From: "Shireesh R. Annam" To: Subject: IEEE Computer Society International Design Contest 2004 Date: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:59 PM Dear IEEE Student Members, EE students made it possible for IIT Kanpur's presence at the Word Finals of IEEE CSIDC 2002 & 2003, in a row for two years under the mentorship of Dr. Ajit K. Chaturvedi. "DIVINE - DevIces for Visually Impaired for Navigating Everywhere" was among the Top 10 Finalists for CSIDC 2003 and was awarded Honorable Mention after a 3 day World Finals held in Washington D. C from June 29 to July 1, 2003. The "Intelligent Intensive Care Unit" was awarded Microsoft Innovation Award at CSIDC 2002. So this year also, we must lead IIT Kanpur into the World Finals of CSIDC 2004. Please find attached a PDF mentioning the details of IEEE CSIDC 2004, to this mail. CSIDC follows a THEME every year and in 2004, the idea of social responsibility is targeted in the theme "Making the World a Safer Place." Examples of devices that might follow this theme include GPS technologies that could help aircraft avoid collisions, environmental monitoring systems, or devices that track patients who experience dementia. Application materials are due by 1 November. Teams will be selected by 14 November. Send completed registration forms by fax to +1 202 728 0884 or by mail to IEEE Computer Society—CSIDC, 1730 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036-1992. The following URLs might me of interest to those who are applying. URL 1: http://www.computer.org/computer/homepage/0803/CSIDC/sidebar.htm URL 2: http://newton.computer.org/csidc.nsf/application?openform So get together and form teams. Read through the earlier TOP 10 projects invited each year at the World Finals of CSIDC. at the contest website at http://www.computer.org/csidc/. You will get a feel of the kind of projects that need to be worked on and also about the level of work that need to be put in. You might also want to meet the earlier teams of CSIDC 2003 and CSIDC 2004. Interested ones may contact them through e-mail at: CSIDC 2003 Team: annamshr@iitk.ac.in, shireesh@iitk.ac.in, krabhat@iitk.ac.in CSIDC 2002 Team: pulkit@iitk.ac.in, mbakshi@iitk.ac.in, This year also we expect to have more than one team working for CSIDC 2004 and all the teams registering for the contest from IIT Kanpur are requested to send their team and team members details to me at (annamshr@iitk.ac.in) for facilitating an organized working among the teams and in heping them procuring the peripheral items required for their project. All the Best!!! and get together to form teams and do brain storming sessions to come up with new and innovative ideas. Remember! The onus is now on you to march IIT Kanpur into the CSIDC 2004 World Finals for the THIRD time in a row, this year. with best regards, Shireesh Annam IEEE Student Branch Chairman _____________________________________________________ Address: B-115, Hall-I, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA 208016 Phone: +91-512.2597.055 Mobile: +91-9839214918 Alternate Email ID: Shireesh.Annam@iitk.ac.in annamshr@IEEE.org, annam@LORIA.fr Website: home.iitk.ac.in/student/annamshr/ _____________________________________________________