The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum is accepting entries for its second annual Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test a software-defined radio. Smart Radio Challenge '08 is open to student teams from all academic institutions interested in SDR and cognitive radio technologies; registration is online and ends June 15.

Like the inaugural competition, Smart Radio Challenge '08 will entail multiple phases, including a qualifying round and one or more development rounds. Each student team must build and demonstrate an SDR that addresses one of four problems, which the Forum will define by June 30. Teams will submit proposals specific to a defined problem by September 30, and those that qualify will be announced in November. The qualifying teams will then have 10 months to complete and submit their projects.