• 1^st Place: $800 USD
• 2^nd Place: $500 USD
• 3^rd Place: $200 USD and customized certificate.

Funded by the IEEE Life Members' Committee.

Please request criteria from Regional student activities chairs (RSACs) or Regional student representatives (RSRs). Criteria may differ from Region to Region.

Location	Deadline Date
Northeastern USA (Region 1)	15 March (annually)
Eastern USA (Region 2)	1 April (annually)
Southeastern USA (Region 3)	15 February (annually)
Central USA (Region 4)	15 May (annually)
Southwestern USA (Region 5)	15 March (annually)
Western USA (Region 6)	15 February (annually)
Canada (Region 7)	1 June (annually)
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (Region 8)	15 December (annually)
Latin America (Region 9)	31 May (annually)
Asia, Pacific (Region 10)	15 March (annually)

IEEE Student Services
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Phone: +1 732 562 5527 or 5392
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Email: student-services@ieee.org
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• Fame: Competing in the world’s most extreme programming contest is a big deal – winning means you get unlimited bragging rights.
• The grand prize for the first place team is an all expenses paid trip to an IEEE conference or event of the team members’ choice.
• Members of the winning teams will receive a gift bag, an IEEE certificate and prizes to recognize their efforts.
• Updates on additional prizes will be announced soon.

• Registration for IEEEXtreme will open on 1 September 2009.
• Teams will submit their problem solutions electronically using the online competition management system using the Mooshak tool.
• To learn more about the Mooshak tool in preparation, please visit their information pages.
• The 2009 contest problems will not be available until the day of the contest.
• Languages supported are: Microsoft Visual C++, C/C++, Java and some surprises.
• IEEEXtreme has two teams of volunteers working to make this the best event to date. The Organizing team members, responsible for the competition itself, publicity, marketing and working with the Technical team members, who will create and judge the problems. Learn more about the volunteers who are making IEEEXtreme 3.0 possible.
• Stay tuned for more on the competition management, tech FAQs and more.
• A survival guide, with contest frequently asked questions, will be updated regularly. Check back often.

IEEEXtreme 3.0 was held on 24 October 2009. An amazing 700 teams registered for this exciting event. Teams from universities in 40 countries and the ten Regions of IEEE participated. Our congratulations to all the teams who made this a record-breaking event.

Data is still being evaluated by the IEEEXtreme Org and technical teams. As promised, the top 25 teams were announced on 26 October. More information will follow. It was the positive energy and enthusiasm of the competitors that truly made this an IEEEXtreme event to remember.

Student Branch	Team	Region	Country
University of Moratuwa	Mora Seekers	10	Sri Lanka
University of Auckland	Citrus Celebration	10	New Zealand
Chulalongkorn University	Amobear	10	Thailand
Politehnica University of Bucharest	Powerhouse	8	Romania
Tokyo Institute of Technology	Konohanasakuya	10	Japan
Carnegie Mellon University	Brain Eating Mellon	2	United States
University of Florida	Vehicle of Puzzle	3	United States
University of North Texas	Texas Codeboys)	5	United States
Princess Sumaya University for Technology	Cursed Grapes	8	Jordan
Queen’s University, School of Computing	Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas	7	Canada
American University of Beirut	AUB	8	Lebanon
Bilkent Universitesi	Bar Code	8	Turkey
University of Florida	Team 1/0	3	United States
University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo Dragons D	8	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Binghamton University	Crowbar	1	United States
University of California-San Diego	The Bagpipe lubricators	6	United States
National Technical University of Athens	AlgoJobs	8	Greece
Chulalongkorn University	Emertxe	10	Thailand
University of California-San Diego	XYZZY	6	United States
University of British Columbia	Fizz	7	Canada
James Cook University of North Queensland	Lorem Ipsum	10	Australia
University of Miami	Shocklate	3	United States
Tartu University	SegaMegaDrive	8	Estonia
University of Passau	Upgrade	8	Germany
University of Klagenfurt	Quit pro Code	8	Austria

1. IEEE Student Humanitarian Supreme: $10,000 USD
2. IEEE Distinguished Student Humanitarian: $5,000 USD
3. IEEE Exceptional Student Humanitarian: $2,500 USD
4. Up to five Outstanding Student Humanitarian prizes: $1,000 USD

All remaining prizes will be presented by a local IEEE representative. (IEEE Region Director or a designee such as the IEEE Student Activities Chair, a Section Chair or a Student Branch Counselor.) Prizes to winning teams will be split equally among the team’s registered student members*.

