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DB2 on Campus 2008 tour results
With more than 100 universities in 13 countries visited, the DB2 on Campus tour ended successfully this November 8th. Close to 7,000 student and teachers were reached, and since July 2006, that makes it close to 27,000 attendees!. This year we also focused on faculty meetings and faculty training in addition to student presentations. More than 1500 DVDs (DB2 on Campus DVD, Discovery Kit/Gaming DVDs) were distributed during the visits.
Volunteers (students, teachers and IBMers) across the world helped with the translation of the "Getting Started with DB2 Express-C" book. The following translations were finished and published (Thank you volunteers from the community!!!):
- German
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Simplified Chinese
- Vietnamese
The following translations are still on the works:
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bulgarian
- French
- Japanese
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Thai
- Turkish
Being able to provide a translated version of the book during the DB2 on Campus visits makes a lot of difference!
For 2009 the plan is to develop more books, videos and presentations that can be translated by the community. The books will include non-IBMers as co-authors in some cases. Other projects are also on the works with professors/students/IBM ambassadors from different universities.
Agatha Colangelo from the IBM Toronto Lab (Information Development Team) is providing incredible support to the program. She is arranging visits to universities in Canada, as well as helping with translations, and administration of DB2 Student Ambassadors/User groups. Juan Pablo Napoli from IBM Bulgaria is helping develop systems for better administration of DB2 on Campus program efforts.
If you would like to help with book/video translations, developing new books (For example RoR and DB2, .Net and DB2, DB2 with WAS-CE and Eclipse), please contact us at db2univ@ca.ibm.com
For more information about the DB2 on Campus tour, check out the resources below:
“Gincana DB2” in Brazil
In order to encourage Brazilian students to take DB2 730 Certification, Brazilian Academic Initiative Ambassadors created and organized the "Gincana DB2" (DB2 Contest) which was launched on April, 2008.
The “Gincana DB2” was divided into three parts: preparation, sample test delivery and certification test delivery.
During the preparation part which lasted 7 weeks, participants reviewed the DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification 730 preparation tutorial series from developerWorks and some chapters from Getting Started with DB2 Express-C free book. In addition, reading material, exercises, labs and other complimentary materials were added. The contest preparation was conducted mainly in Portuguese, though the materials provided were in English.
Students completing successfully the preparation phase were allowed to take the sample test (2nd part of the contest), which was created by IBM technical ambassadors. The sample tests were delivered in remote locations with the support of Academic Initiative members in the universities that had participants qualified for taking the sample test.
Finally, those participants who got a grade higher than 59% on the sample test were eligible to take the certification test for free using the IBM DB2 Elite for Academics program.
“Gincana DB2” resulted in 650 enrolled students from 89 Universities; 110 students finishing the preparation part; 80 students taking the sample test; 38 students taking the certification test, and 25 getting DB2 Fundamentals certification.
The top three students with highest scores in the exam got a notebook, a Play Station 2 and an iPod respectively. The next 7 students got a pen drive. The top 10 students were:
| Name | University | City, State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Moreira Medeiros | UNESP - Rio Claro | Rio Claro, SP |
| 2 | Victor Villela Serta | PUC PR | Curitiba, PR |
| 3 | Lavinia B Napoleao | USP | Sao Paulo, SP |
| 4 | João Antonio Angeletti Guimarães | USP - ICMC São Carlos | Sao Carlos, SP |
| 5 | Rodrigo Tsuru | USP | Sao Paulo, SP |
| 6 | Caio César Mori Carélo | USP | Sao Carlos, SP |
| 7 | Yoran Leichsenring | Instituto Superior Tupy | Curitiba, PR |
| 8 | Wellington Sampaio Martins | PUC PR | Curitiba, PR |
| 9 | Fioravante Augusto Bossi | UNIMEP | Hortolandia, SP |
| 10 | Fábio da Silva | Unesp | Sao Paulo, SP |
Gincana DB2 was organized by passionate IBM Academic Initiative ambassadors from Brazil listed below:
Hiromiti Nakagawa, Claudio Iwata, Rosely Miyazaki and Andrea Rodacki, Ana Carolina Neves, Bruno Gregolin , Caroline Perlin, Claudio Rua, Danilo Luchesi, Eduardo Lomonaco, Eduardo Puntel, Elder Lira, Elen Correia, Filipe Rosa, Guilherme Costa , Itamar Moreira Pinto, Joao Geraldo dos Santos Vlasman, Lizarb Placido Dias, Robelis Rodrigo Mussatto, Rodrigo Barros, Vinicius Rodrigues da Cunha Perallis and Vitor Bucci Giono.
Professors who got the maximum number of enrolled students in the contest received an IBM award. The professors with the most number of students enrolled in “Gincana DB2” were:
| Names | University |
|---|---|
| Celso Poderoso Rodrigo | FIAP |
| Clodis Boscariolli | UNIOESTE – Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná |
|
Dorley Godarh Marco Paludo |
FESP |
|
Helio Crestana Guardia Ricardo Rodrigues Ciferri |
UFSCar |
| Lucila Ishitani | PUC-MG |
| Luiz Alberto Gomez | PUC - Poços de Caldas |
| Marcelo Murari | FEF |
| Maria Salete Marcon | UFPR - Universidade Federal do Paraná |
| Patricia de Andrade Bueno Garcia | UNIFAE - Centro Universitário Franciscano |
| Roberto Sadao Rosana Teresinha Vaccare Braga | USP - ICMC São Carlos |
| Rosemary Francisco | SOCIESC |
| Sandra Gavioli Puga | IBTA |
Congratulations to all who participated!
Learn DB2 Express-C in one day (OK, maybe in two!) from these free resources
Videos, PDF presentations or a book - choose the format you prefer to learn DB2 Express-C quickly! The content is the same but in multiple formats:
- Download and watch the DB2 on Campus Videos
- Review the DB2 on Campus presentations (PDF included when downloading the videos)
- Review the book "Getting Started with DB2 Express-C"
Hands-on exercises ("Quicklabs") are included. Moreover, the "Getting Started with DB2 Express-C" book is available in several languages including Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Portuguese (Brazil). The translated versions of the book can be found with the English version here.
This material is also used during the two-day DB2 on Campus instructor workshop.
Visit the new DB2 on Campus Community Web site!
The DB2 on Campus community, formed by students and teachers who participated in the DB2 on Campus program worldwide, have created a neat Web site: www.db2oncampus.org
The plan the community has for this site is to offer a free online test (Under construction) based on the "Getting Started with DB2 Express-C" book. Passing this test will grant you a "DB2 on Campus Community Qualification" which can help you attest your skills about DB2.
Participate in the DB2 on Campus blog
We have just started a new blog for the DB2 on Campus program. As the program grows we decided to create our own blog instead of using the DB2 Express-C team blog. Please send a note to db2univ@ca.ibm.com if you would like to be a contributor!
Join the DB2 on Campus group in facebook.com!
Facebook.com is the most popular social network amongst university students. Join the DB2 on Campus group and get to know other students around the world who have participated in this program! Share your experiences with DB2, post your pictures, meet new people and friends with same interests! To join the group follow these steps:
- Go to www.facebook.com and register.
- After registering, Facebook.com will send you an email for you to confirm.
- Click the link in the email sent by facebook.
- In the window that comes up, click on the Groups link on the left side
- On the top RIGHT Search field "Search for Groups", input "DB2 on Campus"
- Click the link "Join the group" to join the DB2 on Campus group!
Please note that for technical questions you should still use the DB2 Express-C forum
