Actions
Forum Thread Details
  • Replies 105 replies
  • Subscribers 181 subscribers
  • Views 12726 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Related

What Changes Would You Like to See Made to Project14?

tariq.ahmad

Its been a long time since we've made any kind of changes to the format of Project14 but its due for an upgrade.   Its natural for programs to evolve overtime and things can't stay the same forever. We've experimented with different things with the program and some have been received more enthusiastically than others.   I'm starting this thread to see what kind of changes you would like to see us to make with this program.  What shouldn't be touched,  what would make things more exciting, and how do we grow the program without turning it into something different?  Should it be something different?   Where does Project14 fit in with the larger community?  Before getting this conversation underway, I would like to stress that the goal is to improve not diminish the program.  My managers have been very supportive from the beginning of this program and I want to reward their confidence.   Some of these changes are workload related.  Others are business related.  I'm open to all ideas and suggestions.

 

Topics on the Table:

 

- Launch Themes Every Other Month or Keep them Monthly?

- Shorter Contests or Longer Contests?

- If we have fewer contests Is there Stuff We Can Do In-Between?

- How Can We Make It Easier For More People to Participate?

- Should We have Bigger Prizes?

- Should we have a giveaway before we launch every contest?

- Most Importantly How Do We Make These More Fun?

Parents

  • What I have not found in the community now is kind of establishing local communities and teams. I do not know how much feasible it would be. But maybe encouraging people to work with others in the same city would help the participation? Maybe you have already tested this and it did not work?

     

    I personally find a lot of programs here to be very individual oriented. Sometimes it is very difficult to finish a task by one person. Because it needs a lot of interdisciplinary knowledge. For example for me an FPGA Based AI project is like that. Or the Depth Vision with FPGA. It is very difficult to me to learn all about FPGA, AI and Stereo Vision algorithms during a contest or program.

Reply

  • What I have not found in the community now is kind of establishing local communities and teams. I do not know how much feasible it would be. But maybe encouraging people to work with others in the same city would help the participation? Maybe you have already tested this and it did not work?

     

    I personally find a lot of programs here to be very individual oriented. Sometimes it is very difficult to finish a task by one person. Because it needs a lot of interdisciplinary knowledge. For example for me an FPGA Based AI project is like that. Or the Depth Vision with FPGA. It is very difficult to me to learn all about FPGA, AI and Stereo Vision algorithms during a contest or program.

Children