In 2015 -2016 EMC launched the first annual graduation project competition for senior undergraduate students from universities in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa who are enrolled in Dell EMC Academic Alliance program sponsored by Egypt COE.
“The competition is intended to spark the creativity of students for their graduation projects to play an active role in the Transformation of IT and get the opportunity to shine and win prizes.”
Students are invited to submit their project abstracts in areas related to but not limited to the areas listed below:
- Cloud Computing
- Big Data
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Virtual and Augmented Reality (VAR)
- Secure Systems
Location:
African Countries, TurkeyBenefits
- 1st place prize: 5000$
- 2nd place prize: 4000$
- 3rd place prize: 3000$
A formal award ceremony is organized at one of Dell EMC events in the region. The winning teams and their mentor(s) will be invited to attend the ceremony along with officials from their institute. This ceremony is attended by the Senior VP of Turkey, Africa, and Middle East Mohamed Amine and is followed by a press release.
Eligibilities
Students who wish to participate should:
- Be in their senior year and should be enrolled in any of the Dell EMC External Research and Academic Alliance in the Turkey, Middle East and Africa region.
- Should have a faculty member as their official academic advisor and mentor.
- Should have a strong academic standing, validated by the Head of their Department.
- The correctness of the information provided by the students should be validated by the official signature and stamp of the Dean of their college/institute.
- No students should be listed in more than one project.
- At the time of submission, all the members of student teams should not be full-time employees of any organization whatsoever, whether it is private, public, or non-governmental.
Application Process
Applicants must follow the procedure given in the link below.
Application Deadline: December 15, 2017
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