People's Open Network has received an Honorable Mention for the Smart Community Networks Challenge! Both PON and Disaster Radio have been chosen to move onto Stage 2 of the Challenge.Great work, team!Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland, California!---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mehan Jayasuriya <mehan@mozillafoundation.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:06 PM
Subject: [Mozilla/NSF-WINS] Stage 1 winners and Stage 2 instructions
To: Mehan Jayasuriya <wirelesschallenge@mozillafoundation.org >Hello,
This morning, we announced the 20 teams that were chosen for awards during Stage 1 of the NSF-WINS Challenges. You can view all of the winning projects, as well as profiles of our judges, on the NSF-WINS website.
If you’re receiving this email, your team has been selected to move on to Stage 2 of the Challenges. We’re experiencing an issue where some teams did not receive notification of their status via email; please find a copy of the Stage 2 notification letter attached to this email. If you have any additional questions about your application status, please let us know.
What’s Next?
The WINS Stage 2 application is now available via the Fluxx portal. Simply log into Fluxx using your existing credentials in order to fill out the application. Please see the application guide for a full set of instructions on how to fill out the Stage 2 application. Please make sure you’re using the latest version of the guide (v1.3, February 2018), as some of the Stage 2 application questions have changed since the previous version. Your Stage 2 application is due by June 22nd.
What Will the Judges Be Looking for in Stage 2?
The goal of Stage 2 of the Challenges is to turn your design concept into a working prototype that demonstrates what the capabilities of a real network based on your design could be. This might mean a piece of hardware (for example, a single network node that runs your software), an MVP (minimum viable product) version of your solution or even a small-scale test network that users can connect to. Judges will be looking for a prototype that can demonstrate things like network speed, range and power consumption; please see the application guide for a detailed list of criteria.
In July, a select number of Stage 2 finalists will be invited to a “demo day” showcase in Mountain View, CA on August 14th, where they will demo their working prototypes for judges. Finalists will be asked to give a short presentation that identifies the problem they are trying to solve, the intended users of their solution and the capabilities of their prototype. More details on the demo day event will be provided this summer.
Congratulations on being selected to move on to Stage 2 of the Challenges! We look forward to reviewing your working prototype this summer. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Mehan Jayasuriya
Program Manager, NSF-WINS
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