Environmental Sensing Project Competition (2022)

The MegaSense team at the University of Helsinki is coordinating a project competition on environmental sensing. The project competition will be open to students, and the participants are expected to design, build, deploy, and demonstrate an end-to-end solution for environmental sensing.
Event 09.12.2022 - 09.00 - 12.00 EET

Venue

The venue is hybrid and we will be using Zoom for all those who cannot come to the Helsinki XR Center, Hämeentie 135 A. The details on how to get the venue are available here: https://helsinkixrcenter.com/contact/

Zoom Meeting ID and URL.

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Program

09:00 - 09:10  - Introduction

09.10 - 10:10  - Talks by participants.

10:10 - 10:25  - Discussion and Q&A.

10:30 - 11:15  - Introductions to Panelists

11:15 - 11:45  - Panel Discussion with Discussion on projects and additional Q&A.

11:45 - 11:50  - Announcement of Winners

11:50 - 12.00  - Closing remarks.

Talks by Participants

09.10 - 09.20 -  IoT-based AQI Estimation using Image Processing and Learning Methods, IIIT Hyderabad, India.

09.20 - 09.30 -  "Pawamaan" Smart Air Quality Monitoring System, IISER Bhopal, India.

09.30 - 09.40 -  Chemiresistive Sensors for Environmental Monitoring, IIT Dharwad, India.

09.40 - 09.45 -  Smart irrigation system, IIT Jammu, India.

09.45 - 09.50 -  Sensors on wheels, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland.

09.50 - 09.55 -  Sensing and Capturing the Gaseous State of Carbon through Novel Bio Catalytic Resistive Sensors, Vel Tech, India

09.55 - 10.00 -  IoT and ML-based AQI Estimation using Real-time Traffic Data, IIIT Hyderabad, India.

10.00 - 10.05 -  Sensible meeter, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Talks by Panelists

10.30 - 10.45 - Jussi Kulonpalo, City of Helsinki.

10.45 - 11.00 - Tuukka Petäjä,  Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki.

11:00 - 11.15 - Andrew Rebeiro-Hargrave, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki.

Submission (deadline 20.11.2022 23:59 GMT)

Report

Please ensure that the report, report abstract, video URL, and URL for your source repository are submitted at the following URL: ESPC 2022

The report page limit is 10 pages. Reports must be smaller than 10 pages including references and any appendices.

Submissions are single blind. PLEASE specify the names of the team members in the report.

For formatting, please one of the following templates:

Please contact Ashwin Rao if you face issues in using any of the templates. The templates and the example PDF files generated from these templates are available in the following git repository: https://version.helsinki.fi/espc/report-templates/

Video

For the video, please ensure that the video has a duration of less than 10 minutes (600 seconds) and that you demonstrate a your solution in the video. 

 

Competition Details

The project competition will be open to students, and the participants are expected to design, build, deploy, and demonstrate an end-to-end solution for environmental sensing. This competition gives students a chance to test their abstract knowledge against complex real-life problems. Student groups are also free to submit their on-going course projects, and projects that are part of their thesis.

Please note that this page is under development, and the information will be updated till the registration deadline (10.10.2022). The registration link is available at the bottom of this page.

This competition is open to students across the world, and participants from Finland and India are encouraged to participate in this competition.

Groups

  • The participants must be students. The competition is open to High School, Bachelors, Masters, and PhD students.  
  • A group can include at most 5 students. 

Deliverables

  1. Report. The contents of the report should include the following items 
    1. Goals
    2. Hardware design details
    3. Software Architecture
    4. Challenges encountered and the approach to address the challenges. 
    5. Testing  and Evaluation Results. 
    6. Pointer to the software respositor and code 
    7. Avenues for future work to improve the solution. 
  2. Video demonstrating the solution

The report page limit is 10 pages. Reports must be smaller than 10 pages including references and any appendices.

Submissions are single blind. PLEASE specify the names of the team members in the report.

For formatting, please one of the following templates:

Please contact Ashwin Rao if you face issues in using any of the templates. The templates and the example PDF files generated from these templates are available in the following git repository: https://version.helsinki.fi/espc/report-templates/

Submission Portal

Please ensure that the report, report abstract, video URL, and URL for your source repository are submitted at the following URL: ESPC 2022

Important Dates

15.10.2022 - Groups are formed and participants register their team. The registration link is available at the bottom of this page. 

20.11.2022 - Deliverables are submitted.

30.11.2022 - Evaluation is Complete

09.12.2022 - One day hybrid event where participants can present their works, and this  this event will include talks by researchers on environmental sensing. More details about the event will be published shortly.

Prizes

We are currently sorting out the logistics for disbursement of prize money, and more details on the prizes will be made available shortly.

The members of the winning teams will be shortlisted for interviews for a paid internship at the University of Helsinki in the Megasense Project team. We will contact the winning team members after the competition with more details of the internship, the number of open positions, and the interview process.

Submission Instructions

 

Student groups from these institutes can contact the following people to see how they can participate in this competition.

