Design Contest

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Selected Design Contest Papers

    Chip Design Track
    Design Contest - Chip Design Track
    No. Title of the Submission Names Affiliation
    1 A Scalable Single-Inductor Multiple-Output DC-DC Converter With Constant Charge-Transfer and Power-up Sequencing for IoT Applications Aditi Chakraborty,
    Ashish Kumar Jha,
    Dr. Anupama Deo,
    Dr. Ashis Maity,
    Prof. Amit Patra     		IIT Kharagpur
    2 A 100 MHz Bandwidth, 73.5dB SNDR, Filtering Continuous-Time Pipelined ADC in 65nm CMOS Shanthi Pavan,
    Nishanth Basavaraj,
    Saravana Manivannan     		IIT Madras
    3 ARYABHAT (Analog Reconfigurable Technology And Bias-scalable Hardware for AI Tasks) Prof. Chetan Singh Thakur,
    Prof. Shantanu Chakrabartty,
    Pratik Kumar,
    Ankita Nandi,
    Ayan Saha,
    Kurupati Sai,
    Pruthvi Teja     		IISc Bangalore
    4 Digitally Intensive Programmable Sub-sampling Mixer-First Receiver RF front-ends for IEEE 802.15.4 IoT Applications. Raviteja Kammari,
    Rakesh Varma Rena,
    Dr. Vijay Shankar Pasupureddi     		Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
    5 Signal-Strength Detector Based on CMOS-Inverter Supply Current Pranav Kumar,
    Nagendra Krishnapura    		 IIT Madras
    Embedded Systems Track
    Design Contest - Embedded Systems Track
    No. Title of the Submission Names Affiliation
    1 AI-Enabled Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Therapy Using Emotional State Recognition Asmita Zjigyasu,
    Shivangi,
    Nancy Gupta,
    Yash Dharmesh Mogal,
    Dr. Nanditha Rao     		IIIT Bangalore
    2 Gait Phase Identification using Wearable Sensors for Physiotherapy Assistance Rufyid-u-Nissa,
    Khalid Shaikh,
    Mohin Shaikh,
    Arhum Alam     		IIT Bombay , AMU
    3 ML model to predict the angle of the lower limb and abnormal motion during sit-to-stand motion Nitheezkant R,
    Aamod B K,
    Anshul M,
    Anmol Shetty,
    Dr. Madhav Rao     		IIIT Bangalore
    4 Audio Keyword Detection for hands-free control in Automobiles Ashwin Rajesh,
    Venkata Likhith L
    Bana Shanmuga Sai Badrinatha Reddy    		 IISc Bangalore , Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram
    5 AUTOMATIC MODULATION CLASSIFICATION (AMC) USING MR-CNN ON THE STM32L4 series B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery kit Disha Lad ,
    Harshal Patel,
    Dev Desai,
    Riya Gupta     		Sardar   Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
    Idea Submission link
    Download Orientation Session Presentation [PDF]
    Orientation Session Video
    Idea Submission: 17th September, 2023

    General Guidelines

    Eligibility

    The Design Contest is open for engineering students pursuing undergraduate/ postgraduate/ doctoral degrees.

    Theme of the Contest

    The theme of the contest is Artificial Intelligence on the Edge. The participants are invited to develop new AI models for STM32 platform in the field of Robotics, Healthcare, Agriculture, Battery Management, Digital Power, and Renewable Energy Management Systems.

    Hardware Platform

    The hardware platform is B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery Kit for IoT. It allows users to develop applications with direct connection to cloud servers.

    For more information, please refer to the link: https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/b-l475e-iot01a.html

    Orientation Session
    • An Orientation Session is planned to share more details about the design contest, usage of tools & technologies, and answer any queries from the participants. Two such sessions are planned on 21st August and 23rd August (6:30 pm to 7:30 pm)
    • Link: Click here
    Stage 1: Idea Submission
    •  Your idea submission should cover a description of the idea along with a block diagram of the idea
      (refer template)
    • Examples / Use-case of the application
    • Benefits and value addition of your solution
    • Your team description along with your contact information with mailing address
    Steps for submission
    • Download the template available on the conference website.
    • Fill the details with minimum font size 10pt, times new roman, max two pages including table,
      diagram, references (if any).
    • Covert it to pdf format.
    • Submit the pdf using the weblink available on conference website.
    • Following the first round of screening, selected teams will be shortlisted to convert their ideas into
      application solutions using the B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery Kit for IoT. Hardware will be shipped to
      the selected teams.
    Stage 2: Implementation
    • Selected project will be implemented by the teams on the B-L475E-IOT01A Discovery Kit for IoT from STMicroelectronics. Team size: 2-5 members (Minimum:2 members and Maximum:5 members)
    • Experts from the Conference and STMicroelectronics will guide and mentor the teams during the implementation phase.
    Stage 3: Project Submission
    • The project submission by the selected teams should include
      •  AI model (H5, tflite, or .onnx)
      • Training datasets.
      • Workspace source file of running application on STM32 platform.
      • Video of running application.
      • Power point presentation (max 5 slides) about the application.
      • Any references etc.
    •  Best 5 teams will be announced on 12th December 2023. These teams will be invited for demonstration
      during the conference on 9th Jan 2024.
    • Cash awards and certificates for the winners of the Design Contest.

    Idea Submission Template

    Overview of the idea:
    Minimum font size: 10pt, Times New Roman font. Maximum two pages including tables, diagram, references (if any).

    Example of its application:
    Describe an example consisting of potential application/Future application. This will enable usage model towards its market acceptance), Maximum one page.

    Benefits and Value addition:
    Explain what the key benefits of your idea/implementation are. You should describe key value addition of your idea as this will explain why your idea has value in presence of other competitor(s) OR Players. In a way it will show uniqueness/Unique selling point/key differentiator). Maximum half a page.

    Miscellaneous:
    List your team members’ names, branch, affiliation, and contact emails here. Include the name of your university/college and your shipping address.

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