DLSU Hacker Cup 2012

Do you have an awesome app idea? Take DLSU's 24hr challenge this November 23.

Eligibility

1. The DLSU Hacker Cup 2012 is open to the following:
   • Currently enrolled undergraduate students
   • DLSU 2012 undergraduate graduates
2. Only registered and validated participants will be allowed to participate in the contest. Walk-ins will not be permitted to join. Registration ends on November 10, 2012. Validation will be sent through e-mail.
3. There must be a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of four (4) members in each Team. Alumni must team up with enrolled undergraduate students when forming teams. Only one (1) alumnus will be allowed per team.

Procedure

1. Teams can either chose to implement their idea as a web application, a mobile application or both.
2. Applications may be assembled using any mix of programming languages, application frameworks, and development tools. Participants are expected to bring the necessary tools to build their competition entry.
3. Application must be built during the entire duration of the contest. Teams are given 24 hours (from 3pm of November 23 until 3pm of November 24) to finish their entries.
4. Contest theme will be announced one-day before the start of the hackathon (November 22, 2012).
5. Teams will undergo final judging by presenting their project to a panel of judges who will identify the top three winners.
6. All decisions of judges are final. Scores will not be made public.

More information here: http://www.dlsuhackercup.tk/

DevCon Code Challenge Cup (C-Cup)

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Wow! I seem to can't enough of all these coding challenges), DevCon has organized another event for the persistent coders and developers in us.

The Philippines is basking in an Information Technology Renaissance...

We've seen the Startup scene and IT sector hogging the headlines. Now, to support budding technopreneurs and their garage operations in discovering co-founders/new talents -- following the success of Hack2HATCH -- DevCon is hosting a CODE CHALLENGE CUP (C-CUP) on November 30, 2012 in Xavier School (Greenhills).

C-Cup aims to help spur critical thinking and highlight problem solving strategies under pressure. It is patterned after the International Collegiate Programming Contest organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) -- the oldest, largest and most prestigious programming contest in the world. Hardcore IT geeks consider this to be the “Olympics of Computer Programming.”

C-Cup is a rigid algorithm programming competition mixed with the dexterity of a hackathon. It is a 6-hour competition where teams of 3 programmers each will be asked to solve 10 problems using a myriad of languages of their preference, in the comforts of their trusted computer workstations:

• C
• C#
• C++
• Java
• JavaScript
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• VB.NET

 

C-CUP CHAMPS

The team with the most number of problems solved with the shortest total time wins. The total time is the sum of the time consumed for each problem solved including a penalty of 20 minutes for every rejected run for the problem. Victorious teams will receive medals and trophies, with a cash prize of P15,000 (as of this writing) given to the overall champion. Besides the battle of IT professionals, there are also categories for high school and college students.

Individual contest shirts plus free-flowing refreshments and grub will keep the participants company, while they pour their hearts out on six hours of coding, analysis and troubleshooting.

REGISTRATION
	Rate per Team	Professional	High School	Grade School	Deadline
	Early Bird	P500	P360	P360	11/16/12
	Regular	P800	P500	P500	11/23/12
	Walk-in*	P1200	P800	P800	11/30/12
	*Subject to availability of slots. We will only accommodate 20 teams per category.

C-Cup hopes to help pump prime analytic thinking in today’s youth to mold them into engineers who can become world-class entrepreneurs via DevCon’s Engineer-to-Entrepreneur (E2E) vision.

SPONSORS

C-Cup is co-presented by Globe Labs, Accenture and Ideaspace. Smart DevNet is a Platinum Sponsor while Sulit.com.ph is a Titanium Sponsor. Media and Community Partners include WebGeek PH, Orange & Bronze and Mozilla Philippines.

For clarifications/other matters or to register, send an email to mailbox@devcon.ph with the subject "C-Cup."

ABOUT DEVCON

Developers Connect Philippines, Inc. (DevCon)is a non-stock, non-profit organization which aims to promote the "IT Pinoy Talent" by providing a unique venue for educators and students, professionals and enthusiasts to Sync, Support and Succeed. The organization was incorporated in 2009, and is principally supported by Silicon Valley veteran and Filipino-Chinese serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. Some of its activities include Campus Roadshows, Lightning Talks, Birds of a Feather, Hackathons, Geekups and Code Camps. Learn more about DevCon by going to its official site, Facebook page or Twitter.

Conectados Photography Exhibition

 

CONECTADOS

FILIPINAS    ESPAÑA    MEXICO 

 

November 9-25

Ayala Museum Ground Floor Gallery

Photography exhibition featuring 29 local, Spanish and Mexican artists

 

November 8-12, 6-11 pm

Ayala Museum, Glorietta 5, Greenbelt Fashion Walk, The Link, Tower One & Exchange Plaza Arch

Public video projection of exhibition photos on the facades of five primary locations in the Makati CBD

 

November 8, 6:30 pm

Launch at Ayala Museum

With live performance on Ayala Museum granite facade by visiting laser graffiti artist, Suso33 (Spain)