Global Competition for Innovators 2018 (Up to $100K in Prizes)

The Bell Labs Prize is a competition for innovators from participating countries around the globe that seeks to recognize proposals that ‘change the game’ in the field of information and communications technologies by a factor of 10, and provides selected innovators the unique opportunity to collaborate with Bell Labs researchers to help realize their vision.

A prestigious competition that aims to provide a unique opportunity for innovators to change the world with big ideas, following in the great tradition of Bell Labs. If you have a 10x game-changing idea and are interested in developing it with leading Bell Labs researchers, you have come to the right place. In the second stage, 10 finalists will be selected to compete for the 3 prizes at an event scheduled in the late Autumn, in front of a panel of renowned experts and industry leaders.

Criteria

They are looking for game-changing and impactful ideas that have the potential to change the way we live, work and communicate with each other.

Web Applications

Cloud Services

Information Theory

Coding Theory

Computational Sciences

Cryptography

Distributed Systems

Data Privacy

Mathematics of Networks

Modulation Schemes

Optical Systems or Components

Communications Systems

Collaboration Systems

Network Protocols

Network Architecture

RF design

Sustainability

Wireless systems

Fixed Network technologies

Software-Defined Networks

Virtualization Technologies

Search algorithms

Self-Optimizing Networks

Real-time Analytics

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

Prizes

The three winners may have an opportunity to work with Bell Labs, giving them the unique opportunity to collaborate with researchers to further develop the idea and enhance its commercial viability.

First prize: $100K + matching $100K for the winner’s university

Second prize: $50K

Third prize: $25K

Official Link

Deadline: 25th April 2018