2025 xperience competition

School safety

Overview

In November 2023, students gathered to decide our 2025 competition target and chose School Safety from our Society domain.

As a result, our inaugural competition, kicking off in Spring 2024, will be focused on developing an affordable and automated solution for rapid detection and notification of school shooting events for K-12 schools and colleges. This competition represents a unique opportunity for students to create a solution for a problem directly facing their fellow students.

Students advancing through our competition will receive support from our network of partners, including schools, government entities, and non-profits from across the country.

Domain

Society

Topic

School Safety

The challenge

Develop a software-based active shooter threat assessment and response system

Solution 
requirements

As students navigate their solution development journey, success hinges on aligning with our key goals. Meeting these goals is pivotal for success in the School Safety competition.

  • Detect firearm-related events in schools during class time
  • Autonomously notify students, faculty, and law enforcement personnel
  • Provide secondary verification mechanisms to reduce false positives
  • Integrate building floor plan mapping tools to decrease first responder response times
  • Use cloud-based storage for positive events for protected sharing with law enforcement
  • Be eligible for any relevant federal certifications
  • Provide interoperability with complementary systems if needed to achieve all design objectives
Resources 
available

Xperience teams can leverage these resources and tools to enhance their problem-solving journey as they develop impactful solutions for the School Safety competition. These resources facilitate solution development, allowing students to analyze, prototype, and collaborate effectively.