Preparing for IEEE CRFID Educational Mega-Challenge: SMART CITIES
Proposal packages will be rated on how the teams plan and evaluate a solution that incorporates RFID technology and systems. Some aspects of the proposal are required and others will be judged and scored with points. See scoring below.
- Accredited, degree-program institution (required)
- Team composition (20 points)
- Class distinction
- Undergraduate(s)
- Graduate(s)
- Advisor(s)
- At least one IEEE member and one student member (required)
- functional representation (skillset of team members reflects proposed solution composition)
- diversity (eg. gender and cultural)
- Class distinction
- City (10 points)
- Choice defended
- Brief description of the city, including its strengths and weaknesses
- Problem for smart city solution (10 points)
- Choice defended
- Solution
- Uses RFID (required)
- Uses UHF Passive RFID (required)
- Choices made defended (10 points)
- Summary (50 points)
- 8-10 pages
- Problem statement
- Proposed solution
- Technical feasibility
- Differentiator (why this solution vs. others)
- Resource summary (Personnel and equipment)
- Team summary – bios, function
- Optional bonus points for:
- A paper prepared for a CRFID peer-reviewed conference proceedings (10 points)
- A poster prepared for the IEEE RFID 2017 (8 points)
- YouTube video or privately available video /slide show. (10 points)
- Project demonstration (5 points)
- Partnering with an Industry Advisor (10 points)
- Use of other resources, for example: (5 points)