Welcome to the PixArt University Innovation Challenge (the “Competition”), organized by
PixArt Imaging Inc. (the “Organizer” or “PixArt”). These Competition Terms & Conditions
set out the eligibility requirements, participation rules, submission requirements, and other
conditions governing the Competition.
Participants are responsible for ensuring that their submissions comply with these Competition
Terms & Conditions, including that all submissions are original, independently developed,
and submitted with all necessary rights and permissions. By clicking “Agree” and submitting a
registration application, each participant (the “Participant(s)”) confirms that they have read,
understood, and agree to be bound by these Competition Terms & Conditions and all applicable
rules, requirements, instructions, and other information relating to the Competition as
published on the Competition website.
1. Eligible Participants
Participants must:
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Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student (including master's and doctoral students) at accredited universities or higher education institutions worldwide through September 30, 2027, and maintain an active, accessible university email address until the winners are announced on October 1, 2027 (UTC+8).
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Participate individually or as part of a team of up to three (3) members.
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Participate in their personal capacity, either individually or as part of a student team, and not on behalf of any university, laboratory, company, or externally funded research project.
Note: Participants who are under the age of 18 at the time of registration are eligible to
participate. During the Competition, Participants who are under the age of 18 must provide the
full name, email address, and relationship of a parent or legal guardian upon the Organizer’s
request. The Organizer may require the consent or participation of a parent or legal guardian
for certain Competition-related matters. For example, if shortlisted, the parent or legal
guardian must co-sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before any confidential materials,
technical documentation, or evaluation kits are provided.
2. Eligible Projects
To ensure a fair and transparent competition, projects must satisfy all of the following requirements:
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Be original work created by the participating individual or team.
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Be conceived and developed specifically for this Competition.
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Not have been submitted to any previous edition of the PixArt University Innovation Challenge.
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Not be developed as part of a university-funded program, sponsored research project, or any other externally funded initiative.
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Not be subject to any third-party intellectual property rights, licensing restrictions, or contractual obligations that would prevent compliance with all applicable rules, requirements, instructions, and other information relating to the Competition as published on the Competition website or these Competition Terms & Conditions, unless the Participant has the necessary rights, permissions, or licenses to use and submit such third-party materials in compliance with the applicable license terms and contractual obligations.
3. Team Composition & Responsibilities
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Each Participant must register using a valid university email address for eligibility verification.
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Registered Participants may either create a team or accept an invitation to join an existing team.
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The Participant who creates a team will automatically be assigned the role of team leader (the “Team Leader”). A team is considered complete only after all invited members have accepted their invitations, provided the required information, and the team has been verified and confirmed by the Organizer. Only the Team Leader of a complete team may submit a proposal on behalf of the team.
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The Team Leader is the primary contact for all official Competition communications. The Organizer will communicate with the Team Leader regarding official Competition matters and may copy other team members on email communications where appropriate. The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring that all team members receive relevant Competition communications in a timely manner.
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Team composition must be finalized before proposal submission. No changes to the team composition will be permitted after a proposal has been submitted.
4. Multiple Entries
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Each Participant may participate in only one (1) proposal submission, either individually or as a member of a team.
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A Participant may not be a member of more than one team.
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The same project, or any substantially similar project, may not be submitted more than once, whether by the same Participant(s) or by different teams.
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The Organizer reserves the right to reject duplicate or substantially similar submissions.
5. Participant Representations & Warranties
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Each Participant represents and warrants that all materials submitted in connection with the Competition, including without limitation project descriptions, presentations, images, videos, source code, prototypes, and any other supporting materials (collectively, the “Submission Materials”), are original or that the Participant otherwise has all necessary rights, licenses, permissions, and authority to submit such Submission Materials to the Competition.
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Each Participant further represents and warrants that the Submission Materials, and the Participant's participation in the Competition, do not infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property rights or violate any confidentiality, employment, contractual, academic, or other legal obligations.
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Where any Submission Materials have been created or developed in connection with sponsored research, employment, academic research, institutional appointments, or other third-party activities, Participants are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals, consents, permissions, or waivers prior to submitting such Submission Materials to the Competition.
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Each Participant acknowledges that they are solely responsible for ensuring that all Submission Materials comply with these Competition Terms & Conditions. The Organizer assumes no responsibility for verifying the ownership of, or rights in, any Submission Materials submitted by Participants.
