IMAGINE CUP (CANGKIR IMAJINASI klo dikamus)

The World’s Premier Student Technology Competition

"I wish there had been an Imagine Cup when I was growing up. It gets people involved in seeing that software is changing the world."

Bill Gates

Chairman, Microsoft Corp.

Kata mbah bill gates.

Peraturan Imagine Cup :

Imagine Cup adalah ajang kompetisi teknologi paling bergengsi untuk mahasiswa. Dalam acara ini, Microsoft mengajak para generasi muda untuk menyalurkan bakat dan kreatifitas mereka, menghasilkan inovasi teknologi yang mampu membawa perubahan bagi dunia. Imagine Cup diadakan secara rutin setiap tahun. Sekarang, memasuki tahunnya yang ke 7, Imagine Cup sudah menjadi kompetisi global, mencari solusi brilian untuk permasalahan global.Corp.

Tema Imagine Cup ini sangat erat kaitannya dengan 8 millenium development goals dari United Nations (PBB), yaitu:

1. Mengentaskan Kemiskinan dan Kelaparan (enak ni ada 3 target pilih satu aj)

     

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 1

Target 1.A:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

• The global economic crisis has slowed progress, but the world is still on track to meet the poverty reduction target
• Prior to the crisis, the depth of poverty had diminished in almost every region

Target 1.B:
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

• Deterioration of the labour market, triggered by the economic crisis, has resulted in a decline in employment
• As jobs were lost, more workers have been forced into vulnerable employment
• Since the economic crisis, more workers find themselves and their families living
  in extreme poverty
  

Target 1.C:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

• Hunger may have spiked in 2009, one of the many dire consequences of the global
  food and financial crises
• Progress to end hunger has been stymied in most regions
• Despite some progress, one in four children in the developing world are still underweight
• Children in rural areas are nearly twice as likely to be underweight as those in urban areasn
• In some regions, the prevalence of underweight children is dramatically higher among the poor
• Over 42 million people have been uprooted by conflict or persecution

2. Pendidikan Dasar yang Merata( cm ada 1 target)

GOAL 2:
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 2

Target 2.A:
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

• Hope dims for universal education by 2015, even as many poor countries make tremendous strides
  
• Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia are home to the vast majority of children out of school
  
• Inequality thwarts progress towards universal education

3. Emansipasi Wanita (cuma ada 1 target)

GOAL 3:
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 3

Target 3.A:
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015

• For girls in some regions, education remains elusive
• Poverty is a major barrier to education, especially among older girls
  
• In every developing region except the CIS, men outnumber women in paid employment
  
• Women are largely relegated to more vulnerable forms of employment
• Women are over-represented in informal employment, with its lack of benefits and security
• Top-level jobs still go to men — to an overwhelming degree
• Women are slowly rising to political power, but mainly when boosted by quotas and other special measures

4. Mengurangi Kematian Anak (<= 5 tahun)

GOAL 4:
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

• Addendum
• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 4

Target 4.A:
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

• Child deaths are falling, but not quickly enough to reach the target
• Revitalizing efforts against pneumonia and diarrhoea, while bolstering nutrition, could save millions of children
• Recent success in controlling measles may be short-lived if funding gaps are not bridged

5. Meningkatkan Kesehatan Ibu Hamil

GOAL 5:
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

• Addendum
• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 5

Target 5.A:
Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

• Most maternal deaths could be avoided
• Giving birth is especially risky in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where most women deliver without skilled care
• The rural-urban gap in skilled care during childbirth has narrowed

Target 5.B:
Achieve universal access to reproductive health

• More women are receiving antenatal care
• Inequalities in care during pregnancy are striking
• Only one in three rural women in developing regions receive the recommended care during pregnancy
• Progress has stalled in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies, putting more young mothers at risk
• Poverty and lack of education perpetuate high adolescent birth rates
• Progress in expanding the use of contraceptives by women has slowed
• Use of contraception is lowest among the poorest women and those with no education
• Inadequate funding for family planning is a major failure in fulfilling commitments to improving women’s reproductive health

6. Memerangi HIV/AIDS, Malaria dan Penyakit-Penyakit Lainnya

GOAL 6:
COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 6

Target 6.A:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

• The spread of HIV appears to have stabilized in most regions, and more people are surviving longer
• Many young people still lack the knowledge to protect themselves against HIV
• Empowering women through AIDS education is indeed possible, as a number of countries have shown
  
