Two computer science students of MSU-IIT are among the top 20 Grand Prize winners of the 2004 IBM Linux Scholars Challenge, a worldwide online competition. Jan Stevens B. Ancajas and Jose Gavine B. Cueto IV, both computer science students of the School of Computer Studies, submitted a summary of their BSCS thesis project on “dynamic DNS solution for a campus network” as their entry to the competition. This is the first time that an entry from the Philippines won in this prestigious Linux contest.
The MSU-IIT family extends their warmest congrats to Jan and Pe, and their thesis adviser, Mr. Dante D. Dinawanao who served as their coach.
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| The authors of dynDNSter (L-R: Jan Stevens Ancajas and Jose Gavine Cueto IV) during their thesis project defense (11 Oct 2004). Photo by: Prof. RTGiganto. |
Here is the complete list of the Top 20 Grand Prize Winners of the 2004 IBM Linux Scholars Challenge worldwide competition:
| Y2004 IBM Linux Scholars Challenge Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Institution | Country | Challenge |
| Marly Wilson | Hollins University | United States | Accessibility Enhancements |
| Yan Yin | Zhejiang University | China | Overlay Support for Intel PXA27x LCD Controller for Linux 2.6.9 kernel |
| Amit Puri | Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) | India | Change Kerberos to use GPG keys as a method to identify users |
| Eugeniy Meshcheryakov | National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv | Ukraine | Checkpointing Linux |
| Bogdan Lucaciu | Politechnical University of Bucharest | Romania | Provide fail-over capability for multiple eServer machines |
| shravan singh | VJTI,MUMBAI | India | Improve boot time on a Linux Thinkpad |
| Zhu Tao | National University of Singapore | Singapore | Multimedia Processing |
| Qihua Zhuang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Security Enhancement of Loadable Kernel Module |
| Michael Thompson | Clarkson University | United States | File System Utility, Organization of Data |
| YunPeng Ge | Fudan University | China | Write a converter for complex ipchains based firewall/routers to iptables |
| Li Si | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Evaluate WebDav filesystem clients for Linux kernel |
| liu pengfei | South China University of Technology | China | Change Kerberos to use GPG keys as a method to identify users |
| James Roper | Australian National University | Australia | Improve performance of large network file copy from server |
| Jan Stevens Ancajas | MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology | Philippines | dynamic DNS solution for a campus network |
| Jan Wrobel | AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow | Poland | Out of Kernel FileSystem |
| Atanas Matev | Technical University Sofia – Branch Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Implement Internationalized domain name (IDN) support for use over DNS |
| Xun Sun | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Improve boot time on a Linux Thinkpad |
| Harsh Jain | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | India | Accessibility Enhancements |
| shiva kumar | Anna University | India | On-line help system to complement the HowTo’s and Man pages |
| cao xiaofeng | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Implement default address selection support based on RFC 3484 |
Source:http://www.developer.ibm.com/university/students/contests/linux/
Mr. Cueto’s name was not included in the list because the contest’s online registration form only allows one participant to be registered per entry, but nonetheless he was part of the two-man team. In addition, the institution with the highest overall average of student participants was Anna University in the city of Madras, India, and will be awarded a 16-node Linux cluster. The Summer 2005 IBM Linux Technology Center Internships will soon be announced.
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