Google Sponsors 2009 Spelman CS Olympiad

Google sponsored the Seventh Annual Spelman College Computer Science Olympiad for the third consecutive year. 22 teams from 12 Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) or Association of Computer/Information Sciences and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI) participated in five events at this years programming challenge.

Their task in this years competition was to create an interactive useful creative Google Gadget. Teams worked on their gadget concept and design prior to the Olympiad, and then brought their gadgets to a Friday night hack session, where Googlers and students worked together to debug the gadgets and make last-minute adjustments. At the conclusion of the workshop, teams presented their gadgets to a panel of three Googler judges, demonstrating gadget functionalities, discussing design challenges, and providing suggestions for how they would further refine their gadgets. Our judges were then faced with the tough task of deciding upon the winners:

• First Place: Hampton University “2011″
• Second Place: University of the District of Columbia “Firebirds”
• Third Place: Norfolk State University “Green”

Here’s a look at Hampton University’s first place gadget, a rendering of a game akin to tic-tac-toe called “Do Not Want.”

Congratulations to all 22 teams!

Source: The Offical Google Blog