For UK residents only<\/strong><\/p>\n The Microsoft STEM Student Challenge aims to help UK students connect the dots between the STEM subjects they study today and the impact those subjects could have on their ability to be part of the next generation of technology heroes. We invite students to use their knowledge of STEM subjects and marry it with research and creativity to imagine and depict their vision of technology in 2037.<\/p>\n The\u00a0challenge is open to teams of 4-6 students in years 8-10.<\/p>\n Get together in a team of 4-6 people, choose one of the following categories and come up with an original technology idea that you think could exist in that field in 20 years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n Create a video that depicts your idea. The tech doesn\u2019t exist yet, so you\u2019ll have to get creative! Make a science show, do a skit, create a green-screen super-futuristic masterpiece complete with tin foil supercomputer spaceship \u2013 just keep it under two minutes.<\/p>\n Submit your video to us and you could be spending an exciting day with Microsoft researchers and engineers at our lab,\u00a0winning up to \u00a35,000 worth of computing equipment for your school, as well as awesome prizes for yourselves!<\/p>\n Download an\u00a0information pack<\/a>\u00a0for more details on the challenge and how to register.<\/p>\n The STEM Student Challenge is brought to you by Microsoft Research Cambridge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watch their video entry (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Watch their video entry (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Watch their video entry (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n A huge thank you to all of the schools that took part in the STEM Student Challenge and to all of our finalists. We thoroughly enjoyed learning about your ideas and we hope that one day some of you will make them a reality!<\/p>\n The\u00a0Microsoft STEM Student Challenge Official Rules<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The\u00a0Microsoft STEM Student\u00a0Challenge aims to help students connect the dots between the STEM subjects they study today and the impact those subjects could have on their ability to be part of the next generation of computer science heroes. The Challenge invites students to use their knowledge of STEM subjects and marry it with research and creativity to imagine and depict (through a two minute video) an idea for a technology that could exist in 2037. Finalists will be invited to an exciting one-day event at Microsoft\u2019s research lab in Cambridge, where they\u2019ll experience the future of computing first-hand and present their idea to world-leading computer science researchers and engineers who will select the winning teams.<\/p>\n We encourage you to carefully review the details for the challenge before registering and submitting an entry as the competition has unique eligibility requirements, methods of entry and content requirements.<\/p>\n PLEASE NOTE:<\/em> It is your sole responsibility to comply with your school\u2019s gift policies.\u00a0 If your participation in the finals of this competition is likely to violate your school\u2019s gift policy, please contact the events team;\u00a0stemsc@microsoft.com<\/a> for assistance. Failure to bring this to our attention prior to competition entry could result in disqualification. Microsoft disclaims any and all liability and will not be party to any disputes or actions related to this matter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This competition starts at 4:00pm on\u00a027 October 2016 and ends at 5:00pm on 10 February 2017 (\u201cEntry Period\u201d). Finalists will then be selected to attend a Grand Final event (being held 5 May 2017) and will be notified on 10 March 2017.<\/p>\n Entries must be received within the Entry Period to be eligible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Your school is eligible to enter if the students and teacher assigned to the team (\u201cTeam Members\u201d) meet the following requirements at time of entry:<\/p>\n This challenge is void where prohibited by law.<\/p>\n This challenge is void outside the United Kingdom and wherever else prohibited by law.<\/p>\n Entry to the The\u00a0Microsoft STEM Student\u00a0Challenge for the 2016-17 school year is free of charge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t To enter, select one (1) of the three (3) categories listed on the Challenge website. Form a team of at least four (4) but no more than six (6) students in school years 8-10, who all attend the same school. Create a video of no longer than two (2) minutes, depicting an original idea for a technology that you think\u00a0could exist in 2037, using research and knowledge of computer science and other STEM subjects. Please note: it is not necessary to bring your idea into reality.<\/p>\n Schools can enter multiple teams into the competition, however, each team must only submit one entry. Students cannot be in more than one team. This entry should be unique, and projects must not previously have reached the final of any national or international competition or challenge. If a team makes multiple submissions, we will only use the last entry submitted and earlier entries will be disqualified.<\/p>\n We will only accept one (1) entry per team. We are not responsible for entries that we do not receive for any reason, or for entries that we receive but are not decipherable for any reason.