CSIDC 2002 Winners

An international panel of experts has selected the winners of CSIDC 2002, the IEEE Computer Society 3rd Annual International Design Competition.

The teams were selected from a group of more than seventy that participated in the CSIDC 2002.  

The top twenty-five projects were selected based on their reports by fifteen Submission Evaluation Teams.  The Judging Panel met 25-27 May 2002 and selectedthe top ten projects from this list of twenty-five. 

The top ten teams were invited to present their projects in Washington, DC 21-23 June 2002.  Copies of each team's PowerPoint presentation and Project report can be found at the links below.

The winners of CSIDC 2002 are:

First Place

"Politehnica" University of Bucharest (Romania)

• BE Secure: Building Surveillance Equipment ( PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)(BE Secure: The Movie)

Second Place

Poznan University of Technology (Poland)

• CarTooth Project - Car Payment Systems ( PowerPoint Presentation) ( Presentation Text) ( Project Report) (Team Website)

Third Place

Slovak University of Technology (Slovakia)

• Mobile Sleep Laboratory: Body Monitoring System with EEG Sensors ( PowerPoint Presentation 2 3 4)  ( Project Report)

Fourth Place

University of Virginia (USA)

• LifeLine:  Improved Communication and Informatics for Fire and Rescue Workers ( PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)

Fifth Place

University of Siena (Italy)

• Blue Sign Translator: A Breakthrough in Personal Communication (PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)

Honorable Mention:

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

• BlueSteth: A Bluetooth-based Stethoscope for Healthcare and Educational Applications ( PowerPoint Presentation)  ( Project Report)

Florida Atlantic University (USA)

• CodeBlue: A Wireless, Web Enabled Health Monitoring System (PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)

Sardar Patel College of Engineering (India)

• Swift DOC - Remote Monitoring of Heart Abnormalities (PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)

University of Karlsruhe (Germany)

• BLUEWAND - A Versatile Remote Control and Pointing Device ( Presentation)  ( Project Report)

Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)

• BlueSIGN (PowerPoint Presentation) ( Project Report)

Microsoft Award for Innovation

India Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)

• Intelligent Intensive Care Unit ( PowerPoint Presentation)  ( Project Report)

Selected as a CSIDC Finalist, but unable to participate in Finals

Brigham Young University (USA)

• BlueStar: A Bluetooth Financial Transaction System  ( Project Report)

• Awards Ceremony