Held annually by Cisco Networking Academy, Thailand Net Riders 2014 gives students of the Networking Academy a chance to use their knowledge and skills learned from networking class by applying them to solve unexpected problems in a competition simulation, and has students work as a team. The winning team will represent Thailand in APAC Net Riders 2014, an Asia Pacific competition.
The competition had 2 rounds. The 1st was online competition held at a test center of Networking Academy. 124 teams from 18 academic institutes across the country attended the competition. Department of Computer Engineering of Faculty of Engineering from RMUTP sent 4 teams to the competition. Socket3 team of RMUTP comprising of Mr. Thayawat Boonsrinui and Mr. Sorrasit Phoomchat qualified for the final round.
In the final round, 19 teams of 11 academic institutes must face both theoretical and hands-on test. Unfortunately, Socket3 did not win in the final round.
For Thailand Net Excellence 2014 competition, Mr. Chaowarit Somboonpattanakit, student of RMUTP, is the winner.
Atthaphon Kongphisutkun
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