Spark Infinity

Huawei Developer Competition 2022 - Spark Infinity

Invitation from Mr. Zhang Ping'an, CEO of Huawei Cloud

About the Challenge

"Spark Infinity" encourages developers to adopt leading technologies into creative projects and applications.

Developers tip the scales in technology innovation and application implementation,

while cloud paves the way for them to develop and monetize applications.


As a flagship event in the ICT field, 2022 Cloud Application Innovation Challenge ME Region aims to promote a solid, open, and robust cloud ecosystem. The Competition, themed "Spark Infinity" this year, encourages developers to adopt leading technologies into creative projects and applications.


Huawei opens its technologies, capabilities, and tools via APIs for developers to easily build, run, and ship applications on the cloud.

Participants can use these APIs as their app builders in this challenge.

Challenge Details

HUAWEI CLOUD provides a list of 20+ key technologies covering EI, PaaS, Media, and Database.


You are required to use at least one key technology of HUAWEI CLOUD to innovate an application or solve a real problem.


Click the button below to check out the full list of HUAWEI CLOUD key technologies.

How it Works

How it works

  • ① Application Phase
  • ② Submission Phase 1
  • ③ 1st Round Shortlisting
  • ④ Cloud Training + Hacking
  • ⑤ Submission Phase 2
  • ⑥ 2nd Round Shortlisting

1 Register a Huawei Cloud account, to be eligible for this competition:


>> Register Huawei Cloud account


a) No credit card information is required, you may skip filling in the "Payment Methods / Add Card" page

b) Check your Huawei Cloud/login ID and go to the Basic Information page to view your HUAWEI ID information

c) You will receive HUAWEI CLOUD credits for the product deployment


>> Check your Huawei Cloud ID now


2 Sign up as an individual or a team


>> Sign up now


a) Max 4 members per team (Excluding the team leader)

b) Participants from organization or enterprise can join one team or participate as individuals

c) Participants from university or college suggested to participate in the team competition, 3 students + 1 tutor per team

1. What to Submit

1 HUAWEI CLOUD ID of each team member

2 Your proposal deck in English (PPT or PDF format), addressing the following:

Team Introduction

Project Introduction

Technical Architecture

Product Functions (demo video: optional)

Innovations

Business Value

Project Planning (how to go to market)

Expected Achievements

3 A copy of your Student ID if you are currently a student


>> Download the template of the proposal deck

>> Download the list of HUAWEI CLOUD key technologies


The deadline for submission is Nov 15th, 2022 at 23:59 (GTM +4).


2. How to Submit

1 Compress your proposal deck in a ZIP package (smaller than 500 MB)

2 Rename the Zip package and send it to mecloudspark@huawei.com

Renaming Format: technology field_project name_HWC ID of the team leader

Example: EI_xxx_13000000000@huawei.com


Note: Each team or individual can submit up to three times. The last project will be judged.

3. Additional Requirement for Using MEDIA as Key Technology

1 Deploy your project on the cloud or provide the installation package if your project needs to run on a mobile device or PC.

2 You are not required to release the installation package to the marketplace on Huawei Cloud

Judging

At least one key technology is used. Submissions are judged by technical architecture, functionality, creativity, and business value.


Judges to vote based on the following criteria:

1. Technical architecture (30%)

2. Functionality (20%)

3. Creativity (30%)

4. Business value (20%)


The results announcement will be made by Nov 30th (GTM +4), 2022.

Training

The Top 30 teams will be attending a series of webinars and sessions with Huawei technical experts to fully develop their product solutions and get mentorship on their proposals.


All participants are also invited to join the HCIA-Cloud Service Certification Program (with certification fees waived) from Nov 16th -Nov 30th(GTM +4), 2022.


More details to come, so stay tuned.

1. What to Submit

1 Your presentation deck in English, an optimized proposal is preferred (PPT or PDF format).


2 A 5-minute video introducing your solution or the product and its demo should be submitted before the date(can be a video file or a URL).


3 Installation package, demonstration URL, or installation tool package

The deadline for submission is Dec 1st, 2022 at 23:59 (GMT +4).

2. How to Submit

1 Compress your proposal deck in a ZIP package (smaller than 500 MB)

2 Rename the Zip package and send it to mecloudspark@huawei.com


Renaming Format: technology field_project name_email address of the team leader

Example: EI_xxx_13000000000@huawei.com


Note: Each team or individual can submit up to three times. The last project will be judged.

3. Additional Requirement for Using MEDIA as Key Technology

1 Deploy your project on Huawei cloud or provide the installation package if your project needs to run on a mobile device or PC

2 You are not required to release the installation package to the marketplace on Huawei Cloud

Judging

At least one key technology is used. Submissions are judged by technical architecture, functionality, creativity, and business value. Scores are added up to decide the finalists.


