FPT officially launches Digital Race

Digital race with theme of Driverless was officially launched on November 2nd, at 3pm on the 13th floors at FPT building Cau Giay, Hanoi. All students nationwide can join the competition which takes place from November 2016 to April 2017. They will program unmanned vehicles. The teams entering the final round will be given one model car which has been setup and open source library.

Participating in the competition, students have an opportunity to win the prizes worth up to VND VND 700 million. Besides, they can approach the latest technologies; practice necessary skills and learn from the experience of Vietnam’s leading technology experts. In particular, the winner will have an opportunity to meet with Google experts in Silicon Valley (USA).

As the leading IT company in Vietnam, FPT not only pioneers in developing and providing the latest solutions/services to customers in Vietnam and around the world but also tries to create environment and motivation for young people to pursue technology dreams. FPT has held many technology competitions namely Vietnam Intelligence (2000-2007), Mobile Lab (2008-2009), Mobile Robot Challenge (2013), SMAC Challenge (2014-2015) etc. Many figures were ever successful in these contests such as Vuong Vu Thang (Chairman of VCCorp), Vuong Quang Khai (Deputy General Director of VNG), Tran Huu Duc (Director of FPT Ventures) etc.

"The competition aims to help Vietnamese youth build a solid foundation to grasp the opportunities in the digital revolution happening all over the world. We also expect to find out potential students who can join FPT in pioneering in the digital revolution, "said FPT CEO Bui Quang Ngoc.

The first year's topic is "Driverless" - the trend is increasingly widespread, attracting investment in research and development from big names such as Google, Tesla, Uber…

The total value of prizes is worth up to VND 700 million. They include one first prize worth VND 450 million (including one visit to Silicon Valley (US) and some kind); one second prize worth VND 30 million; two third prizes, each worth VND20 million; 08 prizes for best teams of the qualifying round, each worth VND 10 million. The school has gained the best teams will receive 50 million in cash and other valuable prizes.

Register to join Digital Race here http://cuocduaso.fpt.com.vn / http://digitalrace.fpt.com.vn.

About Digital Race 2016-2017

Digital Race is an annual technology competition organized by FPT Corporation.

In order to participate in the competition, applicants need to have basic knowledge of image processing for ADAS, statistical machine learning, embedded programming, artificial intelligence, Linux programming as well as know how to use programming language C/C ++. Each team should have 3-5 members from the same university.

With the theme of Driverless, Digital Race 2016-2017 consists of two rounds:

The qualifying round (January 11-15): The organizers will receive documents through the website http://cuocduaso.fpt.com.vn/http://digitalrace.fpt.com.vn from November 1 to 30. Then, they will organize 08 matches to find out the best teams.

The finals (January 16-April 2017): The teams entering the final round will be given one model car which has been setup and open source library. The teams use their knowledge in the field of programming, image processing, artificial intelligence to handle road recognition algorithm, helping cars move at full speed. It is expected that the final match will take place in April 2017.

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