• In sub-Saharan Africa, knowledge of HIV increases with wealth and among those living in urban areas
  
• Disparities are found in condom use by women and men and among those from the richest and poorest households
• Condom use during high-risk sex is gaining acceptance in some countries and is one facet of effective HIV prevention
• Mounting evidence shows a link between gender-based violence and HIV
• Children orphaned by AIDS suffer more than the loss of parents

Target 6.B:
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

• The rate of new HIV infections continues to outstrip the expansion of treatment
• Expanded treatment for HIV-positive women also safeguards their newborns

Target 6.C:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

• Production of insecticide-treated mosquito nets soars
• Across Africa, expanded use of insecticide-treated bed nets is protecting communities from malaria
• Poverty continues to limit use of mosquito nets
• Global procurement of more effective antimalarial drugs continues to rise rapidly
• Children from the poorest households are least likely to receive treatment for malaria
• External funding is helping to reduce malaria incidence and deaths, but additional support is needed
• Progress on tuberculosis inches forward
• Tuberculosis prevalence is falling in most regions
• Tuberculosis remains the second leading killer after HIV

7. Memelihara Kelestarian dan Keberlangsungan Lingkungan

GOAL 7:
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 7

Target 7.A:
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

• The rate of deforestation shows signs of decreasing, but is still alarmingly high
• A decisive response to climate change is urgently needed
• The unparalleled success of the Montreal Protocol shows that action on climate change is within our grasp

Target 7.B:
Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

• The world has missed the 2010 target for biodiversity conservation, with potentially grave consequences
• Key habitats for threatened species are not being adequately protected
• The number of species facing extinction is growing by the day, especially in developing countries
• Overexploitation of global fisheries has stabilized, but steep challenges remain to ensure their sustainability

Target 7.C:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

• The world is on track to meet the drinking water target, though much remains to be done in some regions
• Accelerated and targeted efforts are needed to bring drinking water to all rural households
• Safe water supply remains a challenge in many parts of the world
• With half the population of developing regions without sanitation, the 2015 target appears to be out of reach
• Disparities in urban and rural sanitation coverage remain daunting
• Improvements in sanitation are bypassing the poor

Target 7.D:
By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

• Slum improvements, though considerable, are failing to keep pace with the growing ranks of the urban poor
• Slum prevalence remains high in sub-Saharan Africa and increases in countries affected by conflict

8. Mengembangkan Kerja Sama Global

GOAL 8:
DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT

• Fact Sheet
• MDG Monitor for Goal 8

Target 8.A:
Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system

• Developing countries gain greater access to the markets of developed countries
• Least developed countries benefit most from tariff reductions, especially on their agricultural products

Target 8.B:
Address the special needs of least developed countries

• Aid continues to rise despite the financial crisis, but Africa is short-changed
• Only five donor countries have reached the UN target for official aid

Target 8.C:
Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

Target 8.D:
Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries

• Debt burdens ease for developing countries and remain well below historical levels

Target 8.E:
In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

Target 8.F:
In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

• Demand grows for information and communications technology
• Access to the World Wide Web is still closed to the majority of the world’s people
• A large gap separates those with high-speed Internet connections, mostly in developed nations, and dial-up users

Kaya nya sederhana tapi coba aja apa hubungan dari HIV sama software...... dll masih banyak
Template Imagine Cup 2012 : http://www.mediafire.com/?o52r9d2s0xbd399

Software Design

Pada kompetisi software design, mahasiswa dituntut untuk membuat solusi dari masalah nyata, dan solusi software yang mumpuni menggunakan tool dan teknologi dari Microsoft. Peserta diminta untuk mendemonstrasikan inovasi menggunakan Microsoft.NET Framework dan Microsoft Windows platform, mulai dari konsep, implementasi dan pengetesan sehingga menjadi aplikasi yang mampu merubah dunia menjadi lebih baik. Kompetisi software design adalah satu-satunya kompetisi yang mempunyai seleksi tingkat nasional di masing-masing negara.

