Contact: Alfredo Herrera, chair IEEE Canada HIC
(alfredo.herrera@ieee.org)
Pedro Sanchez, vice-chair Canada HIC
(pedro.sanchez@ieee.org)
Url: http://www.ieee.ca/hic/

Organized by: IEEE-Canada Humanitarian Initiatives Committee

Abstract: We are very happy to bring back the Humanitarian Student
Design competition. The result from our first competition were
significant, having created a set of Intellectual Property for an IEEE
solar system for humanitarian projects.
These competitions are open to undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled in college or university. An abstract of the winner’s work will
be published in the IEEE Canadian Review magazine. Prizes will be
awarded as follows: first prize, CND $1000; second prize, CND $700;
third prize, CND $300.

For this year’s competition, we have decided to focus on improving or
innovating on parts of a wireless communication system for humanitarian
applications. We are planning to make available a high-speed WiFi link
between the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College as a test-bed.
The competition will span the Fall’11 and Winter’12 semesters. Teams
will be invited to CCECE and ICC2012 to present their projects and to
select the winners.
The design proposal can be about any element of an ICT humanitarian
application, but bonus points awarded to team designing for the
high-speed WiFi link made available. Ideas for projects include: phone
applications, throughput increase, antenna design, digital processing,
wireless SW application, services based on the wireless link, etc.
All designs part of the competition will become part of an Open Source
platform for humanitarian ICT projects. The following system may used as
a starting point: http://www.inveneo.org/newsfeed/82km-wifi-haiti

We are looking forward to your participation.