LUMS Computer Science graduate, Asadullah Naweed, who was an IEEE student member from Lahore, was declared the winner of the IEEE TryComputing.org lesson plan competition held in Los Alamitos, California on January 11, 2012.
The IEEE TryComputing.org is a new online resource the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Educational Activities Board are developing to offer global computing educational resources for pre-university teachers, school counselors, parents, and students.
Asadullah Naweed was recognised as the overall winner for his lesson plan, “Fun with Sorting.” He was awarded $ 3,000 for his plan, which introduced the fundamental problem of “sorting an array” to pre-university students.
Naweed’s student profile will also be featured on the site. The overall winner and five runners up were selected from a strong group of entries in the lesson-plan contest. The runners up were awarded US $ 1,000 each. The contest winners’ lesson plans will also be displayed on the TryComputing.org.
The IEEE TryComputing site has been created with the aim to build upon the success of its counterpart, TryEngineering.org, to raise awareness and interest in computing and associated careers. The website has been funded by the IEEE New Initiatives Committee.
The IEEE society, with nearly 85,000 members, is the world’s leading organisation of computing professionals. It was established in 1946 and is the largest of the 38 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
