Student teams from colleges and universities worldwide are sought to compete in a Smart Radio Challenge. The teams will build and demonstrate a prototype software defined or cognitive radio system that addresses one of the problems defined by the SDR Forum. Awards will be presented at the SDR '07 Technical Conference. Sponsored by The Mathworks, Xilinx, Zeligsoft, PrismTech, and Synplicity.
What is it?
Each student team must build and demonstrate a software defined radio addressing the problem(s) defined by the SDR Forum and supporting the target waveform(s). The problem to be addressed will be presented at the start of the qualification phase. The defined problem will be simple enough to allow each student team to design, develop, and test a working solution within 10 months. Several prizes will be awarded by the SDR Forum after the end of the development phase. Once qualified a team may continue to compete in successive years for the yearly development prize.
Intellectual Property
The SDR Forum intends to seek permission to publish proposals, design documents, engineering drawings, source code, analyses, and supporting material developed under the challenge entries. No materials shall be marked “proprietary”.
For further details about the SDR Forum Smart Radio Challenge, please contact:
Al Margulies – 303-628-5461 info@sdrforum.org Bruce Fette - 480-441-8392 Lee Pucker - 604-421-5422 x6748 Dave Murotake – 603-321-6536 Claude Belisle - 613-998-2605 Reudiger Leschhorn - +49 89 4129 13655
The Competition Rules
This is a “student” challenge meaning that the problem must be solved entirely by student teams
Teams will consist of graduate and/or undergraduate students.
Teams shall have at least 3 students.
Teams must designate a team leader who will act as the primary point of contact between the SDR Forum and the team
The teams must have a faculty advisor. Faculty advisors are not allowed to contribute directly to the development of the solution, but rather to advise the teams on technology and process.
The team members have to declare that they did not receive any help by third parties other than outlined in their documentation.
The academic challenge is international in nature, and open to colleges and universities world wide
No more than three teams may enter the SDR Forum Academic Challenge from each college or university. Each team must work independently and have a different academic advisor.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Best paper awards
Best design awards
Grants to the university department
One time scholarships will be awarded to the students of the winning team
Additional scholarships will cover partial travel and expenses of one or more team members to attend the SDRF Technical Conference in November 2006, and November 2007.
Possible additional awards may be made by sponsoring companies
Prize Awards:
The price award ceremony will be during the Technical Conference 2007.
One team member from each team will be expected to attend the conference. Scholarships to cover travel expenses and conference cost will be provided for the selected team member
