SSC X-Site Competition

X-Site 2011

Two SIT student teams have excelled in the X-Site Competition 2011. Our SIT teams "DigitalFTW" and "Nova" with DIS and DBT students emerged as the Champion and 1st Runner-Up respectively in the finals held on Saturday (30 Ju ly). This is a hattrick for SIT students, having won the competition since 2009.

Team DigitalFTW comprises of Kiat Han, Kai Wei, Marilyn Chua and Rachel Low and Team Nova comprises of Jing Loon and Muhamad Hilmi. They walked away with attractive prizes like Microsoft Xbox/Kinect and Apple iPod.

The theme this year revolved around the reach and influence of technology into our daily life. In the preliminary round the challenge was to design a poster which would sufficiently represent the role of technology in influencing lifestyle choices and social habits. The finals (with 6 teams from polytechnics/ITE colleges) was similar to the TV show "Amazing Race" - the teams had to go through the race and hunt for checkpoints within the Science Centre. The checkpoints came with exciting missions and penalties to be cleared within time limits - jigsaw puzzles, quizzes on IT/Science, graphic design etc.

X-Site 2010

Two of our SIT teams “Biodiversity” and “MRS” from Diploma in Information Security emerged as the Champion and the 1st Runner-Up respectively in the X-Site 2010 Competition (part of National Infocomm Competition 2010 Polytechnics/ITE Circuit).

Team Biodiversity comprises of Kok Kiat Han, Koh Kai Wei, Liu Lun Hsin, Tan Si Hao and team MRS comprises of Marilyn Chua Min Xuan, Seow Yong Liang and Rachel Low.

The theme this year revolves around celebrations for the International Year of Biodiversity. In the preliminary round, the challenge is to design a poster which sufficiently describes the balance, or imbalance between mankind and nature. Two teams from NYP were selected for the finals to compete with 4 other teams from other IHLs. The finals is similar to the TV show, "The Amazing Race". Participants will have to go through the race and hunt for checkpoints within the Science Centre. Some checkpoint come with exciting missions and penalties, and participants have to clear them within a time limit. Some examples of the mission will include debugging or answering questions related to IT/Science and other software like photo-shop.

X-Site 2009

X-Site is jointly organised by the Singapore Science Centre, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Education.  It is part of the National Infocomm Competition 2009, a series of IT-themed competitions to generate greater awareness and attract young talents into infocomm fields.

Team D.O.T.S clinched Champions for the Polytechnic/ITE level of the competition during the finals of X-Site, held at the Singapore Science Centre on 1 August 2009.  Another team from NYP’s School of Information Technology (SIT) won Second Runner-Up.

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