{"id":22536,"date":"2017-04-20T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=22536"},"modified":"2017-04-20T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T09:15:35","slug":"microsoft-imagine-cup-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/22536\/microsoft-imagine-cup-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017: Team koicode from Munich wins national preliminary round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>The Munich team koicode, along with SmartCase, won the national preliminary round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/germany\/techwiese\/techstudent\/angebote\/imagine-cup\/default-en.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Imagine Cup 2017 <\/a>Both teams will represent Germany at the international finals in Seattle, USA, in July. The idea behind koicode: an app that uses visualization to make programming easier for beginners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the motto <strong>&quot;Passion. Creativity. Code.&quot;<\/strong> Teams from across Germany presented their ideas and solutions at the national finals of the Imagine Cup. The two winning teams prevailed in front of a panel of experts from Microsoft and startup companies at the competition held at Microsoft Germany headquarters in Munich and will now represent Germany at the international finals in Seattle in July. There, they have the chance to win $100,000 in prize money and receive coaching from experienced mentors.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;The diverse ideas of the Imagine Cup 2017 participants demonstrate the creativity and innovative power of the younger generation. With this competition, we promote exciting projects worldwide and support the teams in their bold quest to identify technical and societal challenges and find solutions to them,&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>explained <strong>Peter Jaeger<\/strong>, Senior Director Developer Experience &amp; Evangelism (DX) and member of the management team at Microsoft Germany.<\/p>\n<h3>Programming made easy thanks to koicode<\/h3>\n<p>The winning team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koicodeofficial\" target=\"_blank\">koicode<\/a> from the Technical University of Munich visualizes code. The improved readability is intended to make it easier for beginners to get started with programming. The visualization clearly shows the structure and relationships of code, especially for schoolchildren and students.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are very excited about the opportunity to present our idea to an international audience, to exchange ideas with Microsoft experts and to further improve our idea,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>says <strong>Christian Diemers<\/strong> from the koicode team.<\/p>\n<h3>SmartCase: No more lost luggage<\/h3>\n<p>The team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmartCaseDev\" target=\"_blank\">SmartCase\u00a0<\/a> from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) helps locate luggage and protect it against theft with its solution. Users can locate their luggage via GPS and track it worldwide using a smartphone app.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWith our idea, we want to reduce the number of lost luggage and thus make traveling safer and less stressful,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>so <strong>Andreas Mai<\/strong> from SmartCase.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Munich-based team koicode, along with SmartCase, impressed in the national preliminary round of the Imagine Cup 2017. Both teams will represent Germany at the international finals in Seattle, USA, in July. The idea behind koicode: an app that uses visualization to make programming easier for beginners. Under the motto &quot;Passion. Creativity. 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