^{Paper Competition}

The Raytheon Company is sponsoring a technical paper competition for A&T Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering students.  Prizes will be awarded to the top four papers from Computer Science and the top four papers from Electrical and Computer Engineering.

1^st   Place          $1,200

2^nd  Place             $800

3^rd   Place             $500

4^th   Place             $200

The competition will be held in two rounds.  For the first round, any undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering student may enter.  Students must write an original paper describing the use of relevant technology in support of any of the following topics:

• Homeland Security
• Integrating sensors, interceptors and command and control for global Missile Defense
• Helping soldiers quickly and decisively coordinate all steps involved in sensing, responding to, deterring and eliminating a threat
• Space-related technologies and solutions for global civil and defense communities
• Satellite mission management and command and control
• Space communications and electronic systems
• Signal conditioning and mission data processing
• Ground station development, integration, operations, and sustainment
• Network engineering and management

The deadline for round one of the competition is Monday, January 28, 2008. 

Round one paper format

• Papers submitted for round one should be around four or five pages in length with a maximum of eight pages (not counting the title page).
• Use a 12-point font with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Use single line spacing or line and a half spacing.
• The first page of your paper should be a title page containing the title of your paper, your name and your email address.  To facilitate blind review, do NOT put your name anywhere else on the paper.
• Repeat the title of your paper at the beginning of the second page of your paper (the first page after the title page).  Do not put your name on this page.
• Papers should be emailed to williams@ncat.edu as either a Microsoft Word file or a PDF document.

Papers will be judged by faculty and Raytheon representatives.  The top four students from Computer Science and the top four students from Electrical and Computer Engineering will be invited to enter the second round of the competition.  During the second round, students will have the opportunity to work with faculty mentors to improve their papers.  The deadline for the second round will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008.