<\/p>\n We will automatically disqualify:<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t To be eligible for judging, an entry must meet the following content \/ technical requirements:<\/p>\n In addition:<\/p>\n Entries may NOT<\/strong> contain, as determined by us, in our sole and absolute discretion, any content that:<\/p>\n We reserve the right to reject any entry, in our sole and absolute discretion, that we determine does not meet the above criteria.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The intent and spirit of the challenge is to test the research\u00a0skills, STEM knowledge\u00a0and creativity of the student entrants. Any adults acting as a team mentor, or in any mentorship role, must limit the level of support provided to student entrants to general guidance and must not contribute in any way that may be considered original authorship, or in a way that may enable claims of rights or ownership to the submitted entries. In no event will work-on-behalf of teams or individuals be allowed.<\/p>\n To be eligible for judging, all entries must meet the following general standards:<\/p>\n By submitting an entry in this challenge, you confirm that, to the best of your knowledge:<\/p>\n Important note about Copyright<\/strong><\/p>\n Your team\u2019s entire entry must only include material (including source code \u2013 both open source and third party sourced, user interface, music, video or images) that you own or that you have permission from the copyright\/trademark owner to use. Your team\u2019s entry may not include copyrighted materials (such as source code, user interface, background music, images or video) unless you own or have permission to use the materials. Ownership is not defined as purchasing a CD at a music store for replay, playing a copyright recording on your guitar or repurposing an application\u2019s user interface – your team\u2019s entry will be disqualified if copyrighted materials, including but not limited to these examples, are a part of your entry without appropriate licensing or permissions.\u00a0 If you do use permissible copyrighted materials, you must include the permissions information by citing the artist\/creator and license information as per the respective Competition Rules. Note that even material released under sites such as Creative Commons, common open source code licenses, and other similar licensing may need permission or acknowledgement as per the specific license. Note: your team\u2019s entry will be disqualified if permissions information is not included as per the requirements in the specific Competition Rules.<\/p>\n We reserve the right to disqualify or reject any entry that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, determine does not meet the above criteria. If we do not receive a sufficient number of entries meeting the entry requirements, we may, at our discretion, select fewer than the designated number of winners. The decisions of the judges are final and binding in all matters related to the Competition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Other than what is set forth below, we are not claiming any ownership rights to your entry.\u00a0 However, by submitting your entry, you:<\/p>\n Please note that following the end of the Competition your entry may be posted on a website selected by us for viewing by visitors to that website.\u00a0 We are not responsible for any unauthorised use of your entry by visitors to this website.\u00a0 While we reserve these rights, we are not obligated to use your entry for any purpose, even if it has been selected as a winning entry.<\/p>\n If you do not want to grant us these rights to your entry, please do not enter this Competition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t At the close of the event entry period, as well as at the Grand Final, a panel of judges will review all eligible entries and select winners of the prizes designated below based upon the judging criteria below.<\/p>\n Video Judging Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n Grand Final Judging Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n In the event of a tie between any eligible entries, an additional judge will break the tie based on the judging criteria described above.\u00a0 The decisions of the judges are final and binding.\u00a0 If we do not receive a sufficient number of entries meeting the entry requirements, we may, at our discretion, select fewer winners than the number of prizes described below.<\/p>\n Contest Prizes<\/strong>One (1) Grand Prize<\/strong>.\u00a0 Five thousand pounds (\u00a35,000.00) towards computing equipment for the school.\u00a0 \u00a0Plus a Prize Package consisting of the following for each Team Member:<\/p>\n One (1) swag bag.\u00a0 Approximate Retail Value (ARV) \u00a3400.00.<\/p>\n Three (3) Category Prizes<\/strong>.\u00a0 One thousand five hundred pounds (\u00a31500.00) towards computing equipment for the school. Plus a Prize Package consisting of the following for each Team Member:<\/p>\n One (1) swag bag.\u00a0 Approximate Retail Value (ARV) \u00a3100.00.<\/p>\n The ARV of electronic prizes is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed.\u00a0 We will determine the value of the prize to be the fair market value at the time of prize award.<\/p>\n The total ARV of all prizes: \u00a313,700<\/p>\n We will only award one (1) prize(s) per person.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The overall winners will be selected during the pitching event at Microsoft Research Cambridge on 5\u00a0May 2017 and must be present at time of winner announcement to win.