The GT-RNOC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Convergence Innovation Competition. Congratulations to all of the winners! Their hard work throughout the year was evident in the results.
We would like to thank our partners who made this year's competition possible including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, the Georgia Tech GVU, and the Georgia Tech Office of Information Technology. The judges this year came from over 20 different companies who broadly represented the industry including carriers, vendors and service providers.
Further details of the competition itself and how to become involved in next year's competition are available here.
Campus Community Widgets
Sponsored by the GT Office of Information Technology
1st Place - CarPooler
Team: Anirudh Venkataramanan, Kaushik Ravichandran, Madhumitha Ravichandran, Shruthi Adappa, Venkatasubramaniam Ramanathan
2nd Place - viaCycle
Team: Kyle Azevedo, Siddharth Doshi, Koji Intlekofer, Zach Zacharia, Michael Culler, Yuriy Romaniw
Interactive Television
Sponsored by the GVU Center
1st Place - ViviVieW
Team: Vedrana Novosel, Preethi Mali Mahalingam, Hersh S Tyer, Abinash Barik, Supraja Narasimhan, Leslie Dillon Parker, Amay Singhal
2nd Place - OmniContact
Team: Tarun Yadav, Neha Gautam
SIP & Web 2.0 Converged Applications
Sponsored by AT&T
1st Place - Buzz-a-Ride
Team: Dev Priya, Neha Karajgikar, Pooja Rajanna
2nd Place - Phurnish
Team: Carlos Nieto, Akash Shah, Priyal Mehta, Parth Parekh
Wireless Solutions for the Utility Industry
Sponsored by Verizon Wireless
1st Place - SPrime
Team: Chris McClanahan, Jeffery Starker, Tim Upthegrove
2nd Place - Smart Grid Optimizer
Team: Ashish Deshpande, Arunabh Verma, Matthew Reno, Satyajit Deshmukh, Unmesh Deolekar