ieee xtreme md telecon august 2009
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IEEEXtreme 2009 MD Update
Lise JohnstonAugust 15th, 2009
What is it? – IEEEXtreme is a worldwide contest in
which teams of students compete over a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems
Who participates?– Teams of 2-3 students/graduate
students and their proctors
Why is it unique? – Worldwide, simultaneous, only event
IEEE SAC holds in this manner or any other society
– Top prize is a trip anywhere in the world to the IEEE event of the top team’s choice
About the Contest
Contest Overview
What are we trying to accomplish?– Expand the scope of IEEE benefits to include something that immediately appeals to
more of IEEE’s technical fields of interest and have a global activity held independent of the student branches.
– Be innovative– Be Global– Be FUN
About the Contest
Contest Overview
Started in 2006 as an MGA Student Activities Committee initiative (based on a successful Region 8 event)
1st event was December 2006 with 47 teams2nd event was March 2008 with 130 teams from 33 countries– 146 teams of 2-3 participants– 70 teams successfully completed at least one problem– 14 grads, 318 undergrads– 19 females, 353 males
About the Contest
Contest Overview - History
2008 Participation by Region
2009 Project Organization
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Technical Programs & Opportunities
Technical chaptersIEEEXtreme contest Robotics contests Paper contests Technical speakers IEEE Spectrum IEEE Potentials Society Membership
IEEE
Career Programs & Opportunities
Job Fairs ‘Soft-skill’ seminars Industry connections Engineers Week
IEEE
Public Programs & Opportunities
Humanitarian initiatives President’s Change the World competition Future Cities Engineers w/o Borders Pre-University activities
About the Contest
Student Member Development
Partnering with Industry for problems and opportunities
-Having a humanitarian perspective on one of the problems – Make efforts to include non-traditional participants
A natural fit
Updates - Promotion
• IEEEXtreme ad developed – available in pdf on website: www.ieee.org/xtreme
• First ad in July/August issue of Potentials magazine & WIE Magazine
• IEEEXtreme flyer in MD kits to all Student Branches and Sections in August 2009
• Banners to appear on IEEE.tv, ieee.org, student web site and the Computer Society web site
• Contact our team at: [email protected] with ideas
Updates - Promotion
• IEEEXtreme should also be used to drive new student membership.
• Volunteers are needed to help recruit new members, form teams and new student branches at schools/universities where IEEE has no current presence.
• Contact Nick Lehotzky at [email protected] and Elizabeth Johnston at [email protected] if you are interested in helping to champion a local effort or perhaps you have a school you would like to suggest.
Organizing Team - [email protected]*
Elizabeth Johnson, General Chair*Pedro Guerrero, Chief Judge*Luka Lugaric*Matthew Erickson*Marko Delimar*Andreas Koltes*Ricardo Machado*Ricardo Varela*
StaffLaura Durrett, MGA Student Services*Christine Eldridge, MGA Student Services*John Day, MGA Director – Membership DevelopmentElyn Perez, MGA Membership DevelopmentNick Lehotsky, MGA Membership Development
*included in email list
2009 Project Organization
Project Team
2009 Project Organization
TechnicalTeam
Technical Team - [email protected]
Elizabeth Johnston, General Chair*Pedro Guerrero, Chief Judge*Matt EricksonAndreas KoltesFrancisco Câmara PereiraChristophe HannossetSaman Taghavi ZargarArtur DiasAli MirtarMilan PopovicValentin GheorghitaGil Mueller
Oded MargalitDimitrios LyrasGiorgos MixailSzymon WasikEugene Khusid, MGA Information Management Staff (contest automation)Khanh Luu, MGA Information Management Staff
Thank you !Questions ?
WE THANK YOU