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Taxes on the prize, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner.\u00a0 All UK laws and regulations apply.\u00a0 No substitution, transfer, or assignment of prize permitted, except that Microsoft reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event the offered prize is unavailable. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible or fails to claim a prize, the selected winner will forfeit their prize and an alternate winner will be selected. Your odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries we receive. In the event of a dispute all decisions of Microsoft are final.<\/p>\n By entering this competition, you agree:<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t If someone cheats, or a virus, bug, bot, catastrophic event, or any other unforeseen or unexpected event that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, (also referred to as force majeure) affects the fairness and \/ or integrity of this competition, we reserve the right to cancel, change or suspend this competition.\u00a0This right is reserved whether the event is due to human or technical error. If a solution cannot be found to restore the integrity of the competition, we reserve the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received before we had to cancel, change or suspend the competition.<\/p>\n If you attempt or we have strong reason to believe that you have compromised the integrity or the legitimate operation of this challenge \u00a0by cheating, hacking, creating a bot or other automated program, or by committing fraud in ANY way, we may seek damages from you to the fullest extent permitted by law.\u00a0 Further, we may disqualify you, and ban you from participating in any of our future challenges, so please play fairly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We will post the names of winners who received a prize online at https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/<\/span>stemstudentchallenge<\/span><\/span>\/<\/span><\/a>. This list will remain posted one year after winner selection.<\/p>\n This competition is sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge, 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n Downloads<\/p>\n Challenge resources<\/p>\n Microsoft Research YouTube channel: Microsoft Research work in Artificial Intelligence: Microsoft Research work in Data Security: Microsoft Research work in Healthcare: Microsoft Future Productivity Vision video: How to be an inventor: Kid President: Other computer science resources<\/p>\n Computing at School: BBC Micro:bit: Hour of code: Makey Makey: <\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t We will no longer be holding Think Computer Science, the Challenge will be our annual student event going forward. Our aim has always been to reach as many students as possible, with a view to showcasing the many ways in which computer science and other STEM fields impact our lives daily, and the possible career paths available within them.<\/p>\n A one-day event limits the number of students we can reach, as well as being biased to those in the surrounding area. It also means taking a large number of students out of school for a day and we recognise that this puts a strain on resources and budgets. The challenge will enable us to reach more students in a way that we hope will complement current school activities and after-school clubs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Students in years 8-10 (S2-S4 in Scotland), in teams of 4-6 students. Schools may enter more than one team.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You will need to register your school at https:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/3027611\/stemstudentchallenge (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 The deadline for video entry submissions is 5pm on\u00a010 February 2017.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You will need to be part of a team entered by your school \u2013 please speak to your teacher about this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Download an\u00a0information pack<\/a>\u00a0for further instructions. Your teacher will\u00a0receive emails throughout the competition,\u00a0and if\u00a0they have any questions\u00a0they can always contact us at stemsc@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t See the \u2018About\u2019 page and\/or download an information pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t See the \u2018Downloads and Resources\u2019 section of the website.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You’ll find details on how\u00a0your teacher can\u00a0submit your entry in the information pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You’ll find the judging criteria in the information pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Please refer to the \u201cChallenge rules\u201d section of the website.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Please contact stemsc@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nEver wondered what the world will be like in 20 years?
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AI Conversions – Movie to a Book
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Temperature Sensor Tablet
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\nwww.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/research-area\/intelligence-machine-learning<\/a><\/p>\n
\nwww.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/research-area\/security-privacy-cryptography<\/a><\/p>\n
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