ACM India East & N.E. Bachelor Dissertation Award / B.Tech Project Contest 2024
2024 Contest Details
Finalists Teams
Awards: (cash / voucher awards)
Winner Award: Rs. 25,000/-
Runners Up Award: Rs. 15,000/-
2nd Runners Up Award: Rs. 10,000/-
Special Mention Award(s): TBD
Certificates will be given to each participant and winner.
Top 10 teams (including winners) will be listed on award website page.
Last date to submit Nomination: April 15, 2024
Contest Finals date: May 4, 2024 ; Sat at Calcutta University, Salt Lake Campus, Kolkata.
Contest Participation Guidlines and Dates:
There are 3 rounds in this contest.
1st round: Nominations from institutions get submitted. (Institute authority is the filter)
2nd round: A shortlisting of the nominations is done based on quality by a team of reputed Academic and Industry Professionals.
Final round: In the physical / hybrid event, top entries are asked to present in front a Jury board to decide the winners.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Final and pre-final year pass-out B.Tech/B.E. stream students from Computing disciplines (such as CSE / IT).
- All students forming a team must be enrolled in same institution located in India East or North-East.
- The students should be finishing their course in academic year 2023-24 (4th year) or 2024-2025 (3rd year).
- The students need to form a team (the co-authors in the project).
- Individual student participation is not allowed - it is per project basis. If project has 1 student only, then also it is allowed.
- If a student is engaged somehow in multiple projects, (s)he can be part of 1 team only.
- If some student(s) of a project do not wish to apply for this contest - others in the project can apply. In such a case, the certificate / award will contain the names of those who have participated as a team. Late entries in a team is strictly not allowed.
- The students need to get approval from their Project Guide / Mentor / Supervisor for nomination as per form below.
- The respective department HoD / Principal / Director of Institute will have to nominate the teams as per form below.
FAQs
- For those on Internships abroad or located very far from Kolkata and finding it hard to travel, Contest will be held via apt online platform.
- If a team is not selected for Round 2 (project presentation), their fees will be refunded by May 2024, except taxes and 10% processing fee.
Application Fees (No Cash):
Rs. 1500 (+ 18% GST) for a team of max. 2 members (project basis)
Rs. 750 (+ 18% GST) for each additional team member in same project (3 or more)
Discounted rate for ACM student members:
Rs. 1000 (+ 18% GST) for a team of max. 2 members (project basis)
Rs. 500 (+ 18% GST) for each additional team member in same project (3 or more)
Example: Team with 1 student need to pay Rs. 1180, with 4 students Rs. 2360 and so on.
Venue : ACM Kolkata Professional Chapter
Block JD, Sector III, Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
Tech Campus, University of Calcutta, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098. Google Maps Link
Chapter Email ID: Primary: kolkata.acmorg@gmail.com ; Secondary: acmkprof@gmail.com
Important Dates :
Deadline for nomination submission: April 15, 2024
Shorlisting Result Announcement: April 26, 2024
Deadline for final project/thesis submission: May 1, 23:59 IST
Contest dates: Saturday May 4, 2024
Important Documents & Links :
Doc1. Call for Participation Link
Doc2. Hardcopy Nomination Form Link
Doc3. Project Description Document Link
Doc4. Presentation Template Link
Link1. Online Form (needs Gmail ID) Link
Link2. Online Payment Link Link
Jury: Invited from Academia and Industry [non-committee]
Contest Committee Members:
- From Academia: Experienced Faculty / Researchers from ISI, JU, CU, IIEST, etc.
- From Industry: Experienced Professionals / Scientists from TCS (R&I), CTS, Ixia, etc.
Process / Steps :
- Evaluate your thesis/project for problem definition, solution uniqueness, challenges, maturity, impact.
- Get written approval from your project supervisor / guide for participation in this contest and HoD by filling the nomination form [Doc2].
- Write a description about your project following the template of Project Description document and save as PDF (not Doc). [Doc3]
- NO other format of Project Description Doc is accepted.
- Word limit and guidelines should be strictly adhered to avoid disqualification.
- Contesting teams need to fill a short on-line Google Docs Registration form [Link1] to register the nominated teams.
- The Transaction / Receipt / Order No. should be mentioned in the on-line form.
- Ensure NO duplicate form filling. 1 team - 1 form.
- The Email ID that you will enter in this form will be used for all future communication.
- Upload the Project Description Document as PDF format only
- Upload the scanned filled up Nomination form duly signed as PDF format only.
- Contest Round 1
- Contest committee will shortlist the teams based on the Project Description Document uploaded.
- Shortlisted teams will be intimated to respective registered e-mail IDs and invited for presentation in front of Jury in Final Round.
- The selection results will be available on-line and also communicated by e-mail by end-April 2024.
- Shortlisted teams are required to upload their final project report / thesis in PDF format by May 1 (23:59 IST) in earlier form [Link1].
- All participating team members will get ACM tagged certificate, that they can collect from Chapter Office after intimation via email.
- Shortlisted team members will get ACM tagged Selection Certificate on the Final Round day.
- Final Round - 1 or 2 day event
- Teams to present their work in front of Jury which will be followed by Q&A session. Tea, Snacks and Lunch are provided to teams.
- Teams going on Internship can participate over on-line platform after notifying us before May 1. Details will be shared thereafter.
- Teams will be alloted Team Numbers (will be notified) and there will be Tea Breaks and Lunch Breaks within presentations.
- In presentation, only 1 person will be allowed to present their work (strict) to avoid clumsiness and manage time.
- All team members will be able to answer the questions on their project / thesis asked by the Jury (highest marks here).
- Teams should ideally be present for the whole day-long event to hear their competitors for the contest.
- Evaluation metrics are finalized by ACM Senior members.
- Results will be announced at the end of the final day and awards with certificates (selection, winning, special mention) distributed.
- Results will be available on website as well as same communicated via email.
Payment Process: No Bank Transfer, no Cash, no Cheque.
Note the transaction no. at the time of payment - Payment Link
Listener's Registration:
Eligibility: Students who are not part of contesting team, but willing to listen to the contest activities.
Application method: Send 1) Name 2) Institute 3) Stream 4) Passing Year 5) Mobile No. via e-mail to acmkprof@gmail.com along with payment details.
Registration cost: Rs. 236 (incl. 18% GST) to be paid via above payment process, by May 1, 2024.