world and fight pollution by using green technology, recycling and renewable energy.

Team AAMP, University of Houston

Project: The team developed a mobile game, “Operation Clean Sweep,” where the player has the objective of cleaning up rivers polluted by their adjacent cities.

Team Inspiration, University of California, Riverside

Project: The team developed a mobile game, “Trash Boy,” where players prevent trash from entering the ocean to protect fish.

XNA Game Studio 4.0 is finally here!

September 17, 2010 Bloggies by Jose Baez Edit

XNA 4.0 is part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only). There is support for Windows XP for XBox360 and PC games. Downloaded here!

UH Moment - Game Design Competition 2010

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UH Moment - Game Design Competition 2010

August 09, 2010 3D Graphics by Jose Baez Edit

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It can also be found at http://www.uh.edu/uhmoment.

ABC13 Local news
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7396724

The business makers
http://www.thebusinessmakers.com/episodes/shows/2010/april-2010/episode-254/flashback-254.html

More news
http://www.cs.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2010/0428_imagineCup.php

University of Houston, Computer Science Department

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