Telecom Competition for Females in STEM Subjects and a Chance to Win 3000 euros

Telecom is inviting female Students and graduates of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) around the world to participate in the Women's STEM competition, which is being held for the eighth time.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The Women's STEM Award is intended for female students and recent graduates of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) who completed their degrees less than 1- 1/2 years ago.
• Bachelor, Master, and Diploma theses can be submitted.
• Your thesis can be written in English or German. The thesis has been submitted within the last 18 months.
• Students or university graduates who are in direct contact with the expert jury or are currently writing or have previously written a thesis in collaboration with Deutsche Telekom AG are not eligible to take part.

Contest Topics:

• Internet of Things:

The Internet of Things has long been more than just an abstract vision. Solutions from the Industrial Internet allow companies to automate workflows, optimize supply chains by using intelligent software, and deploy their machinery safely and efficiently.

• Artificial Intelligence:

The contest is looking for scenarios for, and analyses of, the use of artificial intelligence in every sphere of life. What might AI mean for medicine and care, and what might it bring to logistics or the automotive industry? What are the opportunities and risks?

• Cyber Security:

Attacks on the information infrastructures in cyberspace are becoming increasingly complex and professional. At the same time, companies, states, and citizens grow ever more dependent on IT, and so the potential for damage increases accordingly. Cybersecurity extends the area of activity of traditional IT security to cover all of cyberspace. This makes modern information and communication technology practically in its entirety part of cyberspace.

• Networks of the Future:

Networks are the backbone of our connected society. However, rapidly growing data volumes and increasing complexity are a constant economic and operational challenge. The historical separation between Telecommunication and IT Technologies are blurring and open up a disruptive field of global technology innovation. In addition, innovation in applications provides new possibilities for industry and end customers. Whether with 5G or fiber-optic rollout, ICT-Convergence, Virtualization and Cloudification of Network Functions, AI-based and closed-loop Automation in Operations.

• Cloud:

Cloud technologies have become the new normal in many companies! the contest is looking for theses in which cloud plays a significant role as an enabler technology in the context of digital transformation. The use of Edge or the cloud layer Iaas, PaaS, and SaaS in the development of completely new, disruptive business models or the optimization of existing business models (e.g., in the Corona crisis) are of high interest.

Prizes:

• The most convincing piece of work from one of the growth areas will be awarded 3.000 Euros.
• In addition, each growth area will be awarded 500 Euros.
• The contest will inform the winners in writing and invite them to our price giving ceremony.

About Telekom:

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with some 235.8 million mobile customers, 27,3 million fixed-network lines, and 21.3 million broadband lines. It provides fixed-network/broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and IPTV products and services for consumers, and information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for business and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in more than 50 countries. With a staff of some 229,170 employees throughout the world, it generated revenue of 80.5 billion Euros in the 2019 financial year, about 66 percent of it outside Germany.

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