tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/186012560 2008-05-14 15:22:27 -0400 EECS <p>Four MIT undergraduates shared a $25k prize as round one winners in Google's Android Developer Challenge, a worldwide open competition for software developers based on Google's Android software stack for mobile applications.</p><p>Clare Bayley '10, Carter Jernigan '08, Jasper Lin '08, and Christina Wright '08 were awarded the prize for their term project in Course VI class 6.087/6.081: Building Mobile Applications with Android. This experimental class, taught by EECS Prof. Hal Abelson with the aid of IS&amp;T's mobile devices platform project manager Andrew Yu, was unique in its use of professional (volunteer) application developers from the Boston software developer community as mentors. </p><p>Eric Carlson of ConnectedBits was the mentor for the winning 'Locale' project team. Locale was one of 50 winning projects selected on May 9 from a field of 1800 entries. As round 1 winners, the MIT students are now eligible to compete for higher levels in the Developer Challenge--leading to prizes of up to $275 thousand. </p> 665 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185927360 2008-07-03 12:09:19 -0400 School of Engineering <em><strong>Information Engineering - </strong></em>"The Cricket Indoor Location System" 225 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185886200 2009-05-19 16:22:57 -0400 SDM Attend a virtual information session and learn about MIT’s System Design and Management (SDM) Program, which offers two career-compatible programs for technical professionals: a Master of Science in Engineering and Management and a Certificate Program in Systems Engineering. 291