University of Helsinki

Metropolia University of Applied Science

University of Oulu

IISER Bhopal

IIT Dharwad

IIT Jodhpur

IIIT Allahabad

IIIT Hyderabad

Available Components 

Groups from the University of Helsinki have access to the following components from which they can create their sensors. Information about these devices can be obtained by searching them on the Internet.

  • Raspberry PI Model 3+ 
  • Silicon labs Thunderboard Sense 2 IoT Multiple Sensors Development Kit SLTB004A 
  • Sensirion SPS 30 PM sensor 
  • Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F 
  • Plantower PMS5003 
  • MQ131 O3 sensor 
  • DFRobot CO2 sensor v1.2 
  • DFRobot Gravity Infrared CO2 sensor v1.1 
  • Mics 4541 (CJMU-4541) CO & NO2 sensor MOX (breakout) 
  • BME280 I2C/SPI temp+hum+press sensor (breakout) 
  • CCS811 VOC eCO sensor 
  • MPL3115A - I2C Barometric sensor 
  • AOSONG AM2302 (DHT22) humidity + temperature  
  • MQ-7 
  • SGP30 Gas sensor (VOC) MOX 
  • Shinyei PPD42 PM sensors 
  • Adafruit Luminance sensor v1.0 
  • Adafruit Digital Light sensor v1.1 
  • GrovePi+ 
  • Grove MQ 9B (CO gas) 
  • Grove BME280 
  • Urbansense shields for PI 
  • Grove multichannel gas sensor (CO, NO) 
  • Adafruit Anemometer 

Course Credits

Groups who are registered for the Computer Science Project, Laboratory work 5 Cr course can use these components for their project work, and resubmit the work done in the context of that course to this competition. Please contact the course coordinator, Jukka Nurminen, for more details.  Please make sure that you also register for the competition. 

Contacts

Please feel free to contact the following people for additional information. 

Please feel free to contact other people from the Megasense team as well. 

Components Available

Groups from the Metropolia have access to the following components from which they can create their sensors. Information about these devices can be obtained by searching them on the Internet.

  • Raspberry PI Model 4, Zero, Nano 
  • WiFi hats & shields for Raspi 
  • Particle Photon & Electron 
  • Arduino Portenta & Vision Shield 
  • Arduino Uno 
  • DHT sensors 
  • IR Distance sensors 
  • Ultrasonic distance sensors 
  • Air Dust sensors 
  • Water pH sensors 
  • Water turbidity sensor 

Contact:

Please feel free to contact the following people for additional information. 

Components Available

Groups from the IIIT Allahabad have access to the following components from which they can create their sensors. Information about these devices can be obtained by searching them on the Internet.

  • Raspberry PI
  • Air Quality Sensor, Humidity Sensor, and other sensors.
  • HPC, Virtual Machines, high-end servers.
  • Laboratory Space is also available for 20 students.

Please contact Dr. Vijay Kumar Chaurasiya and Dr. Suneel Yadav for additional information.

Components

Groups from IIT Dharwad have access to the following components from which they can create their sensors. Information about these devices can be obtained by searching them on the Internet.

  • Hardware Solution (Development boards): Arduino (Uno, Nano), Altera Max3000E, FPGA, Raspberry PI3
  • Sensors: Temperature and Humidity sensor, Gas sensor, IR sensor, thermistor, thermocouple, Ultrasonic sensor
  • Software Solution: Modelsim, Matlab, Simulink, Eagle Cad
  • Probes: Handheld DMM with probes, DSO and AFG probes

Please contact Dr. Nagaveni S for additional information

Components Available

Groups from the IIT Jodhpur have access to the following components from which they can create their sensors. Information about these devices can be obtained by searching them on the Internet.

  • Raspberry PI

  • Arduino (Mega-2560) with cable

  • Air Quality Monitoring Sensors (Multichannel gas sensor, MQ-135, MG-811, MQ-7, MQ-131)

  • Humidity and Temperature monitoring sensors (THo2)

  • Laser-based Dust sensor (PMS1003)

  • Optical dust sensor

  • Bluetooth modul,

  • RTC

  • Wifi Module - 3

  • Camera module for Arduino - 3

  • Base Sheild V2 for Arduino - 3

  • Nextion 2.8″ Display - 3

  • Battery

  • Fan for Cooling purposes

  • AWS Server - T1 Tier

  • CPCB India,

  • meteoblue climate

Please contact Dr. Suchetana Chakraborty and Garvit Chugh for additional information.

The projects will be evaluated two teams. Jury Team A will perform the initial evaluation and filter out projects for a final evaluation by Jury Team B.

Jury Team A

  • Andrew Rebeiro-Hargrave, University of Helsinki.
  • Antti Laurikainen, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
  • Ashwin Rao, University of Helsinki.
  • Errki Räsänen, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
  • Maarit Haataja, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
  • Nagaveni S, IIT Dharwad
  • Sachin Chaudhari, IIIT Hyderabad.

Jury Team B

  • Laila Bröcker, City of Vantaa
  • Jussi Kulonpalo, City of Helsinki
  • Tuukka Petäjä, University of Helsinki
  • Samu Varjonen, University of Helsinki
Registration

The registration form is available here: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/118892/lomake.html

Please register before 15.10.2022 (23:59 EEST).