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Participations: |
| On 25th of November there was the awards ceremony of the InnovateItaly Altera Design Contest, 2010 edition.
The celebration was in Villa Trivulzio, an architectural jewel in Omate (www.villatrivulzio.it). |
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34 contest participants |
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18 different groups subscribed the Innovation contest |
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Up to 12 different Italian Universities including the most famous one |
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The examination of the submitted papers led to the selection of 10 finalists. Among the 10 finalists we selected the top three (really four because of ex-aequo).
The ranking among them was pretty difficult since all of them were very valuable
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Design Concept |
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1.Complexity
2.Functionality |
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Design Implementation |
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Documentation |
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First Position: ex-aequo |
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Title: “STL - Safe Traffic Light” |
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Università di Parma |
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Team Member: Davide Marani |
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Advisor: Prof. Guido Matrella |
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an innovative safety system for traffic light with an embedded vision camera being able to automatically recognize a dangerous situation (ie: pedestrian crossing with red traffic light) and take corrective action. The development is based on PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) techniques. A video of the working system is available here. A presentation (in Italian language) is available here. |
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1° priz ex-aequo: University of Parma. Award event for InnovateItaly 2010 Design Contest Villa Trivulzio, Onate, 25th November 2010
In the picture from left to right: Maurizio Paolini (Altera TS-FAE and member of evaluation team for the contest), Tommaso Rolando (Altera Sales Director South Europe),
Prof. Guido Matrella (Professor Advisor, Univ. Parma), Davide Marani (Univ. Parma and winner of 2010 edition), Achille Montanaro (Altera Account Manager and Responsible for Altera University Program in Italy), Brunella Margaria (Altera Italy ISR and InnovateItaly coordinator). |
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First Position: ex-aequo |
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Title: “Hard real-time meets embedded multicore SoPCs” |
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Università di Bologna |
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Team Member: Primiano Tucci |
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Advisor: Prof. Eugenio Faldella |
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Description: |
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A real-time platform for multiprocessor system based on SOPC (Systemo On Programmable Chip) within Quartus. The heart of the implementation is an Hardware Real Time Schedule and all relative SW component which allows to minimize the overhead of soft-processor for task handling. A presentation (in Italian language) is available here. |
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1° priz ex-aequo: University of Bologna. Award event for InnovateItaly 2010 Design Con
test Villa Trivulzio, Onate, 25th November 2010
In the picture from left to right: Maurizio Paolini (Altera TS-FAE and member of evaluation team for the contest), Tommaso Rolando (Altera Sales Director South Europe),
Primiano Tucci (Univ. Bologna and Winner of 2010 edition), Brunella Margaria (Altera Italy ISR and InnovateItaly coordinator), Achille Montanaro (Altera Account Manager and Responsible for Altera University Program in Italy). |
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Second Place: |
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Title: “A wearable intelligent system for the health of expectant mom's and their childs” |
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Università di Pavia |
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Team Member: Enrico Merlino, Alessandra Majani, Giulia Matrone |
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Advisor: Prof. Francesco Leporati and Prof. Gianni Danese |
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Description:A presentation is available here. |
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2° prize: University of Pavia. Award event for InnovateItaly 2010 Design Contest Villa Trivulzio, Onate, 25th November 2010
In the picture from left to right: Prof. Gianni Danese (Univ. Pavia), Giulia Matrona (Univ. Pavia), Enrico Merlino (Univ. Pavia), Prof. Francesco Leporati (Univ. Pavia), Achille Montanaro (Altera Account Manager and Responsible for Altera University Program in Italy), Brunella Margaria (Altera Italy ISR and InnovateItaly coordinator).
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Third Place: |
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Title: “Sampling frequency recovery in DVBT receivers” |
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Politecnico di Bari |
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Team Member: Francesco Tafuri, Antonio Argentieri |
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Advisor: Prof. Cataldo Guaragnella |
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Description:A presentation is available here. |
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3° prize: Polytechnic University of Bari. Award event for InnovateItaly 2010 Design Contest Villa Trivulzio, Onate, 25th November 2010
In the picture from left to right: Prof. Catalto Guaragnella (Polytechnic Univ. Bari), Antonio Argentieri (Polytechnic Univ. Bari), Achille Montanaro (Altera Account Manager and Responsible for Altera University Program in Italy). |
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Final Ranking among the 10 finalists |
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Project Name |
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IT006 |
STL - Safe Traffic Light |
19 |
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IT005 |
Hard real-time meets embedded multicore SoPCs |
19 |
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IT003 |
A wearable intelligent system for the health of expectant mom's and their childs |
16.5 |
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IT008 |
Sampling frequency recovery in DVBT receivers |
15.5 |
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IT013 |
High performance synchronization over Ethernet for distributed system |
14 |
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IT018 |
Random-Key-based Electronic Lock |
13 |
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IT016 |
Sounds Pitch Estimator |
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IT009 |
Acquisition and processing system for real-time data generated by a tactile sensor |
11 |
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IT012 |
Implementation a system using FPGA on board a vehicle for safe driving |
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IT011 |
SoC Multi-Measurement Instrument System |
8 |
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