Judging process:
- A panel of judges will select 10 students from each class
- All the 10 students from each class will go through a 2nd round of judging to select 3 winners
- The finalists and winners will be announced on this website
- The winners will be in no particular order. All of the selected students will receive the same prize and certificate
Prize:
- The 9 winners, 3 from each class will get a certificate of achievement and a Nexus tablet or Chromebook laptop or an equivalent gift
- All the finalists will get a certificate of achievement
Criteria for judging:
- Originality: a unique and novel idea of the project
- Application of Computer Science concepts: number of different concepts applied and their relevance to the project idea. Standard concepts include variables, looping, conditional execution, input, and output
- Complexity of the project: measured using standard techniques for analysis of algorithms
Important dates:
- Registration opens: 8 May 2017
- Project submission opens: 1 July 2017
- Project submission deadline: 31 August 2017
- Announcement of finalists: on or after 30 September 2017
- Announcements of winners: on or after 15 October 2017