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• Eligibility: The competition is open to all graduate students specializing in CAD currently enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. granting institution in any country. The student must be enrolled at the University during the Fall of 2002.
• Travel Awards: SIGDA has generously donated funds to secure travel and accommodation grants to assist student in entering the contest. Participants will receive either full or partial travel and lodging awards. Also, all participants will receive free ICCAD registrations.
• Contest Awards: A First prize and an honorable mention will be provided to the best team and second best team. The awards will be announced on Monday, Nov. 11, during the opening session at ICCAD. The winners and participants will be honored during the SIGDA member meeting on Monday, Nov. 11 in the evening.
• Contest Participation: Several teams will compete against each other to solve some EDA related problems. Each team should have 2 people. The participants could be from the same school or different schools, but both MUST be graduate students working in EDA. If you really want to compete and cannot find a partner, please drop an email to soha@eecs.tufts.edu. We will put a little effort in matching people up. You must complete a team application and individual applications by Oct. 3, 2002 to be considered for participation.
• Hardware/Software Setup: Each team will be provided with a linux box with a specific linux release. The exact release will be posted on Friday, Nov. 1, 2002. Some software infrastructure may be released then too.
• Preparation Guidlines: More detailed information about the contest topics will be released on Friday, Nov. 1, 2002. The organizing committee will then suggest a handful of papers as recommended reading material.