FPT hold SMAC Challenge Day Festival

On August 22, FPT held a program for technology students at C2 hall, Hanoi University of Technology (HUT).

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Top 16 participate in tech training at FPT building.

Being one of activities in SMAC Challenge 2014 organized by FPT, the program aimed at introducing SMAC trend (Social - Mobility - Analytics - Cloud) to the young generation in IT. Besides, the event also created a level playing field to promote tech students, opened up to them an opportunity for exchanges with experts inside and outside FPT and helped shape future careers for young people.

In the program, two leading tech experts including FPT CTO Nguyen Lam Phuong and HUT lecturer Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang had a meeting with students for sharing and exchange.

The talk focuses on current technologies and 4 trends in the next 10 years, including Social, Mobility, Big Data/Analytics and Cloud Computing (SMAC). In particular, effective methods of tech study and research were also shared by the two experts.

Besides the talk, students directly experienced tech products such as robot Smartoshin developed by FPT Software, robot Wabo, Google Glass. The Organizers also helped them with an overview of SMAC Challenge 2014.

Up to now, the competition has been almost halfway completed. It is expected that on September 4, the second round will be held with the participation of 16 teams, 4 best of which will join the Finals in mid- October.

SMAC Challenge 2014 is sponsored by Asus. Vietnamese Student News plays role as a media sponsor of events throughout the competition. More information about the competition can be found on the website: http://ftri.fpt.edu.vn/robot/.