CPS-IoT Week 2021

Student Design Competition

Networked Computing on the Edge

May 18, 2021
Virtual Conference

What is This Competition?

This competition invites student teams of all levels to develop and demonstrate innovative projects on the topic of networked computing for edge applications. Projects of integrated computing, control, and communication components on the ground, underwater or air mobile platforms are welcomed. Topics of interest include but are not limited to unmanned aerial vehicle networks, urban aerial mobility, autonomous driving, edge computing, and human-machine interfaces.

Requirements

Teams must develop solutions using embedded platforms of advanced computing capabilities. Each team should consist of no more than five members including faculty mentors. The organizers can provide embedded hardware solutions built on Jetson TX2 and related hardware and software technical support to participating teams.

Submission Guidelines

• Teams are required to submit a project proposal including project title, abstract, team members and advisor(s) to CPSIoTCompetition@UTA.edu to register for the competition. The abstract should state the objective, approach, novelty and impact, and is limited to 300 words. The registration deadline is March 30, 2021.
• The registered teams will submit the final product by May 11, 2021 including a poster and a prerecorded video of their presentation.
• At the conference, each team will make a live presentation or play the recorded video, followed by Q&A.

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation committee will select winners and honorable mentions based on the following criteria:

• Quality of the design (relevance, completeness, novelty, and performance) – 50%
• Quality of the presentation (poster, video/live presentation, and Q&A) – 40%
• Impact of application (societal or economical values) – 10%

Organizers

Yan Wan
University of Texas at Arlington
(Email: yan.wan@uta.edu)

Junfei Xie
San Diego State University
(Email: jxie4@sdsu.edu)

Sponsors

Participants

• Lehigh University
• University of North Texas
• University of Nevada, Reno
• University Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Arizona State University
• New Mexico State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Beihang University
• San José State University
• University of Florida
• University of South Florida
• University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Evaluation Committee

Shengli Fu
Professor and Department Chair
Electrical Engineering
University of North Texas

Roberto Valenti
Senior Robotics Research Scientist
MathWorks

Yan Wan
Distinguished University Professor
Electrical Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington

Junfei Xie
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
San Diego State University