[2013-TI MCU Contest] Thông báo cuộc thi

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TI MCU Contest đã trở lại:

1 - Vì tính chất quốc tế và chuyên nghiệp hoá, năm nay chỉ có bản thông báo bằng tiếng Anh, không có thông báo tiếng Việt, các bản draft (kế hoạch, phác thảo, ý tưởng) và thesis (báo cáo hoàn chỉnh), presentation (thuyết trình tại ngày thi) đều sử dụng tiếng Anh.

2 - Phần điều khoản có các quy định về số trang thesis... và các nội dung quan trọng khác, các bạn chú ý đọc kỹ nhé.

3 - Nội dung cuộc thi có một số thay đổi quan trọng so với các năm trước, ví dụ:
+ chỉ sử dụng MSP430
+ Các nhóm dự thi tự thiết kế hardware
+ Đăng ký thực hiện online với 3 link ứng với 3 khu vực dự thi (Bắc - Trung - Nam).

Nói chung là các bạn chịu khó đọc kỹ các nội dung dưới đây , ngoài ra, đính kèm là nội dung toàn văn thông báo, thesis format và thesis tham khảo (đọc hướng dẫn trình bày thesis trong file thesis format).

Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge​

Vietnam MCU Design Contest 2013​

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To encourage students’ innovation on MCU system design, Texas Instruments announces the MCU Design Contest for Vietnam Universities for the year 2013.

I. Contest Period
Contest will divide into 2 phases: regional level - southern, northern & central and national level final.
1.Regional Level: Mar 2013 – Oct 2013
2.National Level: Nov 2013

II. Contest Content
It is required to use TI MSP430 as the main processor. The students have to design their own hardware platform to implement certain functions.
The part numbers of MSP430 MCU used for the contest are stated as following:
1. MSP430G2553IN20
2. MSP430G2553IPW28R
3. MSP430F5638IPZR
4. MSP430F6736IPZR
5. MSP430FR5739IDAR
6. For special request of other MSP430 part numbers, please contact TI local Field Application Engineer

III. Contest Targets
Qualification: The contest is open to in school Undergraduates. Every team should have 1-3 team members and 1 lecturer as their advisor.
The team members of the winning teams of 2011 and 2012 contest are not allowed to participate in 2013 contest.


Submit Application Form: All teams should submit an application form for the contest, pronouncing their group & design target. The application form is available online and can be found by visiting TI Vietnam support forum: www.diendanTI.com, or can be accessed directly through:
+ for Northern: goo.gl/x7n2k
+ for Central: goo.gl/C9qs7
+ for Southern: goo.gl/K9jSd

IV. Score Criteria
In Regional Elections, the judges will evaluate the project quality by scoring the submitted papers in English (full design files or demo videos can be a strong complementary support). In both rounds, the teams will submit the thesis using provided format which can be downloaded from the websites of participating universities.

Score Criteria for Elections (Total 100):
1. Project Integrity 20
2. Innovation 20
3. Thesis Quality 45
4. TI Analog Engagement 15

In Regional & National Finals, the teams need to give a presentation (Please note that teams must do presentation in English), Q&A and a live demonstration to the judges.

Score Criteria for Finals (Total 100):
1. Project Integrity 15
2. Thesis Quality 15
3. TI Analog Engagement 15
4. Presentation 25
5. Demonstration 30

V. Contest Time Frame

1. Before Apr 15, 2013: Submit Application Form
2. Apr 30, 2013: Announce the accepted registrations
3. Before Sep 10, 2013: Submit thesis for election
4. Sep 17, 2013: Election Winners Announcement
5. Oct 2, 2013: Regional Finals (South, North and Central)
6. Nov 6 , 2013: National Final

VI. Regional Level Awards (Each Region; Following Cash Awards are Pretax)
1. Teams who enter the Regional finals will get a “Completion of the Contest Award” Diploma Only.
2. 1st Class Award: 1, USD800
3. 2nd Class: 1, USD400
4. 3rd Class: 1, USD200
5. “The most promising”: USD100
6. “The best presentation”: USD50
7. Excellence Advisor Awards: The advisors of the 1st place winners in the regional finals will be awarded an amount of US$300.

