Cameroon based Female wins the VKII Best Student Award 2009!

At its 7th international VKII Symposium 2009 held from October 9th - 10th in Karlsruhe, Germany VKII disclosed the winners of the VKII Best Student Award (VKII BSA) and VKII Best Female Student Award (VKII BFA) 2009.

Beiing the only female ranking among the top 3 laureates, Ms TSATIE NDOUGMENE Blanche Nicaise from the Institut Supérieur des Technologies et du Design Industriel in Cameroon was already won the VKII Best Female Student Award 2009 sponsored by the VKII Scientific Council with a price money of 200,- euros

And the big question was if Blanche Nicaise could also make it to the very top against the two other also Cameroon based nomimees from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique of Yaoundé.

And she made it again! For the first time, a female won the prestigious VKII Best Student Award:

TSATIE NDOUGMENE Blanche Nicaise, Institut Supérieur des Technologies et du Design Industriel

• 1st price: A Lenovo laptop worth 650,- euros (sponsored by Ident.Africa)

Thema of the Master's Thesis: "Application Serveur de Transfert D'Argent via une Passerelle SMS Composants, Logiciels, Assemblage, Interopérabilité"

Interview: here

The other nominees ranked as follows:

• 2nd price (300,- euros):TSALA NEME Gedeon, ENS Polytechnique, Yaoundé

Thema of the Master's Thesis: "Conception d'un outil de prédiction du traffic en vue de l'utilisation optimale des ressources TRU (émetteurs/récepteurs) sur les sites MTN du Cameroun"

Interview: here

• 3rd price (200,- euros): MEFENZA Michael, ENS Polytechnique, Yaoundé

Thema of the Master's Thesis: "Conception d'un outil d'aide au suivi de la QOS GPRS"

Interview: here

Additional Special Prices for the winners were also granted by one the VKII sponsors, Sysberry GmbH.

All prices will be handed over to the winners during the JERSIC 2009 (Journées d'Excellence de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation au Cameroun) taking place from October 26th to 30th, in Yaoundé through representatives from VKII participating to this event.

The VKII Best Student Award and VKII Best Female Student Award is an international contest for undergraduate and graduate Cameroonian students worldwide. It offers them an opportunity to compete for an award, as they examine innovative topics in engineering and computer science in order to solve everyday problems.

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