competition 2011 : 2011 IEEE Computer Society Simulator Design Competition

2011 IEEE Computer Society Simulator Design Competition
IEEE Computer Society is presenting the 2011 Simulator Design competition
for students worldwide with a top prize of 8,000 USD and a second place
prize of 2,000 USD. Student teams will be invited to design a CPU
simulator, a program used in many architecture courses to illustrate how
computers work.
“This is an exciting competition because it cuts across traditional
boundaries by combining architecture with program design and software
engineering just like real life,” said Alan Clements, chair of the
competition and an emeritus professor of computer science. “All you
have to do is to write a program. Well, that’s not quite all. You
have to write an excellent program using professional design
techniques.”
The competition requires that students have taken a course in architecture
and have both programming and software engineering skills. Student teams
will submit both a report and a working program at the end of the
competition.
Who can compete?
The competition is open to student members of the IEEE Computer Society
organized into teams consisting of three to five students enrolled at the
same institution of higher learning.
Current IEEE student members can add Computer Society student membership
(8 USD in the U.S. and Canada and 13 USD in the rest of the world) at:
http://www.computer.org/addcsmembership
Non-member students can join both IEEE and IEEE Computer Society (40 USD)
at:    http://www.computer.org/studentoffer
As part of their member benefits, all student members receive access to
the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL).
The competition is conducted through online submission of reports and
simulators to the panel of international judges (chosen by the IEEE
Computer Society).  This year’s judges include Bob Colwell, one of the
world’s leading experts on computer design and Intel’s former chief
architect on the Pentium 4 processor.
To register and for more information visit the competition web site at:
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/competition
(Registration deadline is 18 January 2011)