1st March 2013

Award of Malta Internet Foundation Prize

The Foundation is pleased to announce that the winner of the Malta Internet Foundation prize for 2012 is Mr Stefan Scerri, a recent graduate of the BSc ICT (Hons) degree at the University of Malta who is currently a business applications developer at iMovo Limited. The prize was awarded for innovative work describing or demonstrating a mobile and location-based application that profits from use of the Internet and addresses a need that is particularly relevant to the Maltese context.

Mr Scerri's submission, which was his final year project, is entitled "A Smart Parking Advisor using Mobile Technology". It addresses in-car parking scenarios in which a user seeks advice over mobile technology on the availability of parking places in different car parks. The solution uses machine-learning techniques to acquire a predictive model of car park occupancy and also incorporates learned user profiles so that the users are directed to parking slots that are most likely to suit their particular timetables.

Details of the 2013 prize can be found at: www.nic.org.mt/go/2013prize

Prof. Josef Lauri presenting award to Mr Stefan Scerri

About the Malta Internet Foundation

The Malta Internet Foundation, also known as NIC(Malta), was officially inaugurated in January 1999 and is responsible for managing the .mt top-level domain for Malta. The mission of the Malta Internet Foundation also includes activities to promote use of the Internet in Malta. The Foundation was responsible for the setting up of the Malta Internet eXchange (MIX) to facilitate local IP traffic between local ISPs. Current activities also include supporting IPv6 and offering annual prizes for outstanding projects on Internet-related themes.

Website: www.nic.org.mt

1st March 2013