VII. National Level Awards (Following Cash Awards are Pretax)
1.1st Class Award: 1, USD2000
2.2nd Class: 1, USD1000
3.3rd Class: 1, USD500
4.“The most promising”: USD300
5.“The best presentation”: USD200



VIII. Scholarship
Sunflower Mission’s Engineering & Technology Scholarships for EACH of the members of the top 3 teams of the regional finals that meet the following criteria:

1.The money is to be used only for educational purpose as outlined below and only in the field of Engineering & Technology
2.Students not in the last semester of undergraduate program must provide all grades of the last two completed semesters & proof of under-graduate degree being pursued
3.Students in last semester of their undergraduate study must produce proof that they have been accepted AND will attend master program
4.Students will have to submit a headshot & proof for the two items above by 11/15 to our TI VN team to receive the scholarship by 12/30

IX. Contest Organization
Organizer: Texas Instruments Inc.
Co-organizer:
· Regional level:
1.Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST – North)
2.Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT - South)
3.Danang University of Technology (DUT – Central
· National level: Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT)

Consultant: Mrs. Duy Loan Le (TI)
Mr. Sunny Lee (TI)
Mr. PHAM Van Tuan (DUT)
Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh (HUST)
Mr. Do Hong Tuan (HCMUT)
Secretariat: PHAM Xuan Trung (DUT), Nguyen The Nghia (DUT)
Do Hanh (HUST)
Ho Thanh Phuong (HCMUT)


Contest Judges for regional finals:
North Region: 1 professor (HUST), 1 engineer from Industry, 1 TI Local FAE.
Central Region: 1 professor (DUT), 1 engineer from Industry, 1 TI Local FAE.
South Region: 1 professor (HCMUT), 1 engineer from Industry, 1 TI Local FAE.

Contest Judges for national finals: To be announced later.

Please contact below addresses for inquiry if any:
North Region: Mr. Xuan Kien Nguyen (xuankien.nguyen@ti.com)
Central Region: Mr. Thai Hung Le (thaihung.le@ti.com)
South Region: Mr. Quoc Nguyen (q-nguyen@ti.com)

TI reserves the right of interpretation and modification to all Rules & guidance listed above.

Các điều khoản quy định nằm ở post #2. Link download thesis tham khảo, các file còn lại download ở phần đính kèm dưới đây.

 

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TI Vietnam University MCU Design Contest Terms and Conditions –PLEASE READ

Please read and accept the following terms and conditions prior to making any submissions or providing any ideas or materials to TI. All submissions made for the TI Vietnam University MCU Design Contest (TIVUMDC) are subject to these terms and conditions and by making the submission, you would be deemed to have unconditionally acknowledged and accepted the same:

1. Teams must be composed of no more than three (3) students total and one (1) advising teacher. Each team member must be enrolled in an accredited educational institution as a full-time student at all times during participation on the team and must ensure in writing at the lime of entry and submission of the design that he/she is in fact a full-time student.

2. To be eligible to compete, each team must read and complete the entire entry form and submit on time. There are NO ENTRY FEES.

3. Use of a TI MCU (MSP430) in the contest is required. TI Analog is encouraged.

4. All final contest designs must be submitted to the TIVUMDC organizer according to the requirements of the rules and must be RECEIVED on time! Participants will not be allowed to change or supplement their design submissions once they have been received. All contest design submissions must consist of the following:

— A report which describes a TI MCU application. The report must be in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats, and cannot exceed twenty (20) pages. Anything after twenty (20) pages may not be read.
—Final contest design submissions must be consistent with the abstract on the team's entry form.

5. All entrants and advising professors agree to follow and abide by the design requirements and judging criteria.

6. All entrants and advising professors warrant and represent that all contest design ideas and applications submitted to TI are entirely original and that they are the owners of all interests in and rights to such designs.

7. No confidential relationship is established between TI and the entrants and advising professors as a result of entering the TIVUMDC. None of the information submitted by the participants will be treated by TI as trade secrets, confidential information or as protected data under any obligation.

8. To protect participants intellectual property rights, (and our ability to publish the contest design submissions), all entrants and their advising professors agree to be bound by the contest requirements for licensing of non-exclusive rights. Ownership of the design ideas and contest design submissions (hereinafter "Designs") shall remain with the entrants and their advising professors. All entrants and advising professors hereby grant TI Incorporated and its corporate subsidiaries a non-exclusive, world-wide, perpetual and royalty-free license to use the Designs in. or as part of, TI MCU products or products containing or utilizing TI MCUs, to modify the Designs for such uses, and to publish the Designs for such uses by TI or by customers of TI under all applicable intellectual property rights related to the Designs, including but not limited to, patents, trade secrets.

9. Taxes and other obligations are solely the responsibility of the winners. The awards to the Winners are after-tax.

10. No entries or final design submissions will be returned to participants, regardless of whether they are accepted. All entries and final design submissions become the property of TI Incorporated and its corporate subsidiaries.

11. Judges for the contest will be fully competent and are required lo be fair and impartial. Names of the contest judges will be published.

12. Employees of TI and their immediate families are prohibited from entering this contest.