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Ricoh & Java™ Developer Challenge- Innovating Technology

2008 / 2009

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What is the Challenge?

• Ricoh and Sun Microsystems (joint sponsors) are looking for student software developers to create an innovative Java™ technology based application embedded in Ricoh devices (Multifunctional Products – that print, copy, scan and fax)

• Participants will be given access to Ricoh Java SDKs and emulator via the Developer Challenge website; where there’s also lots of information and hints – including a forum for technical support

• Open to students in teams of 1 or 2 from Universities that have registered

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Format of the Challenge• Stage 1 – Emulator Development

From 17 October 2008, once registered, students will be able to download the emulator and development tools (SDK/J) from the resources section on the web site. Contestants develop an embedded Java-based application on the emulator of the Ricoh Multifunctional Product (MFP). Deadline for Development: 16th January 2009

• Stage 2 - MFP Development for National FinalsA jury will select the 4 best applications per country to progress to the 'National Finals'. A Ricoh Multifunctional Product (MFP) will be supplied to the Universities of these teams and the applications should be ported and enhanced from the emulator to the actual device. During the 'National Finals', the national winners will be selected. These teams will progress to a 'Grand (European) Final'. Deadline: National Finals, March 2009 (first 3 weeks of March)

• Stage 3 – Grand (European) FinalThe 'National Winners' from the participating countries will present their applications to a professional jury and one team will be selected at the event as the 'Overall Winner' and win the fully paid trip to the JavaOne 2009 in San Francisco, USA.Deadline: Grand Final (2-5 April 2009, London)

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Judging Criteria

See PDF File…

Stage 1, National and Grand Winner/s will be selected by jury panels. Selection should be based on these pre-defined judging criteria:

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Timings

March - 2 April 2009 (Grand European Final 2-5 April, London, UK)

Stage 3: MFP Development for Grand Final

2 February 2009 to National Finals (March)

Stage 2: Applications ported from Emulator for Ricoh MFP Development and National Final entry

17 October - 16 January 2009Stage 1: Contest Start & Emulator Development

1 September - 20 November 2008 Registration and Preparation

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• Dedicated resource (tbc)

• Frank Rüskens, Software Designer

• Stefan Zamponi, Software Developer

• Ikumi Suzuki, Software Developer

• Chun Ye, Software Developer

Support Team – Technology Centre Düsseldorf

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Prizes for Student TeamsStage 1 (emulator) Winners (4 teams per country)• Ricoh Professional GR Digital II Camera

National Winners (1 Team per country)• Ricoh GelSprinter GX2500 and consumable starter kit• Sun SPOT Development Kit• Sun Academic Initiative Certification Voucher• Invitation to the Grand Final in London which includes: Return flights, 4 nights

accommodation and meals, Tourist Passes for the weekend• Sun Microsystems' Backpacks and goodies

Grand Final Winner (1 Team)• Trip to the JavaOne Conference 2009 (May/June 2009) in San Francisco, USA

which includes: Return Flights, a week's accommodation, free attendance to JavaOne 2009 Conference

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Java Anywhere –Sensor Networking: Sun SPOT

• Sun Small Programmable Object Technology: – Experimental platform created to inspire

developers to build the next great toy, sensor, communication device - who knows - using Sun technology.

– Devices include a flexible hardware platform as well as the software and tools to make it easy to innovate, experiment, and prototype whatever a developer can imagine.

– The Sun SPOT is a small, wireless, battery powered experimental platform programmed almost entirely in Java to allow regular programmers to create projects that used to require specialized embedded system development skills.

– The hardware platform includes a range of built-in sensors as well as the ability to easily interface to external devices.

– http://www.sunspotworld.com/

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Why Students should Participate….

• An excellent opportunity to apply your programming knowledge in a practical manner

• Gain professional skills and experience, and a great topic for your Curriculum Vitae!

• You will be in touch with various companies and could gain valuable contacts within the business world

• Students in previous contests have even been offered work placements or jobs at Sun, Ricoh and partner companies.

• You will compete (and socialise!) with other Universities across Europe

Quotes from previous participants• “I would not have the job I have now, if it wasn’t for the Ricoh & Java

Developer Challenge”• “The Contest instigates the curiosity of companies when they read my CV”• “The JavaOne Conference in San Francisco was like a dream you usually

don’t dare to dream”

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Ricoh & Sun MicrosystemsOpportunity for students to work with two major IT companies: • Over 100,000 employees between Ricoh & Sun

Ricoh– Ricoh is in the Fortune Global 500 (the official list of the world's 500

largest corporations). – Now with 75,000 employees and offices in over 150 countries, the

Ricoh Group has built one of the industry's most extensive sales and support network.

– Ricoh currently earns over $17 Billion in annual salesSun

– #187 in Fortune 500– $13.9billion revenue in FY07

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Sun Microsystems• Sun Microsystems was founded by student developers, and they know that

some of the best application development comes from students. Sun is committed to helping student developers get started on the right foot. They offer free software, open-source code, tools, and the widely adopted Solaris platform. Jump-start your career with Sun!

• http://developers.sun.com/students

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‘Call for Action’

• For more information & to REGISTER:– http://edu.ricoh-developer.com

• Student Registration Open:– 1 September 2008 – 20 November 2008

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Previous Challenges

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Participating Universities 2007

* Universities in red were the winning universities from these countries

France: UK: Spain:University of Le Havre Sw ansea University Universitat Autonoma de BarcelonaSupinfo International IT Institute Peterborough Regional College Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaInstitut Informatique et Entreprise Kingston University Universidad Pontif icia ComillasUniversité St Quentin en Yvelines City University London Universidad de Deusto

Cardif f University Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Italy: Queen's University Belfast Universidad de AlcalaUniversity of Rome 'La Sapienza' University of HertfordshireUniversità degli Studi di Torino University of Greenw ich Norw ay:Università degli Studi di Genova Heriot-Watt University Buskerud CollegeUniversità degli Studi di Padova Lancaster University Vestfold University CollegeUniversità degli Studi G. d'Annunzio NEWI University of OsloUniversità degli Studi di Salerno University of Bedfordshire Østfold University CollegeUniversity of Milano-Bicocca University of Gloucestershire University of Bergen

Russia: Germ any: Ukraine:Moscow State Aviation TU Rostock University National Technical University of UkraineMATI Moscow TU Kaiserslautern National Aviation University KyevAltai State University TU Dresden Netherlands:Novosibirsk State University Technische Universität Berlin Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

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2007 National Final Application: Webalbum (Russia)

Ricoh web-album manager is a Java ME application for Ricoh Aficio 2500/3000 which allows users to have an access to the web-albums directly from the device touchscreen

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2007 Challenge National Final Application: Enterprise Controller (Spain)

•This application aims to show the power of a Java-enabled Ricoh MFP by using the MFP as the central ‘controller’ of all office functions, including:

•Directory Services, Business Card recognition, Google Maps address recognition & map finding, RSS and internal news feed, Climate control, Security cameras control, Lights control

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2007 Grand Final Winner: Get & Print (SUPINFO institute, Paris, France)

‘Get & Print’ offers a single, universal access point from where a knowledge worker is able to view his/her documents (in any format) and print, send or fax regardless of the data repository used (like mail, samba share, ftp server or custom database).