SLT sponsors Young Computer Scientist Awards

The seventh Young Computer Scientists (YCS) Awards sponsored by SLT was at the HNB Auditorium under the patronage of Director, University of Colombo School of Computing Dr. Ruwan Weerasinghe.

The Sri Lanka Association for the Software Industry (SLASI), the national organisation representing the Software Industry and a member of INFOTEL has organised the Young Computer Scientist Competition for the past seven years. The program is modelled on the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA).

The main sponsor for this year's YCS award was Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), Microsoft - Sri Lanka and Mobitel being the co-sponsors.

The YCS competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and endorsed by ICTA and is conducted on an islandwide basis with the support of their heads of schools or principals.

It aims at stimulating, rewarding as well as emphasizing the creative and potential computing talents of the young schoolchildren at an early stage and eventually gear them to embark on a career in information technology.

The emergence of new technologies, such as wireless and sensor networks, GRID computing, ubiquitous and self-organised Internet and ad hoc networks in recent years is exerting an incredible influence on our society and is changing the way in which people work and live.

Information Technology has become a main focus and the mainstream of research and development in the academic community and the driving force for the development of new industrial and consumer products.