> Dear Student Chapter Faculty Advisor > I wanted to make you aware of the two over-the-net > contests that ACM is currently running so that you > can tell your chapter's members -- they are the > > ACM Quest for Windows CE Applications: > http://www.acm.org/windowsce > Registration Closes: December 1, 1998 > Semifinals Entries Due: January 15, 1999 > Final Entries Due: March 29, 1999: > All registrants receive a free Quest t-shirt; > All registrants receive Microsoft toolkit of their choice; > If the student passes the semifinals, the school or > department receives a FREE hardware device > Submission Categories: Education/Science, Calculators/Engi- > neering/Finance, Games/Sports, Personal Productivity, > Infrared Control/Communication > Judging Criteria: Ease of Use, Technical Merit, Utility/ > Usefulness, Quality of Documentation > > Prizes: Individuals - > Five 1st Place Prizes - $1,000 (USD) each > > Prizes: Teams - > Five 1st Place Prizes - $3,000 (USD) per team > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ACM/IBM 1998 Quest for Java: > http://www.acm.org/jquest > Registration Closes: February 20, 1999 > Submission of Applets: March 1-March 31, 1999 > All Registrants receive a cool Quest t-shirt > Judging Criteria: Creativity, Ease of Use, Correctness, > Technical Merit, Quality of Documentation > > Prizes: Individuals - > Grand Prize - $3,000 (USD) > 1st prize - $2,000 (USD) > 2nd prize - $1,500 (USD) > 3rd Prize - $1,000 (USD) > 4th Prize - $750 (USD) > 5th Prize - $250 (USD) ten 5th prizes awarded > > Prizes: Teams - > Grand Prize - $3,000 (USD) per team > 1st prize - $2,250 (USD) per team > 2nd prize - $1,500 (USD) per team > 3rd Prize - $750 (USD) per team > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > If you have any ideas for Quests that you'd like to see > offered by ACM please let me know: Lillian Israel, > Director of Membership, [log in to unmask] > > Thanks! > >