The contest is open to individual members of IEEE Student Branches or teams of college and university level students who have elected an IEEE Student Branch member as the team lead.

IEEE’s Regional Student Activities Committee will select a group of quarter-finalists to advance to the semi-final round. An all-star judging panel of leading IEEE engineers will review the entries and select and rank the finalists. These finalist projects will be posted and online voting to select a “People’s Choice” award will begin. IEEE’s three presidents, immediate past, present and future, will also evaluate the projects and select the final winners based on the results their project achieves as well as the overall impact on humanity or their local community. Entries will also be judged by sustainability, reusability and transportability of the project’s results to other parts of the world.

The winners shall be selected based on the results achieved and their impact on humanity, or, on a community.

Sustainability, reusability, transportability of the results to other parts of the world, entrepreneurship, originality, creativity and leadership shall be important but secondary evaluation factors.

Entries must be submitted using the form that will be housed on competition Web site which will be available in September. Requirements include the following:

• Project title
• Problem description
• Solution
• Impact on humanity or a community
• Primary leader with name and contact information, namely Full name, college/university, address, phone number and email address. Other major student contributors and their contributions.
• Other contributors
• Submissions will be limited to 2,500 words

1^st Place: $1000 USD
2^nd Place: $750 USD
3^rd Place: $500 USD
Runner-up: $250 USD

All IEEE Student Branches and Branch Chapters are eligible for the Web site contest. Each Student Branch may enter at most one Web site, regardless of the number of Branch Chapters present. To enter your Branch, simply send an e-mail message to your Regional Students Committee Chair (RSC), Regional Student Representative (RSR) and to the Contest Administrator with the subject "IEEE Student Branch Web Site Contest." Please include:

• The URL of your Web site.
• The name of the Student Branch it belongs to.
• The IEEE Region you are in.
• The e-mail address of the Web site contact or administrator.
• Your name and e-mail address (if different from the administrator).

Also make sure that you follow the specific submission rules as outlined by your RSAC.

1. Branches submit their URLs no later than 15 April to their Region. Some of the Regions may require you to submit your entries earlier. Please contact your RSC for exact date of entry for your region.
2. Each regional judging panel sends regional selections to the Students Committee judging panel in the finals based on the following formula:
   1. A Region that has greater than 10 entries but less than 20 can submit 2 entries in the finals.
   2. A Region that has greater than 20 entries can submit 3 entries in the finals.
3. The Students Committee awards will be announced in June.
4. During the period of judging, no changes in the design will be permitted.

Entries must be sent no later than 28 May to the contest administrator.

The complete Rules and Guidelines, that include the criteria judges will use to evaluate the web sites, are available for all Student Branches. We look forward to your participation in your regional contests. Winners of the 10 Regional contests will flow up to the International contest level.

Please submit your entries to the RSACs and RSRs for your specific region. Good luck and be creative!

If you have any questions regarding the rules, please contact the contest administrator.

Rules Revised 18 December 2007

For additional information, please contact the IEEE Student Services Department:

Telephone: +1 732 562 5527
Fax: +1 732 463 9359
E-mail: student-services@ieee.org

$200

• Electrical Engineering major
• Currently enrolled student in their Sophomore year
• IEEE Member
• High GPA
• Involvement in IEEE or the community

• Submit nominations to Charles Tu by January 22, 2010. Include name, email, phone, school, GPA, IEEE member number, and a short recommendation of the nominee.
• Self nominations OK.
• If selected, the winner will attend an IEEE San Diego Section meeting to retrieve the award.