6. Future Collaboration
The Organizer may invite selected Participants or teams to explore future collaboration
opportunities. Any collaboration, commercialization, or intellectual property (IP) arrangements
will be subject to separate written agreements between the Organizer and the relevant
Participants.
7. Disqualification
The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify any Participant or team at any stage of the Competition if they:
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Provide false, misleading, or incomplete information during registration or the Competition.
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Fail to disclose any family relationship or other relationship with an Organizer employee that could reasonably create an actual or potential conflict of interest as required during the registration process.
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Seek or obtain any unfair competitive advantage through any relationship with a PixArt employee, including by requesting, receiving, or using any confidential, proprietary, or non-public information, or by encouraging any PixArt employee to violate their confidentiality or other employment obligations.
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Are found to be ineligible under these Competition Terms & Conditions.
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Submit work that infringes the intellectual property rights or other legal rights of any third party.
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Violate applicable rules, requirements, instructions, and other information relating to the Competition as published on the Competition website, these Competition Terms & Conditions, or the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), where applicable.
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Fail to submit required deliverables/paperworks or comply with applicable deadlines specified on the Competition website. Failure by any one team member to fulfill the requirements herein will result in the disqualification of the entire team.
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Engage in plagiarism, cheating, fraudulent conduct, or any other conduct that compromises the fairness or integrity of the Competition.
The Organizer reserves the right to investigate any actual or potential conflict of interest.
The Organizer's determination regarding any disqualification, conflict of interest, or violation
of these Competition Terms & Conditions shall be final and binding.
8. Privacy & Personal Information
To organize and conduct the Competition, the Organizer will collect, process, and use the
personal data the Participant submits in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. For
more details, please find below:
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Types of Information Collected:
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Required Competition information: name, gender, title, university, address, e-mail address, phone numbers, country/region, student ID photo, parent or legal guardian information (if under 18), disclosure of any relationship with an employee of the Organizer, and any other information required for participation in the Competition or voluntarily provided by the Participant
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Competition Information to be made public if shortlisted or awarded: team name, project name, university name
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Competition Information that may be made public if shortlisted or awarded: Participants' full name, subject to the following:
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The full name of a Participant who is 18 years of age or older will be publicly disclosed only if the Participant has consented to such disclosure.
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The full name of a Participant under 18 years of age will be publicly disclosed only if the Participant and their parent or legal guardian has consented to such disclosure.
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Purpose of Collecting Information:
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To administer the Competition;
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To verify Participant eligibility;
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To communicate with Participants and provide follow-up contact;
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To evaluate submissions;
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To administer the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), where applicable;
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To publicly disclose the shortlisted and awarded team name, project name, university name, and, where permitted under these Terms & Conditions and with the Participant's consent, Participants' names. Such information may be published on the Competition official website, in press releases, and on social media to demonstrate the transparency of the Competition and increase event visibility. Such publication may be indexed by search engines and is publicly accessible worldwide;
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To arrange the delivery of evaluation kits and prizes, where applicable; and
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To comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
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To provide information about future Competition-related activities: To provide Participants with information about future editions of the PixArt University Innovation Challenge and other Competition-related activities, subject to applicable laws and any applicable consent or opt-out requirements.
Consent to publication of shortlisted information is voluntary and separate from participation.
Participants may withdraw consent to publication at any time by contacting the Organizer. The
Organizer will then remove personal identifying information from public pages within a
reasonable time, subject to legal obligations.
Participants under the age of 18 acknowledge that the personal information of their parent or
legal guardian will also be collected and processed for the purposes described above, and
publication consent requires the consent of a parent or legal guardian.
The Organizer may disclose personal information to third parties involved in administering the
Competition, including but not limited to members of the judging panel, service providers, and
courier or logistics providers, only where such disclosure is necessary for the purposes set out
in these Competition Terms & Conditions or as required by applicable law. Participants
acknowledge that personal information may be transferred to, stored or processed in countries
other than your own. The Organizer will apply appropriate safeguards to such transfers.
The Organizer will not use or disclose personal information for purposes beyond those described
in these Competition Terms & Conditions without the Participant's consent, unless otherwise
required or permitted by applicable law.
