Preliminary Round :
In the first round
participants have to send their Abstracts in the format
mentioned by us. You can download the Abstract Format from
here.
An individual or a team (team of two only) can submit the
abstracts for evaluation.
Participants may submit their abstracts/whitepapers in one
of the following tracks.
Emerging & Future Technology Trends
Security & Threat Modeling
Migration & Integration
Administration & Maintenance
Collaboration & Reporting
Your whitepapers can be describing a good solution/an
artifact/concept/any technology falling in the
above mentioned tracks.
However, if your whitepaper does not fit into any of the
above tracks then state the track as ‘Others’
For any further clarifications on this feel free to send a
mail to contests@mugh.net
with subject line ‘SQLWiz Contest Query’
Final
Round : The contestants
whose abstracts have been selected for full paper submission
shall be communicated through email. The format for the Full
paper would be mailed to the winners of the first round. The
Final winners would be selected based on their final paper
evaluation.
Clarity in
documentation
Representation
of the functionality
Modularity
Violations of copy
rights & Authenticity
Architecture
Check the Evaluation
Criterion for more details.
Evaluation Criterion :
Software applications submitted against final round shall be
judged on any/all of the following aspects...
Relevance to the
track/topic chosen
Best use of SQL
Server features
Scalability &
Availability
Realized Benefits
Proof of Concept
(any references, links, statistics etc)
Presentation of the
paper (@ Event of Tech Fest 2005)
Important
Dates :
Contest Start Date :
Sep 7th, 2005
Last date for Abstract Submission :
Oct 20th, 2005
First Round Results : Oct
30th, 2005
Last date for Final Paper Submission :
Nov 20th, 2005
Final Results: Nov 30th,
2005
First Things TO DO :
Read the contest rules carefully.
Become a member of SQLCON, if you’re not already a
member (www.mugh.net/sql).
