The ESC Best Paper Competition is an easy way for first-time speakers to present live at ESC Silicon Valley 2015. If you have strong technical and practical expertise in embedded systems hardware, software, and/or firmware, and if you have ideas for reducing time, cost, and complexity in the embedded development process, then this is your chance to present a paper in front of your peers, professors, and industry professionals.

Also, you have a chance of winning cash and other prizes. The first-place winner will receive $500, an R&S HMO1002 Digital Oscilloscope, and the opportunity to present his/her paper in the Fantastical Theatre of Engineering Innovation at ESC Silicon Valley. Second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200, respectively.

As a winner, you will also get a free one-day pass to ESC Silicon Valley Embedded Education Student Day. This $149 value pass gets you access to the ESC Demo Hall, access to two ESC conference sessions of your choice, and a seat in the Fantastical Theatre of Engineering Innovation.

Click here for suggested topics and additional submission information, and then submit your 1,000-word paper with supporting information to Joe Marks at Joseph.Marks@UBM.com.