Congratulation to students from the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences(FSKM), Shah Alam who came in at second place at International OSS Creative Multimedia Development Competition. This competition was organized by MAMPU in conjunction with Malaysian CIO Conference and MyGOSSCON 2011, held in PICC, Putrajaya on 29-30 November.
A total of three teams were sent from FSKM for this competition, and two of those teams were selected for the finals. These students had to take a 12 hour challenge to develop a video montage, complete with a mascot and theme. The video must be developed solely using Open Source Software which are licensed under any of Open Source Licenses recognized by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
The first prize was won by students from University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) and students from UiTM’s undergraduates from Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) (Multimedia Computing), brought home the second prize, including cash reward of RM15, 000, a trophy and certificate of participation.
“The experience was invaluable for these first year students and we hope to encourage more participation next year, Insha’Allah” said their lecturer and coach for this competition, Dr Riaza Mohd Rias. “Our gratitude also goes out to MAMPU for sponsoring our student’s food and accommodation”, she added.
The students are Mohamad Hakim bin Abdul Kahar, Muhammad Haziq bin Paharuzi, Khairuruduan Bin Muhamod Rosli and Dzul Hilmee Bin Yasaa, all in their first year of Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) (Multimedia Computing).
sources : UiTM
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