Polytechnic University of Bucharest wins 10th edition of the Atos IT Challenge

“Tire2Tire” works by using movie device finding out to examine the health and performance of truck tires

Paris, July eight 2021

Atos, a world-wide chief in electronic transformation, today announces the winners of its worldwide university student competitors, the Atos IT Challenge. The three successful teams ended up offered with their awards yesterday all through the Ceremony which took put all through the Atos Know-how Days.

Now in its tenth calendar year, the competitors saw one hundred forty four teams from 28 countries all-around the globe compete on the theme: “How can Electronic Decarbonize Non-Electronic?”.

The goal of the challenge is to acquire electronic solutions that will aid many areas of decarbonization and decarbonization initiatives, encouraging companies and society to deal with local weather modify. The teams experienced to acquire a performing application, cellular app, service, or simulation to aid marketplace, commerce, or men and women in the travel for decarbonization.

Immediately after an preliminary first spherical in which fifteen teams ended up picked, the Atos IT Challenge Jury, created up of experts and Atos executives[1], chose three finalists. These are:

• 1^st prize and competitors winner: Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

Tire2Tire is a hardware machine that can help truck drivers to lower the amount of fossil fuel employed improperly and reduce the carbon emissions of their cars. By using a device finding out algorithm, Tire2Tire catalogs the viability of truck tires and sends the information to truck fleet professionals, liable for their routine maintenance. The crew won €10,000.

• 2nd prize: Fh Südwestfahlen, Germany

GreenList is a cellular application-primarily based intelligent purchasing checklist that simplifies grocery purchasing and contributes to CO2 emission reduction in the meals marketplace. The application empowers people to pick the most sustainable solutions for their revenue. As a final result, the demand for local weather-helpful solutions increases, which in convert decreases CO2 emissions. The crew won €5,000.

• 3rd prize: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

green’it is a cellular application that connects people to a network of enterprises which are confirmed to be committed to sustainable usage, as very well as to a vary of environmentally friendly associations that are on the lookout for assist in setting security things to do. The crew won €3,000.

Each and every university student in just about every of the three teams was offered the opportunity to do possibly an internship at Atos or to perform collectively with the corporation to acquire their job.

• Exclusive Prize: German University in Cairo, Egypt

BeatTheReceipt works by using the newest technologies to uncover an alternative course of action to printing receipts. It digitalizes the course of action of printing receipts by building QR codes that redirect the purchaser to his receipt when scanning the QR code.

Commenting on these effects, Sophie Proust, Team Main Complex Officer, Atos reported: “Congratulations to our winners and to all of our contestants! I am so impressed by the remarkable creativeness and the high-quality of the contributions of this tenth version. Decarbonization is critical when it comes to electronic technologies, it is also at the main of Atos’ system, and we’re incredibly proud to encourage the new era to lead to a extra sustainable world”.

Atos also discovered the theme for the IT Challenge 2022: “To the Moon… to Mars… and to the stars”. Up coming year’s collaborating teams will have to take a look at how information can be employed from place in just electronic information driven ecosystems to progress humanity’s progress, both of those in place and on Earth.

Considering the fact that its generation in 2012, the Atos IT Challenge has empowered pupils from all-around the globe to acquire programs related to big tendencies in the electronic revolution, these kinds of as intelligent mobility, related cars and trucks, interactive media, related everyday living, the “right to be forgotten”, blockchain and artificial intelligence. College students are mentored by associates of Atos Scientific Neighborhood who provide specialized and realistic aid, tips, and encouragement.

Lean extra about the tasks: https://www.atositchallenge.net/pupils-thoughts/?select=successful

More details about the IT challenge: www.atositchallenge.net

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Atos is a world-wide chief in electronic transformation with 105,000 employees and once-a-year revenue of around € 11 billion. European selection 1 in cybersecurity, cloud and substantial overall performance computing, the Team offers tailored conclude-to-conclude solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and solutions, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonized electronic for its clientele. Atos operates underneath the brand names Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), stated on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.

The purpose of Atos is to assist design the potential of the details place. Its expertise and services aid the growth of expertise, schooling and investigate in a multicultural solution and lead to the growth of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Team enables its buyers and employees, and associates of societies at big to stay, perform and acquire sustainably, in a safe and secure details place.

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[1] Associates of the IT Challenge 2020 jury: Giovanni Pau, Professor Sorbonne University, Sophie Proust, EVP, Team Main Know-how Officer, Atos, Isabelle Warnier, VP, Global Start off-Up Accelerator & Organization Influencers, Hubert Tardieu, Atos Main Executive Officer’s Advisor, Co-Chair of Atos Scientific Neighborhood, Hervé Scémama, SVP, Head of Team Executive Administration