IEDCS.handasarabia.org

The 3rd International Electronics Design Contest for Students
IEDCS'06
I=2E	OBJECTIVES
=B7	Innovation Promotion
=B7	Technical Knowledge Sharing
=B7	Talents Exploration
=B7	Academia and Industry Bridging
II.	JOINING CRITERIA
=B7	Innovative and applicable projects
=B7	Designed by full-time undergraduate students
=B7	Academic Year, Fall 2005/Spring 2006
=B7	International submissions are invited
III.	AWARDS
First Three ranked designs awards:
=B7	Paper at IEEE ICM'06 Proceedings
=B7	Presentation at IEEE ICM'06
=B7	Waiving ICM'06 registration fees
=B7	"OpenTech" EDA tools and designs per winning
project
=B7	Have a chance to host their projects under Handasa Arabia as open
source projects
IV.	DESIGNS' SCOPE
Conceptual and Operational designs for:
=B7	Digital/Analogue Integrated Circuits
=B7	FPGA based designs, SOC
=B7	Computer Architectures/ Processors
=B7	Reconfigurable Computing Systems
=B7	Embedded Systems, MEMS/Optics/Bio-Chips
=B7	Control Systems, Telecommunications Systems.
=B7	DSP Applications, Systems Software Modelling.
=B7	Measurements and Instrumentation Systems.
=B7	Design Methodologies/Verification Techniques.

V=2E	DESIGN SUBMISSION
=B7	Summary is in IEEE journal two-column format
=B7	Summary doesn't exceed four pages
=B7	Submit summary in PDF format by email
=B7	Submission language is English
=B7	Submission dead line is August 15, 2006
=B7	Send design to: iedcs@handasarabia.org
VI.	JUDGING
International judging panel from academia, industry plus the IEEE
ICM'06 committee.
Judging Criteria
=B7	Originality
=B7	Soundness of Engineering
=B7	Documentation Quality and Clarity
=B7	Performance
=B7	Judging decision by: September 1 , 2006

In Cooperation with the 18th IEEE International Conference on
Microelectronics, ICM 2006,
December 2006, Saudi Arabia

Aljazeera.net News Story about IEDCS'05
May, 9 2005
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4EFC2697-DCBF-4959-BD2E-6F4B693EC1B6.htm
EEtimes & EEdesign News Story about IEDCS'04
August, 04 2004
www.eedesign.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D26805904
VII.	ORGANIZERS
Handasa Arabia Organization
www.handasarabia.org
The University of Waterloo
www.uwaterloo.ca
IEEE ICM'06 Conference
http://icm2006.kfupm.edu.sa/