Open Source Challenge
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Microsoft Open Source Challenge
The Microsoft Open Source Challenge asked students from across the world to prove their skills and solve real-world problems with Microsoft’s open source tools. Four entries were chosen to receive prizes.
Our recent Challenge offered $15,000 in prizes as students experienced the power of open source tools from a top research lab.
Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Challenge. Interest over the past three months came from all round the world. The judging panel was impressed by all the entries. The following four were chosen to receive prizes. Congratulations to the winners!
Each of the winners used and in some cases added to open source tools from Microsoft Research as well as Project Oxford, which was included in the Challenge.
Akond Rahman
North Carolina State University, USA
Grand Prize: $5,000
Entry: Quantifying Semantic Similarity of Software Projects using Deep Semantic Similarity Model (DSSM)
Varun Agrawal
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Second Prize: $2,500
Entry: OneGroup: Automated Photo Sharing via Facial Recognition using Microsoft Cognitive Services (FKA Project Oxford)
Saeid TizPaz Niari
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Second Prize: $2,500
Entry: CONfidentiality CERTifier: a Modeling and Verification Framework for Program Confidentiality using Z3 (opens in new tab)
Yida Wang
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Second Prize: $2,500
Entry: CNTK (opens in new tab) on Mac: 2D Object Restoration and Recognition on 3D Model