 Embedded Development

Perangkat elektronik menjadi semakin kecil, semakin portabel dan berimbas sangat besar terhadap kehidupan kita sehari-hari. Kompetisi ini sebelumnya adalah Windows Embedded Student Challenge, kompetisi ini menantang mahasiswa untuk berpikir lebih dalam dan memadukan kreatifitas mereka untuk membuat solusi komplet hardware dan software menggunakan Windows CE yang disediakan oleh panitia. Sebuah tim yang mengikuti kategori ini terdiri dari 3-4 peserta, dan seorang dosen pembimbing dan membuat sebuah prototipe yang dapat berjalan dari sebuah perangkat elektronik yang mampu menyelesaikan masalah-masalah terkini di dunia.

 Game Development

Video Games saat ini tidak sekedar hiburan semata melainkan sudah menjadi industri sendiri yang mempunyai geliat cukup cepat. Tahun ini "Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge" akan merepresentasikan kategori game develoment yang pertama kali dalam Imagine Cup. Tantangan game development tahun ini adalah bagaimana membuat game yang tidak sekedar menghibur melainkan mampu menyampaikan pesan bagaimana cara membuat lingkungan lebih terpelihara, dan tidak mengesampingkan sisi kreatifitas dan kemampuan teknis. Memperkenalkan XNA Game Studio Express yang baru, mempertandingkan mahasiswa dari seluruh dunia dan berkesempatan untuk mendapat liputan media dari seluruh dunia tentang game yang kalian buat. Tidak hanya akan mendapatkan hadiah besar, pemenang dari kategori ini berkesempatan mendemokan hasil karyanya di depan Microsoft games management untuk membicarakan kemungkinan gamesnya dimasukan dalam XBOX Live Arcade services dan di website MSN Games. Juara pertama team atau individual, juga akan mendapat kesempatan menjadi apprentice pada Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business yang masuk dalam program internship/magang.

 Robotics and Algorithm

Robot memerlukan lebih dari sekedar kabel dan mesin. Mereka memerlukan algoritma algoritma efektif yang sanggup menginterpretasikan dan berintraksi dengan dunia di sekitar mereka. Kompetisi ini merupakan kompetisi dimana mahasiswa harus mengerjakan berbagai tantangan otak, kode, atau puzzle algoritma untuk mendemonstrasikan kemampuan mereka dalam memahami potensi dari robot di dunia nyata.

 IT Challenge

Mahasiswa ditantang untuk menantang mahasiswa untuk mengembangakan, mengimplementasikan, dan memelihara sistem IT yang efisien, fungsional, kuat, dan aman. Mahasiswa juga dituntut untuk mampu menunjukan kemampuanyya di bidang jaringan komputer, basisdata dan server, sebagaimana kondisi nyata pada area analisis dan pengambilan keputusan di lingkungan IT

 MashUp

Tujuan dari kompetisi MashUp adalah untuk membuat suatu aplikasi web 2.0 yang unik dan berhubungan dengan tema imagine cup 2009. Mahasiswa akan menggunakan Microsoft PopFly untuk mengangkat layanan dan data-data pihak ketika yang tersedia di internet untuk membuat suatu tool yang baru dan unik dan bisa digunakan secara efektif oleh user internet lainnya sebagain entri Imagine Cup 2009 mereka

 Photography

Dengan menggunakan format foto essay, mahasiswa ditantang untuk mengkomunikasikan sebuah cerita atau pesan tentang usaha membuat lingkungan lebih terpelihara menggunakan foto sebagai media komunikasinya.

 Short Film

Kategori ini mengkombinasikan seni dan ketrampilan untuk menceritakan sebuah masalah. Mahasiswa dituntut untuk membagi idenya sesuai dengan tema Imagine Cup dan mengekspresikannya melalui media digital yaitu Film. Dari sebuah konsep dan story board melalui proses shooting dan editing, peserta harus bisa membuat film yang membuat penonton berdecak kagum dan mengerti isi pesan yang disampaikan.

 Design

Kreativitas dan fungsionalitas adalah kolaborasi yang digunakan untuk membuat suatu user interface yang menarik. Peserta di kategori ini adalah para desainer dari seluruh dunia yang ditantang untuk mendesain fungsionalitas suatu desain user interface yang mempunyai dorongan dan pandangan ke masa depan. Peserta mempunyai kesempatan unik untuk merancang desain user interface sebuah aplikasi sesuai dengan tema Imagine Cup.

MASALAH CONTOH PROPOSAL TIAP TARGET AKU UPLOAD BESOK-BESOK AJA...... BATAS PENGUMPULAN MASIH LAMA. ingat kategori yang kita bikin SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT