Dr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM. 1 6.189 IAP 2007 MIT6.189 IAP 2007Award Ceremony2 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Opportunities Ahead● http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/us/en/university/students/contests/cell/index.html3 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Challenge 1● Begins February 5 at 12:00AM● Pass an online quiz● Win a T-shirt First 300 students to complete challenge will each receive a seriously cool t-shirt4 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Challenge 2: Top Innovator Award● $10K grand prize● Requires “some solid coding skill on your part”● Three categories Application solution– Financial Services, Medical Imaging, Electronic Design and Automation, Digital Video Surveillance, Computational Biology and Medicine, … Operating System Programmability – Programming models and frameworks5 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.6.189 IAP 2007 Best Project Award● Seriously cool trophies● $150 gift certificate for each team student member● I am working on a 1-day trip to IBM T. J. Watson to present the winning project6 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Most ComplexSpeech Synthesis● Drew Altschul● Joyce Chen ● Eric Eisner ● Omari Stephens ● Brown Westrick7 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Most Synchronization IssuesCell Battery Simulation● Jon Chu● James Geraci● Raghunathan Sudarshan8 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Most Parallel Programming ChallengesSoftware Radio (Flexible Stream Programming)● Micah Brodsky● Arvind Thiagarajan9 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Best EffortGlobal Illumination● Pramook KhungurnMolecular Dynamics Simulator● Greg Pintilie10 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Most Complete ProjectBackgammon Tutor● Mike Fitzgerald● Eddie Scholtz11 6.189 IAP 2007 MITDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM.Best Overall Project - 6.189 AwardBlue-Steel Ray Tracer● Natalia Chernenko● Michael D’Ambrosio● Scott Fisher● RJ Ryan● Brian Sweatt● Leevar WilliamsDr. Rodric Rabbah, IBM. 12 6.189 IAP 2007 MIT6.189 IAP 2007You Have Been Cell-ified!AcknowledgementsA lot of on demand help fromIBM and
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