Joseph Jeffrey, Roshan G Patil and
Skanda Kumar K N from International Institute of Information
Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) and Siddartha Khastgir and AnubhaV Sahoo from
Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-K) have won the coveted Intel
India Embedded Challenge grand prize for 2012 for their projects ‘Wireless
Sensor based Smart Parking System’ and ‘Development of an Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle for Coastal Monitoring Applications’ respectively for the embedded
intelligent systems theme. The nationwide competition is an initiative by Intel
India to recognize and reward outstanding ideas in embedded technology, based on
the Intel® Atom™ processor.
Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, International
Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore and Professor H.P. Khincha,
Chairman, Karnataka Innovation Council were present at the occasion to
felicitate the winners of Intel India Embedded Challenge (Intel IEC) 2012.
Intel® Higher Education Program team works with reputed engineering institutions
across India to promote the quality of technical education and research in
academia. Intel India Embedded Challenge is one such program hosted annually by
Intel® Higher Education Program team in India to promote research and innovation
among engineering students and working professionals.
“We are pleased to
receive overwhelming response to the Intel Embedded Challenge from students and
working professionals across India. This is one of Intel India’s platforms to
provide engineering students and technical professionals an environment to
cultivate their technological talents. Through this initiative, Intel India
seeks to promote an ecosystem in which research and innovation can thrive,” said
Jitendra Chaddah, Director-Strategic Development and Operations, Intel
India.
This year’s Intel India Embedded Challenge had two main categories –
‘Embedded Intelligent Systems’ and ‘Embedded Solutions for Social Cause’. For
Embedded Intelligent Systems, entries were submitted under five themes:
Information Technology applications, Consumer Solutions, Telecommunications,
Industrial Electronics, Automotive electronics and Military & Aero space
Engineering. For Embedded Solutions for Social Cause, entries were submitted
under four themes: Technology Enabled Agricultural Applications, e-governance,
Citizen Services, and Rural IT / Connectivity, Bio Medical and Health Care and
Education.
In addition to the grand prizes, awards were given
for embedded innovation of the year, popular choice award and Special Mention
award of the year.
Winners will also have the opportunity to participate in
‘The Next Big Idea’, a Technology Entrepreneurship, conducted by Intel India,
the Department of Science and Technology and the Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore. The new initiative aims to foster greater entrepreneurial growth
across the country by acting as an incubator for outstanding ideas. The program
assesses business plans and provides practical support to develop them into
sustainable business models.
About the
Contest
The Intel India Embedded Challenge 2012 contest is part of
the Intel® Higher Education Program. The initiative, run in association with
Intel’s Embedded Communications Group, seeks to support the exploration of
innovative embedded technology applications, based on the Intel® Atom™
processor, at universities and engineering institutes.
This year, the entries
– from individuals or teams of two – covered a range of applications: from
socially relevant areas like education, medicine, rural development and
environment, to commercially exciting areas like gaming, social networking,
infotainment and robotics.
The 2012 contest over 2800 registrations and 688
innovative ideas being submitted to Intel India. Intel India short listed 120
teams based on their innovative ideas in embedded technology. A set of expert
evaluators from Intel India short listed 35 top projects for the finals. In this
final phase, each of the finalists worked on Intel® Atom™ Processor kits to
prototype their idea. The prototypes were then showcased to a jury consisting of
senior academic researchers, government representatives and industry leaders,
who selected the winners.
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The Company
designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for
the world’s computing devices.
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