The Emerging Technology Competition (ETech) is an annual event organised by the IT Innovation Centre to promote innovative uses of emerging technology. The ETech Competition is free to enter and open to ALL current undergraduate and postgraduate students at the university, technical or non-technical. You can enter as an individual or as a team. To enter you need to … Continue reading “Emerging Technology Competition 2017-2018”
Category: Past events
Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017 Winners Announced
The Demos and Awards Ceremony for the Emerging Technology Competition (eTech) was successfully carried on 22nd March 2017. Our finalists have inspired us with their app designs and prototypes, from mobile apps, virtual learning assistant, drones, 3D printing to blockchain technology etc. This year we have a great variety of different technologies. External sponsors from Whitbread … Continue reading “Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017 Winners Announced”
Demo and Award Ceremony – eTech Competition 2016-2017 Final
Time: 22nd March 2017 Location: Aston Webb C Block G30 The Emerging Technologies Competition (eTech) is organised by the IT Innovation Centre (ITIC) in IT Services and builds on the success of the Student Mobile App Competition that we ran for the previous 5 years. In the demos and awards ceremony, finalists will present and demo … Continue reading “Demo and Award Ceremony – eTech Competition 2016-2017 Final”
Drop in Sessions – eTech Competition 2016-2017
To support the students with the development of the working prototypes for the eTech Competition, IT Innovation Centre has organised two drop-in sessions for the ETech participants to come and get some advice from the IT Innovation Team. The details are below: ETech Drop- in Clinic: When: Wednesday, 1 February 2017 12:00-15:00 Wednesday, 8 February … Continue reading “Drop in Sessions – eTech Competition 2016-2017”
ITIC on BBC Midlands Today – Gesture Controlled Technology Meets the Arts
IT Innovation Centre featured on BBC Midlands Today. Dr Sean Duffy, Director of IT Services, together with the IT Innovation Team was interviewed for the programme to explain how Gesture Controlled Technology can be used in the Arts. See the video here:
Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017
The Emerging Technology Competition (eTech) is a new initiative that aims to attract innovative ideas and incentivize the innovative use of emerging technologies by undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Birmingham. The competition is organised by the IT Innovation Centre (ITIC) in IT Services and builds on the success of the Student Mobile App Competition that … Continue reading “Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017”
Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016 Winners Announced
The Award and Demo Ceremony for the Student Mobile App Competition was successfully carried on 18th March 2016. Our finalists have inspired us with their app designs and prototypes.Career Networks provided a great support on the day and interviewed our finalists for their SMAC experiences. External sponsors from IBM, Deutsche Bank and Whitbread came as judges … Continue reading “Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016 Winners Announced”
Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016 Final-Demo and Award Ceremony
Time: 18th March 2016, 9:00am – 5:00pm Location: Aston Webb C Block G30 (Careers Network Seminar Room) In the demos and awards ceremony, finalists will present and demo their apps and designs to a panel of experts from industry and academics and to a wider audience.This year, we have engaged a new industrial sponsor, Whitbread (who run Costa, … Continue reading “Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016 Final-Demo and Award Ceremony”
Guidelines for Submission of Mobile Apps – Sunday 21st Feb 2016
The final submission deadline is Sunday 21st February 2016 (this has now been extended from the original deadline of Friday 19th February) Please see below for instructions on what and how to submit your work at this stage: For working prototypes or working apps: Please email the executable files of your app in a zip file to itinnovation@contacts.bham.ac.uk. Please … Continue reading “Guidelines for Submission of Mobile Apps – Sunday 21st Feb 2016”
New industrial sponsor for SMAC 2015-2016
IT Innovation Centre has managed to secure a new industrial sponsor for the competition winners. Therefore, together with industrial placements in IBM and Deutsche Bank, Whitbread will be offering two paid 12 week summer internships at their Digital Development office in Farringdon, London. The office is a brand new venture for Whitbread. They do both front … Continue reading “New industrial sponsor for SMAC 2015-2016”