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DESCRIPTION:2026 IEEE Student Challenge at Worldcon - From Fiction to Fact\
 n\nThis competition invites participants to explore how ideas that once ap
 peared only in science fiction can become real technologies\, systems\, st
 andards\, and social innovations through engineering\, research\, and resp
 onsible design.\n\nThe theme connects well with Worldcon because science f
 iction often imagines future possibilities\, while IEEE communities help t
 urn technological possibilities into real-world systems.\n\nParticipants w
 ill use large language models and AI-assisted creative tools to develop an
  original storyline around a common theme. Participants will leverage gene
 rative AI tools and information from the IEEE community. Participants will
  then transform their storyline into a short video clip\, poster\, or comi
 c-strip storyboard suitable for public display. Winning entries may be sho
 wcased at the IEEE booth during Worldcon / LAcon V 2026 in Anaheim\, Calif
 ornia.\n\nJoin the 2026 IEEE Student Challenge at Worldcon - From Fiction 
 to Fact\nhttps://ieee-dataport.org/competitions/2026-ieee-student-challeng
 e-worldcon-fiction-fact\n\nSubmission Dates: 07/06/2026 to 07/27/2026\n\nL
 Acon V 2026 - World Science Fiction Convention\, Aug 27-31\, 2026\, in Ana
 heim California: https://www.lacon.org/\nIEEE: https://www.ieee.org/\nSign
  up to volunteer at the IEEE booth during Worldcon / LAcon V 2026: https:/
 /forms.gle/69uVagGrvNDjpb7bA\nStudent competition hosted by the IEEE Regio
 n 6 Regional Student Activities Committee: https://r6.ieee.org/students\n\
 n[]\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569149
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569149
ORGANIZER:alberto.tamyong.us@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:2026 IEEE Student Challenge at Worldcon - From Fiction to Fact
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 IEEE Student Challenge at Wo
 rldcon - From Fiction to Fact&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;This competition
  invites participants to explore how ideas that once appeared only in scie
 nce fiction can become real technologies\, systems\, standards\, and socia
 l innovations through engineering\, research\, and responsible design.&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The theme connects well with Worldcon because science ficti
 on often imagines future possibilities\, while IEEE communities help turn 
 technological possibilities into real-world systems.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Par
 ticipants will use large language models and AI-assisted creative tools to
  develop an original storyline around a common theme. Participants will le
 verage generative AI tools and information from the IEEE community. Partic
 ipants will then transform their storyline into a short video clip\, poste
 r\, or comic-strip storyboard suitable for public display. Winning entries
  may be showcased at the IEEE booth during Worldcon / LAcon V 2026 in Anah
 eim\, California.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join the 2026 IEEE Student Cha
 llenge at Worldcon - From Fiction to Fact&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://iee
 e-dataport.org/competitions/2026-ieee-student-challenge-worldcon-fiction-f
 act&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://ieee-dataport.org/competitions
 /2026-ieee-student-challenge-worldcon-fiction-fact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;Submission Dates:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;time class=&quot;datetime&quot; datetime=&quot;2026-07
 -06T12:00:00Z&quot;&gt;07/06/2026&lt;/time&gt;&amp;nbsp\;to&amp;nbsp\;&lt;time class=&quot;datetime&quot; dat
 etime=&quot;2026-07-27T12:00:00Z&quot;&gt;07/27/2026&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;LAcon V 2
 026 - World Science Fiction Convention\, Aug 27-31\, 2026\, in Anaheim Cal
 ifornia:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lacon.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noope
 ner&quot;&gt;https://www.lacon.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;IEEE: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ieee.org/&quot; t
 arget=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://www.ieee.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sign up to volu
 nteer at the IEEE booth during Worldcon / LAcon V 2026: &lt;a href=&quot;https://f
 orms.gle/69uVagGrvNDjpb7bA&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://forms.g
 le/69uVagGrvNDjpb7bA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Student competition hosted by the IEEE Region 
 6 Regional Student Activities Committee: &lt;a href=&quot;https://r6.ieee.org/stud
 ents&quot;&gt;https://r6.ieee.org/students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p d
 ir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: au
 to\;&quot; src=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/ea14e5f2
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