The Organizer will take reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, alteration, or loss. Unless the Participant has separately consented to
a longer retention period, or a longer retention period is necessary for any subsequent
collaboration separately agreed in writing between the Organizer and the Participant, the
Organizer will retain personal information for no longer than three (3) years following the
official announcement of the Competition final results, or, if later, the completion of any
investigation, complaint, appeal, or dispute relating to the Competition. This retention period
is reasonably necessary to preserve the integrity of the Competition, including investigating
alleged breaches of these Competition Terms & Conditions, addressing complaints or reports
that may affect Competition results or rankings, verifying eligibility, and contacting relevant
Participants where necessary in connection with such matters. Upon expiry of the applicable
retention period, the Organizer will securely delete or anonymize the personal information
unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law.
Subject to applicable law, Participants may request access to, correction of, or deletion of
their personal information by contacting the Organizer. The Organizer will respond to such
requests within a reasonable time. Participants acknowledge that certain personal information is
necessary for the administration of the Competition. Providing the Required Competition data is
necessary for participation. If you do not provide the required information, we may be unable to
register your entry, verify eligibility, communicate with you, evaluate your submission, or
deliver prizes, which may affect your ability to participate. If a Participant requests deletion
of such information before the Competition has concluded, the Organizer may be unable to
administer the Participant's registration, communicate Competition-related information, evaluate
submissions, or deliver evaluation kits or prizes, which may affect the Participant's ability to
continue participating in the Competition.
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By clicking “Agree” and submitting a registration application, Participants acknowledge that
they have read and understood these Competition Terms & Conditions and consent to the
collection, use, storage, processing, and disclosure of their personal information in accordance
with these Competition Terms & Conditions.
9. General Terms
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Participation in the Competition constitutes acceptance of all applicable rules, requirements, instructions, and other information relating to the Competition as published on the Competition website and these Competition Terms & Conditions.
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Participants are responsible for ensuring that their participation complies with all applicable laws, regulations, export control requirements, and trade sanctions. The Organizer reserves the right to reject or disqualify any participant whose participation would result in non-compliance with such requirements.
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Participants are solely responsible for the safe design, development, testing, handling, and use, as applicable, of their projects, prototypes, products, and any other materials created or used in connection with the Competition.
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Unless otherwise expressly stated by the Organizer, Participants are solely responsible for all costs and expenses associated with their participation in the Competition.
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All decisions of the judging panel are final. Any recognition, selection, or award granted in connection with the Competition reflects the Organizer’s assessment of the relevant submissions based on the Competition’s evaluation process and criteria. Such recognition, selection, or award does not constitute or imply any certification, warranty, guarantee, or representation by the Organizer regarding the commercial viability, safety, regulatory compliance, performance, or suitability of the project, prototype, product, or application for any particular purpose.
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The Organizer reserves the right, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by applicable law, to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Competition, these Competition Terms & Conditions, the Competition schedule, eligibility requirements, evaluation process, prize arrangements, or any other aspect of the Competition, where reasonably necessary due to operational, technical, legal, regulatory, or other circumstances. Any material changes will be announced on the official Competition website.
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The Organizer reserves all rights not expressly granted under these Competition Terms & Conditions, including the right to interpret and enforce these Competition Terms & Conditions, determine Participant eligibility, evaluate submissions, select winners, and take appropriate actions in response to any violation of these Competition Terms & Conditions.
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The Organizer shall not be liable for any failure, delay, interruption, or inability to conduct the Competition or perform any related obligations caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to technical failures, network interruptions, system errors, natural disasters, governmental actions, regulatory requirements, or other events of force majeure.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Organizer makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the Competition, the evaluation process, or any prizes, including their availability, suitability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Participation in the Competition is at the Participant’s own risk.
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Participation in the Competition is subject to acceptance of the Competition Terms & Conditions.
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In the event of any inconsistency between applicable rules, requirements, instructions, and other information relating to the Competition as published on the Competition website and these Competition Terms & Conditions, these Competition Terms & Conditions shall prevail.
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These Competition Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan), without regard to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Competition shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Hsinchu District Court, Taiwan. Nothing in these Competition Terms & Conditions shall exclude or limit any mandatory rights or protections applicable to participants under applicable law.
