Singapore launches contest for nextgen search engine
Singapore on Thursday launched a global contest for a next-generation multi-media online search engine.
By Agencies |
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Thursday launched a global contest for a next-generation multi-media online search engine.
The eight-month competition organised by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research aims to lure top software engineers and researchers with its offer of a 100,000 US dollar cash prize, the agency said in a statement.
Contestants are required to create a search engine that can identify search terms found not only in text within websites, but in music and video files as well.
The competition is aimed at creating a search engine that works across all multi-media platforms, especially Web 2.0 and user-generated content websites such as Facebook and YouTube, the agency said.
"Developing such search capabilities will radically change the way people interact with multi-media information, creating seamless and accessible platforms for people across different online communities," said Lim Chuan Poh, the agency's chairman.
The top five teams will be flown to Singapore for the finals at Fusionopolis, a science and technology research centre set to open in October.
An international advisory panel will oversee the competition. Applicants have a registration deadline of February 29.
The eight-month competition organised by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research aims to lure top software engineers and researchers with its offer of a 100,000 US dollar cash prize, the agency said in a statement.
Contestants are required to create a search engine that can identify search terms found not only in text within websites, but in music and video files as well.
The competition is aimed at creating a search engine that works across all multi-media platforms, especially Web 2.0 and user-generated content websites such as Facebook and YouTube, the agency said.
"Developing such search capabilities will radically change the way people interact with multi-media information, creating seamless and accessible platforms for people across different online communities," said Lim Chuan Poh, the agency's chairman.
The top five teams will be flown to Singapore for the finals at Fusionopolis, a science and technology research centre set to open in October.
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An international advisory panel will oversee the competition. Applicants have a registration deadline of February 29.
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