Judges to vote based on the following criteria:

1. Technical architecture (30%)

2. Functionality (20%)

3. Creativity (30%)

4. Business value (20%)


The results of the top 6 finalists will be announced on Dec 8th, 2022.

① Application Phase

1 Register a Huawei Cloud account, to be eligible for this competition:


>> Register Huawei Cloud account


a) No credit card information is required, you may skip filling in the "Payment Methods / Add Card" page

b) Check your Huawei Cloud/login ID and go to the Basic Information page to view your HUAWEI ID information

c) You will receive HUAWEI CLOUD credits for the product deployment


>> Check your Huawei Cloud ID now


2 Sign up as an individual or a team


>> Sign up now


a) Max 4 members per team (Excluding the team leader)

b) Participants from organization or enterprise can join one team or participate as individuals

c) Participants from university or college suggested to participate in the team competition, 3 students + 1 tutor per team

② Submission Phase 1
1. What to Submit

1 HUAWEI CLOUD ID of each team member

2 Your proposal deck in English (PPT or PDF format), addressing the following:

Team Introduction

Project Introduction

Technical Architecture

Product Functions (demo video: optional)

Innovations

Business Value

Project Planning (how to go to market)

Expected Achievements

3 A copy of your Student ID if you are currently a student


>> Download the template of the proposal deck

>> Download the list of HUAWEI CLOUD key technologies


The deadline for submission is Nov 15th, 2022 at 23:59 (GTM +4).


2. How to Submit

1 Compress your proposal deck in a ZIP package (smaller than 500 MB)

2 Rename the Zip package and send it to mecloudspark@huawei.com

Renaming Format: technology field_project name_HWC ID of the team leader

Example: EI_xxx_13000000000@huawei.com


Note: Each team or individual can submit up to three times. The last project will be judged.

3. Additional Requirement for Using MEDIA as Key Technology

1 Deploy your project on the cloud or provide the installation package if your project needs to run on a mobile device or PC.

2 You are not required to release the installation package to the marketplace on Huawei Cloud

③ 1st Round Shortlisting
Judging

At least one key technology is used. Submissions are judged by technical architecture, functionality, creativity, and business value.


Judges to vote based on the following criteria:

1. Technical architecture (30%)

2. Functionality (20%)

3. Creativity (30%)

4. Business value (20%)


The results announcement will be made by Nov 30th (GTM +4), 2022.

④ Cloud Training + Hacking
Training

The Top 30 teams will be attending a series of webinars and sessions with Huawei technical experts to fully develop their product solutions and get mentorship on their proposals.


All participants are also invited to join the HCIA-Cloud Service Certification Program (with certification fees waived) from Nov 16th -Nov 30th(GTM +4), 2022.


More details to come, so stay tuned.

⑤ Submission Phase 2
1. What to Submit

1 Your presentation deck in English, an optimized proposal is preferred (PPT or PDF format).


2 A 5-minute video introducing your solution or the product and its demo should be submitted before the date(can be a video file or a URL).


3 Installation package, demonstration URL, or installation tool package

The deadline for submission is Dec 1st, 2022 at 23:59 (GMT +4).

2. How to Submit

1 Compress your proposal deck in a ZIP package (smaller than 500 MB)

2 Rename the Zip package and send it to mecloudspark@huawei.com


Renaming Format: technology field_project name_email address of the team leader

Example: EI_xxx_13000000000@huawei.com


Note: Each team or individual can submit up to three times. The last project will be judged.

3. Additional Requirement for Using MEDIA as Key Technology

1 Deploy your project on Huawei cloud or provide the installation package if your project needs to run on a mobile device or PC

2 You are not required to release the installation package to the marketplace on Huawei Cloud

⑥ 2nd Round Shortlisting
Judging

At least one key technology is used. Submissions are judged by technical architecture, functionality, creativity, and business value. Scores are added up to decide the finalists.


Judges to vote based on the following criteria:

1. Technical architecture (30%)

2. Functionality (20%)

3. Creativity (30%)

4. Business value (20%)


The results of the top 6 finalists will be announced on Dec 8th, 2022.

Participation & Requirement

Prizes & Incentives Prizes & Incentives

Champion

Cash Prize:$5,000 USD

Certificate and Post-Contest Promotion

1 Team

Runner-Up

Cash Prize:$3,000 USD

Certificate and Post-Contest Promotion

2 Teams

Honorable Student Award

Cash Prize:$2,000 USD

Certificate and Post-Contest Promotion

3 Teams

FAQ

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Contact Us

Contact Us

  • Developer Forum
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  • Email Address
  • mecloudspark@huawei.com

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