Student Innovator Award
Motivate your students to build robust applications by encouraging them to enter to win the InterSystems Student Innovator Award!
Every year, one of the highlights of InterSystems Developer's Conference (DEVCON) is the presentation of the Innovator Award. The InterSystems Innovator Award honor the creativity and technical prowess of students and professionals who use InterSystems technology.
The InterSystems Student Innovator Award is presented to the student developer who creates the most innovative application using InterSystems Caché.
To enter, submit an application by preparing a document according to the contest guidelines. If chosen, the winner will receive:
- $5,000 in cash
- An award acknowledging his/her accomplishment
- A matching grant to his/her school
- Free accommodations and round-trip ticket to InterSystems DEVCON 2008
Download the DEVCON 2008 Student Innovator Award Application.
To start developing today, download a free, fully functional, single user copy of Caché from our Web site: http://www.intersystems.com/cache/downloads/index.html
This is a great opportunity for an independent study project. Winning the award would provide a nice boost to a resume. Experience in Caché opens a world of opportunities!
- Caché is deployed on more than 100,000 systems ranging from two to over 50,000 users.
- Caché is used by all 10 of the top 10 Hospitals in the U.S., as ranked by U.S. News and World Reports.
DEVCON 2007 Student Winner
Congratulations to Anudita Kuksal of Australia, winner of the InterSystems Student Innovator Award 2007 for her application titled: "Teacher's Pet."
From left: Paul Grabscheid, Anudita Kuksal, Carl Olofson
Teacher's Pet is a lightweight database management system for small tutoring companies.
InterSystems Student Innovator Award Contest Details
Eligibility
A student application must have been developed within the past three years using Caché.
The contestants academic institution must be a member of the InterSystems Caché Campus program.
Applications that did not win an Innovator Award in previous years are eligible for resubmission, but require new submission documents.
Applications must be submitted by February 2008.
Presentation of Awards
The winner of the InterSystems Student Innovator Award will be announced at InterSystems DEVCON 2008. The student winner will be notified in advance of the Award Presentation.