Dear IEEE Region 8 Students,

This time... please CROSS the line!
What is Mind the Gap! Contest?

Mind the Gap! is a contest challenging IEEE Students in Region8 to come up with a project proposal describing an idea that helps reduce the gap between generations and bring them together. It should be feasible, useful, and beneficial to all generations.

The first, second, and third prizes amount to 750, 500, and 250 USD, respectively.
Proposals should be submitted to mtg@ieeer8.org no later than May 15th, 2016. Any team of 1 to 5 people (at least one of them being an IEEE Student Member) is eligible to participate, and three winning teams will be announced before the end of June. Show us what you can do!
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Guidelines

The project idea shall:
Bring older and younger generations together, upon its implementation
Be beneficial to both older and younger generations, and reflect positively on society
Be realizable, i.e. implemented and transformed into reality, within a 6-month period
Be realizable, within a budget of no more than 10,000 USD
The proposal shall include:
A project idea that helps reduce the generation gap (as described above)
A development of the idea, discussing the positive impact on the different age groups, and on society
The potential challenges that could be faced during and after the project implementation
A detailed budget estimation
A Gantt Chart showing the project’s milestones and their estimated time of completion
No more than 10 pages

Dear IEEE Iran Section Members,
IEEEmadC stands for Mobile Application Development Contest which a team containing 1 to 3 IEEE members in all academic level (undergraduate, graduate, phd) can participate and win valuable prizes. The purposes of this contest are as follows:
• Increase number of mobile applications related to IEEE and students
• Applications developed in this contest should be focused to benefit IEEE, technology, science or education
• Educate and encourage students to develop mobile applications
• Promote IEEE activities and benefits
Supported Mobile Platforms
 Windows
 Android
 iOS
 Blackberry
 PhoneGap
Important Dates
 Education & Idea stage: 15th Feb 2016 – 14th Apr 2016
 Workshops / lectures at local branches,
 Describe app idea (max. 150 words) and then wait for approval
 Development stage: 15th Apr 2016 – 31th May 2016
 Development of mobile applications according to the submitted idea
 Judging stage: 1st Jun 2016 – 20th Jun 2016
 Apps judging
 Announcement of Winners: On or before 20th Jun 2016
 Winner declaration
Scoring Criteria
 UI Design
 User Experience (UX)
 Usefulness
 Availability
 Number of supported platforms
IEEEmadC 2016 Prizes
 First place: $3000
 Second place: $1500
 Third place: iPad
 IEEE Computer Society Special Prize: iWatch + $500
 IEEE Young Professionals Special Prize: $1000
IEEEmadC organizing team have selected Mr. Hussein Shirvani as their ambassador in Iran. For any inquiry about the contest please contact him at hussein.shirvani.1992@ieee.org.