[ Innovate Malaysia 2012 ]------Competition

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28 October 2011	Deadline for submission of project proposal
9 November 2011	Shortlisted entries for participation
25 Nov - 11 Dec 2011	Platform training to all teams
October 2011 - May 2012	Project implementation
23 April 2012	Project final report
21 May - 1 June 2012	Project evaluation presentation & demo
Mid July 2012	Competition grand finale

	The platforms for Innovate Malaysia contest will be Agilent USB modular
	instruments, Altera DE1/DE2 board, Intel Atom processor-based desktop board,
	NI Single-Board RIO platform, or Silterra IC.
	Each team will choose one of these platforms.

Please visit Platform and Design Resources for more design information.

The rules are simple, to provide a framework within which teams can show their innovation:

	Team members must be enrolled in a Malaysian university
	Teams are required to have a supervisor
	Supervisor must be a lecturer from the institution where team is enrolled
	A team shall have up to 3 members
	There is no limit on the number of teams from a each institution
	There is no entry fee
	Each team should target one of the designated platforms

Knowledge of electronics is desirable and recommended but not required to participate.

Innovate Malaysia brings together university students and supervisors from academia to a learning environment encouraging innovation. Every team must have a supervisor from the institution they are enrolled in.

Participating teams will go through typical engineering or software design activities, including: design and verification, system architecture, and project management.

Judges will be experts from Agilent, Altera, Intel, National Instruments, and Silterra/CEDEC/Altera for each track of competition.

Projects will be judged on their innovation, specification or validation plan, practicality, complexity, and working design; the most important factor being innovation and working design on the designated platform.

The evaluation grid used is:

	Innovation -> 30
	Specification or Validation plan -> 20
	Practicality -> 10
	Complexity -> 10
	Working design -> 30

For each track of competition, there will be first, second, third, and two consolation prizes.

Agilent track:

	First prize: RM 5,000 + Agilent VEE Pro
	Second prize: RM 3,000 + Agilent VEE Pro
	Third prize: RM 1,000 + Agilent VEE Pro
	2 x consolation prizes: RM 500

Altera track:

	First prize: RM 5,000 + tPad DE2-115 Multimedia Development Kit + Altera Complete Design Suite (ACDS) software
	Second prize: RM 3,000 + tPad DE2-115 Multimedia Development Kit + Altera Complete Design Suite (ACDS) software
	Third prize: RM 1,000 + tPad DE2-115 Multimedia Development Kit + Altera Complete Design Suite (ACDS) software
	2 x consolation prizes: RM 500

Intel track:

	First prize: RM 5,000 + Intel Atom based netbook
	Second prize: RM 3,000 + Intel Atom based netbook
	Third prize: RM 1,000 + Intel Atom based netbook
	2 x consolation prizes: RM 500

National Instruments track:

	First prize: RM 5,000 + Lego Mindstorms NXT kit
	Second prize: RM 3,000 + NI myDAQ + LabVIEW Student Edition
	Third prize: RM 1,000 + NI myDAQ + LabVIEW Student Edition
	2 x consolation prizes: RM 500

Silterra sponsored prizes for Silterra/CEDEC/Altera track:

	First prize: RM 5,000 + MPW (Multi Project Wafer) fabrication voucher worth RM 30k
	Second prize: RM 3,000 + MPW (Multi Project Wafer) fabrication voucher worth RM 30k
	Third prize: RM 1,000 + MPW (Multi Project Wafer) fabrication voucher worth RM 30k
	2 x consolation prizes: RM 500

Enquiry: innovate@dreamcatcher.asia