Prizes

Three prizes have received industry sponsorship for the Queensland Rail CSEE Innovation Expo 2000. Each prize is worth $1000. These are:

• The Able Systems Poster Prize: this prize will be open to all students who design and display a poster that explains their project. To be eligible, the poster must conform to a specified template. The prize will be judged on the originality of the work, the quality of presentation and the clarity of the message.
  • Jointly awarded to Kristan Slack, for a car "MusicBox" capable of storing and playing back hundreds of CDs, and Simon Su, for a solar peak power point tracker that increases photovoltaic cell energy output by 20 to 30 percent.
  
  
  
• The Compaq Demonstration Prize: this prize will be open to all students who have something to demonstrate on the day. These students will be allocated booths, to give the Expo the look & feel of a trade exhibition. The students will be judged on the quality of their work as a finished product along with their professionalism, enthusiasm and ability to communicate as witnessed in demonstrating their project to passers-by.
  • Jointly awarded to Shane Hingst and Warren Hastings for their Auto-MATE system that replaces `dumb' electrical outlets and switches found throughout the home with `intelligent' modules controlled by a central computer.
  
  
  
• The Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CISRA) Presentation Prize: this prize will be open to a short-listed group of students who would give their oral presentations during the afternoon session in a mini-auditorium that we will be set up within the exhibition space. The competition presentations will probably be in a twenty-minute format. The winner will be invited to give the presentation again in a five-minute format during the formal programme to be held in the Schonell Theatre during the evening session.
  • Awarded to Peter Bradbury for his comprehensive presentation of his project: a low-cost, high-speed, optical alternative to standard electrical connections as a means of integrating a PC's subsystems.