CSIDC2001 Awards Ceremony IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition

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CSIDC-2001 Awards Ceremony IEEE Computer Society
International Design Competition

• Alan Clements
• Chair, CSIDC-2001

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Agenda
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The Vision Statement

• The CSIDC will
• provide teams of students with the tools to
  implement computer-based solutions to real-world
  problems
• provide a first-class project that requires
  students to specify, design construct, test, and
  document a system

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CSIDC Goals

• Establish a competition that is prestigious,
  exciting, and relevant to the needs of the
  students.
• Improve the dialogue between universities,
  professionals in industry, and government.
• Better prepare students for careers after they
  graduate.

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Thanks to the CSIDC-2001Technology Sponsors

• Ericsson
• Intel
• Toshiba
• Microsoft

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Thanks to the CSIDC-2000Financial Sponsors

• AMD
• HP
• Intel
• Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs)
• Microsoft
• Motorola
• NSF (US National Science Foundation)
• SAIC (Science Applications International
  Corporation)
• Sun Microsystems
• EMC

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Special Thanks to

• On behalf of the IEEE Computer Society the CSIDC
  executive would like to thank all those
  volunteers who gave their time to this project to
  help make it a success.

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Special Thanks to

• Stacy Saul
• Bill Perry
• Mike Lutz
• Loretta Moore
• Janie Schwark

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The Bluetooth Wireless Communications Project

• Bluetooth is a new technology with the potential
  to revolutionize personal computing by providing
  low-cost cordless links between systems such as
  laptop or palm computers, cellular phones, and
  printers.
• All teams in CSIDC 2001 were given two Bluetooth
  kits to link two systems or a system and a
  peripheral.

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The Bluetooth Wireless Communications Project

• The teams have been asked to use the Bluetooth
  kits to design a system.
• Teams are free to specify any system they wish,
  although we hope that the final system is of
  benefit to society.
• The CSIDC executive is looking for excellence and
  innovation combined with a flair for inventing a
  potentially useful product that exploits
  state-of-the-art technology.

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Evaluation of Submissions
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Judging Panel

• Janie Schwark Chair of the Judging Panel
• Mario Barbacci Carnegie Mellon University
• Bob Cook University of Mississippi
• Simon Ellis Intel Corp
• Roberto Giorgi Università di Siena
• Laurel Kaleda IBM Corporation
• Elif Karsigill Yildiz Technical University
• Rachita Kohli ATI Technologies
• Bill Perry UMASS, Boston

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The Prizes

• Taking part
• The prestige of winning the competition
• Team Prizes
• Awards to establish IEEE Computer Society
  Financial Aid Funds for undergraduate computer
  science and engineering students

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Additionally

• Each teams project report and presentation will
  be posted on the Computer Societys CSIDC
  web-site
• Each student participating in the World Finals
  also receives a 1-year membership in the IEEE and
  the Computer Society

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Team Prizes
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Feedback
Boston commercial/real-world BYU real-word
benefits, integration of smartcard Karlsruhe
very applicable, complete, good use of
standards Nanyang unique protocol work Poznan
complete good use of technologies Slovak
multiple levels of security, user
interface Toronto effect on society UBC
commercial, technical achievement UVA ingenious
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Final Remarks

• CSIDC is an excellent competition probably the
  best computing competition in the world in terms
  of its scope, its depth, and the opportunities it
  presents to the students.

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Final Remarks

• The first completion CSIDC-2000 was a great
  success. CSIDC-2001 has been even better.
• Students have been given an opportunity to take
  part in a major project and they have used this
  opportunity well. Instead of learning textbook
  theory, theyve had to grapple with the
  complexities of recently released hardware and
  software. Theyve been unable to ask their
  professors for help because they had equipment
  the professor hadnt seen! The students were
  leaders not followers.

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Final Remarks

• In order for CSIDC to thrive in future years, it
  requires technology sponsors, financial sponsors,
  and volunteers. I would like to ask all those who
  have taken part in CSIDC 2001 to put something
  back in the competition by helping with CSIDC
  2001 and beyond.

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Final Remarks

• We require financial sponsors for CSDIC 2002 and
  beyond. If you can help locate possible donors,
  please contact Ron Waxman, Chair of CSIDC
  Funding.

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Final Remarks

• I have enjoyed being Chair of CSIDC immensely. I
  have made many friends.
• I have been so busy that I forgot that tomorrow
  is my 30th wedding anniversary whoops.

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The IEEE Computer Society

• Remarks by Ben Wah President of the Computer
  Society

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The Microsoft Prize for Innovaton

• IIT Mumbai

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The Chair of the Judging Panel

• Janie Schwark

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The Awards (Ben Wah)

• The five honorable mention teams are (in
  alphabetical order)
• Boston University
• Nanyang Technological University
• University of British Columbia
• University of Toronto
• University of Virginia

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The Awards (Ben Wah)

• The winners are
• 5. National Taiwan University
• 4. Slovak University of Technology
• 3. Brigham Young University
• 2. University of Karlsruhe
• 1. Poznan University of Technology