ATOS IT Challenge for Engineering Students and a Cash Prize of € 10,000 for 2021

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ATOS

Área

En línea

País anfitrión

Mundial

Fecha límite

30 nov. 2020

Nivel de estudio

De licenciatura

Tipo de oportunidad

Competiciones

Especialidades

Ingeniería

Oportunidad de financiación

Financiación completa

Países elegibles

Argelia , Comoras , Egipto , Jordán , Líbano , Mauritania , Omán , Katar , Somalia , Siria , Emiratos Árabes Unidos , Bahréin , Yibuti , Irak , Kuwait , Libia , Marruecos , Palestina , Arabia Saudita , Sudán , Túnez , Yemen

Región elegible

Todas las regiones

ATOS invites engineering students around the world to participate in the IT Challenge which will focus on “How digital can decarbonize non-digital”. Solutions can be involved in various topics such as power generation, agriculture, industry, transportation, and the environment. The objective of this contest is to promote and encourage innovation in an open environment amongst best-in-class Universities and students and to support young innovators in taking their solutions forward.

Eligibility Criteria:

The contest is open to students enrolled at university or in an engineering school during the academic year 2020-2021, from any grade.
The contest requires a good level of English both orally and in writing.
Each University or school will be able to present as many teams as they want, but each team will have to be composed of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 members.
Participation in the contest shall be formalized by each team registering online via the official contest website.

Prizes:

1st Prize: €10,000
2nd Prize: €5,000
3rd Prize: €3,000

Atos will also appoint a special “IT Challenge” HR point of contact, for those members of the winning and finalist teams that may wish to apply directly for an employment opportunity within Atos.

Prizes for all participants:

All participants in the IT Challenge will be invited to apply for an internshipto work as part of the Atos organization.

Note: Atos reserves the right not to select any winner should the final solution presented fail to meet basic admissibility criteria as per the Jury’s reasonable judgment.

Atos reserves the right to modify or substitute any of the above prizes (for other prizes of equivalent value).

Phases:

The contest shall be conducted in the following phases:

1. Registration.

Each team shall formalize participation in the contest by registering and including their contact details online via the contest website.

2. Pre-selection Phase: Submission of solution

Each team shall develop and submit their solution by the indicated deadline, through the contest website. Each team is entitled to submit only one solution.

The initial solution shall be submitted in the indicated format and by using the official template available on the contest website.

3. Pre-selection decision:

The Jury shall select a maximum of 15 teams that shall be invited to participate in the final phase (Development Phase).

The selected teams shall be contacted and the list of selected teams published on the contest website.

4. Development Phase

During this phase, the selected teams will be invited to develop a solution in order to show their solution in a real-life context and will be invited to present the results to the IT Challenge Jury for the final selection.

5. Presentation

The selected teams will be invited to record a video presenting their solution, which will have to be submitted for assessment by the IT Challenge Jury. During the week following the submission of the video- presentations, the IT Challenge Jury will organize a follow-up call with each of the selected teams to clarify potential issues and ask questions in connection with the presented solution.

6. Final Selection and Awards Ceremony:

The IT Challenge Jury will select 1 winner and 2 finalists. The winning teams will be contacted and their names published on the contest website during the month of June. The winning teams shall be invited to attend the Awards Ceremony, with the attendance of Atos Top executives and selected partners. Details, location, and date for the Awards Ceremony shall be communicated to the winning teams in due course.

Note: Atos will arrange and/or cover the travel and accommodation expenses of the winning teams to attend the Awards Ceremony.

Timescales:

Formal Submission of the idea: (November 30, 2020)
Pre-selection decision (End of December 2020)
Development Phase: (Dec 2020 – April 2021)
Presentation of solution (April 2021 – May 2021)
Selection decision: (June 2021)
Award Ceremony: (July 2021)

Selection Criteria:

Phase 1- Pre-selection phase:

Coherence with the theme.
The benefit of the service for end-users (Is it useful? Does it bring something new?).
The benefit of the service for business partners.
Personal feeling (Originality, Do I like it?).
The reality of the business model (Feasibility, Market size, Ecosystem, Risks, etc.).
Technical feasibility (Architecture, Project plan, etc.).

Phase 2- Development and presentation phase:

The benefit of the service for end-users (Is it useful? Does it bring something new?).
The benefit of the service for business partners.
Look and feel (Design, Ergonomy, Simplicity, Do I want to use it?).
How far is going to market? (Key partnership required, Risks, Market size).
Technical quality.

About ATOS:

ATOS is the first international student competition dedicated to technological innovation. It is offered for participants to come up with an innovative use case and build a prototype that demonstrates ‘How digital can decarbonize non-digital’. The objective of this contest is to promote and encourage innovation in an open environment amongst best-in-class Universities and students and to support young innovators in taking their solutions forward.

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