SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
The effort begins with university-based teams who will participate in the Student Practical Architecting Challenge (SPARC). The challenge is divided in three progressive phases spanning the course of 9 months. First and second place teams will compete for financial awards up to $38,500 and will have access to networking and educational opportunities with Government and Industry experts. Using dedicated campus and/or small business resources, members will collaborate internally to produce a software product. Will you be able to engineer a solution for the unknown, the unprecedented, the unpredictable? You will have to stretch your software skills, creativity, anticipation, strategic thinking, and boldness to win this competition!
OUR RULES
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Full or Part Time undergraduate or graduate students
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Students must be 18 years or older
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May have a faculty advisor
REGISTRATION
Teams must be registered to view Phase 1 of the challenge. Phase 1 will be uploaded to the SPARC login portal on January 20th. Please make sure to sign up for the portal after registering.
CONTACT
Timeline
Phase 1
1/20/23 - 3/9/23
DECEMBER
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Registration
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Students around the country will create their teams and submit their registration.
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Official Registration
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Student teams will submit necessary team and contact information.
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Phase 1: 1/20/2023 – 3/9/2023
JANUARY
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Teams complete challenge 1. Open Q&A on the website.
FEBRUARY
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Submission Day
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Teams will be required to submit their Phase 1 projects on the last day of Phase 1, 3/9/2023.
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Review of Projects
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FirePoint will have until the beginning of Phase 2 to review student submissions and advance teams to Phase 2.
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Awards
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Winners of Phase 1 will be determined and awards will be announced.
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Phase 2
3/24/23 - 5/11/23
MARCH
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Information Provided to Teams
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Phase 2 information will be distributed to the teams.
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MAY
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Submission Day
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Teams will submit their Phase 2 work for judgement on the last day of Phase 2, 5/11/23.
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Review of Projects
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FirePoint will utilize a judgement period to review student projects and advance teams to Phase 3.
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Awards
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Winners of Phase 2 will be determined and awards will be announced.
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Phase 3
5/23/23 - 7/10/23
MAY
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Information Provided to Teams
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Phase 3 information will be distributed to the teams.
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JULY
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Submission Day
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Teams will submit their Phase 3 work for judgement on the last day of Phase 3, 7/10/23.
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Review of Projects
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FirePoint will use a judgement period to review submissions and determine winners of the phase 3 competition
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Awards
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After winners of Phase 3 are determined, awards will be announced.
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Networking Day
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All award winners from each Phase will be given the opportunity to present their projects to top military and industry experts. More details to come.
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Awards will be distributed on Networking Day.
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Steve Cyrus