{"51035":{"#nid":"51035","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Team Curious Wins Imagine Cup MashUp Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeam Curious, a Georgia Tech pairing of a College of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nalumna and a mechanical engineering student, is getting worldwide\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nrecognition after winning the MashUp category of the 2009 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/imaginecup.com\/Support\/exploreimaginecup.aspx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EImagine Cup\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncompetition, sponsored by Microsoft Corp. Team Curious is the only U.S.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ngroup to receive first place honors in one of the nine invitational\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncategories. Winners were announced July 7.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMembers of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/teamcurious.com\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeam Curious\u003C\/a\u003E include Kathy Pham, a bachelor\u0027s and master\u0027s\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncomputing graduate, and Marc Pare, an undergraduate mechanical\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nengineering major. The program they developed aggregates information\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfrom traditional news sources on the Web and ultimately presents an\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nauthoritative view.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam Curious was selected from a total of 444 students from 149 teams\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nrepresenting 70 countries and regions around the world. The Imagine Cup\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n2009 Worldwide Finals were held in Cairo, Egypt, and included the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfollowing categories: Software Design, Embedded Development, Game\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDevelopment, IT Challenge, Robotics and Algorithm, MashUp, Photography,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShort Film and Design.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeam Curious, a Georgia Tech pairing of a College of Computing alumna and a mechanical engineering student, is getting worldwide recognition after winning the MashUp category of the 2009 Imagine Cup competition, sponsored by Microsoft Corp. Team Curious is the only U.S. group to receive first place honors in one of the nine invitational categories. Winners were announced July 7. Source: Office of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:39:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:23","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}