Welcome

Welcome to a brand new edition of SS12. SS12 is a Code-A-Thon Challenge organized by Project:Possibility and USC ACM. The 2008 SS12 challenge will be held at the University of Southern California on October 18th and 19th, 2008. This event provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate software developers to make a profound difference by developing innovative, empowering software projects for disabled persons and win prizes for their work. The purpose of SS12 is to increase awareness of issues in accessible computing and be educational and fun for all participants.

SS12 Comes to UCLA!

Follow the link for more information: UCLA SS12

News

Second Annual USC SS12 2008 ends with success!

Friday, October 20, 2008

After over 24 hrs of work on accessible projects, SS12 comes to a close. It was a record breaking year with about 100 registered students, 50 participants, 8 teams, 7 mentors, and over $3000 worth of prizes. Everyone produced great work and all spectators were thoroughly impressed. We had some special guest in our audience, Jim Flanagan, a contractor for the NY Times, Elisa Wiefel Schreiber from USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, and Sam Stokes from Microsoft Imagine Cup. We cannot forget our wise judges who had the hard decision of picking who would be our grand prize team. A big thank you to Stefani Chan from Sandia National Labs, Felix Rabinovich from Amgen, Kevin Kirkpatrick from Amgen, Winnie Yip from Microsoft, and David Luke Richardson, President of USC ACM for their time and support. Lastly, a big thanks to all of you who participated and our volunteers.

Now, for what you've all be waiting for, the project standings:

1.Barcode Reader
2.Mind Control (NIA 2)
3.Axsjax Maps
4.Savior (NIA 3)
5.Cerebral Solutions (NIA 1)
6.Accessible Multi-IM Client
7.Word Predictor
8.Community Captioner

Congratulations to all the teams. Please help us make this event better by submitting feedback to us. We hope to see all of you at our future events.

SS12 Day 2!!

Friday, October 19, 2008

SS12 Code for a cause day 2 started at 9 AM, and the teams began enhancing the software projects which got off to a great start yesterday. Almost 50 students are being mentored by 7 mentors having extensive software development skills. The event has been supported by a bunch of enthusiastic volunteers. The technology showcase for the projects start at 7 PM in THH 201. Check out photos from day 2!

SS12: Code for a Cause Begins!!

Friday, October 18, 2008

The Code for a cause was kicked off at 9 AM, and the teams have now assembled in their respective rooms to brainstorm ideas and approaches for the projects. Let the fun begin!!

Check out photos from orientation and day 1!

SS12 Orientation a big success!!

Friday, October 17, 2008

The SS12 orientation was a big success. We had a huge turnout for the event and there was lot of enthusiasm. The registration and turnout exceeded our expectations.

Project Preference Submission deadline Ends!!!!

Friday, October 17, 2008

The project preference submission has been closed.We will be finalizing the teams shortly.Expect to hear back from us later today about your project, team-members, mentors and softwares to be used in the projects.

Registration is Closed!!

Tuesday, October 15, 2008

The registration for the event is now closed. Projects, schedule and orientation details have been finalized and to know more about it please visit appropriate sections in the navigation bar.The orientation will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at ZHS 159, from 7.30PM - 8.30PM . The orientation is MANDATORY for all participants.

SS12 2008 to be held at USC on October 18th and 19th.

Friday, September 19, 2008

After an extremely successful start to SS12 in 2007, the new SS12 '08 promises to provide the even more innovation and empowerment the disabled community. A wide range of projects will be on display which will enable participants to apply their unique skills to change people's lives and make a difference as well as make this a fun filled experience. Keep an eye on this space as the details regarding projects, prizes, registration dates etc will be finalized soon. Don't forget to mark your calendar for the SS12 '08 event on October 18th and 19th 2008!

For news about ss12 07 please visit the News Archive.