FPT officially launches digital race 2017-2018

FPT officially launched the technology contest the “Digital Race 2017 – 2018” with the theme of self-driving cars on October 26. The contest is open to all university students nationwide with the total award amount of up to VND 4 billion. The winning team will receive a total prize of VND450 million, including a one-week trip to Japan to experience and learn about new technology, and will be directly recruited by FPT Software.

All members of Top 20 will be sponsored by FPT Software to participate in a 10-week embedded systems training course by European standards valued at USD2,000. Members who pass the final exam will sign the contract to become official staff at FPT Software.

This year’s contest is tougher than last year’s, when contestants must programme their cars to run in simulated outdoor light, read traffic signs and make right and left turns.

The kick-off ceremony of Digital Race 2017-2018

"The first season of the Digital Race last year attracted more than 500 students. The race proved students’ interest and aptitude, boosting the passion for learning, updating and practicing new technologies in the world for Vietnamese students. This year, FPT will create conditions for candidates to approach more practical situations. All applicants will have the opportunity to explore and experience the autonomous technology developed and provided for global automakers by FPT. Moreover, the excellent contestants will be given a chance to participate in training courses and automation projects of FPT. We expect Vietnamese students will take advantage of this opportunity, be prepared with the necessary basics and take the initiatives in Industry 4.0 in Vietnam," said FPT CEO Bui Quang Ngoc.

A car model displayed at the kick-off ceremony in Ha Noi on Thursday.

To participate in the contest, candidates must register at http://cuocduaso.fpt.com.vn/ or http://digitalrace.fpt.com.vn. Each team consists of 3 – 4 members from the same university. Each team should have two members majoring in IT, one member majoring in mechatronics and one member majoring in electronics and telecommunications. Teams whose members are good at image processing, statistical machine learning, embedded programming, artificial intelligence, programming on Linux, C / C ++ programming language will have advantages.

PRIZES

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

- All members of Top 20 will be sponsored by FPT Software to participate in a 10-week embedded systems training course by European standards valued at USD2,000/person (including monthly training allowance, theoretical training, lab practice and on-the-job training on automation projects at FPT Software).

-  Each team among Top 10 will received a phone worth VND 7.5 million

- Many other valuable rewards

FINAL ROUND:

Semi Final: Each team among Top 10 will be awarded 1 laptop.

Finale:

- 01 First Prize worth VND450 million, including a one-week trip to Japan and 03 laptops

- 01 Second prize worth VND 20 million (including 2 laptops)

- 01 Third prize worth VND 15 million (including 2 phones)

- University which the winning team is from: VND 50 million

- Instructor for the winning team: 01 laptops worth VND 20 million

- And many other valuable rewards.

About the Digital Race 2017-2018:

• Applications received from 26 / 10-15 / 11/2017
• Preliminary Round (15/11 / 2017-15 / 1/2018): The Organizers will hold 10 qualifying rounds at schools to select 20 most outstanding teams for the final round.
• Final round (15 / 1-30 / 4/2018): There are two rounds

• The semi-finals: Time and challenges will be announced before 30/11/2017. After the semi-final, the Organizers will select the 10 best teams for the finale.
• The Finale: It is scheduled to take place in mid-April, 2018. Teams will be required to program their cars in order that they can run in simulated outdoor light, read traffic signs and make right and left turns

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