Intel Announces AI Global Impact Festival Grand Prize Winners
22 September 2022 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
To further democratize and celebrate AI
innovation by next-generation technologists, students and teachers
worldwide developed impactful AI projects and competed for a total
of $500,000.
What’s New: Today, Intel introduced six student groups
and three teachers as the global grand prize winners at its AI
Global Impact Festival. The annual festival brings together
next-generation technologists, future developers, policymakers and
academics who work to solve real-world problems using artificial
intelligence.
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Previous AI for Global Impact winners are
greeted by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger at the Intel Vision event in May
2022. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
“I’m constantly amazed by the perceptive
young technologists who understand the potential of AI to be a
force for good. I am excited to celebrate this year's innovative
winners. The success of the technology of tomorrow relies on them,
as they embody the Intel purpose to improve the life of every
person on the planet.” –Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO
Who was Awarded: During the global competition from Aug.
29 to Sept. 5, students and teachers went through a rigorous
process to win cash prizes, certificates, Intel laptops and
opportunities for mentorship. This year, Intel received more than
1,000 entries from 25 countries. The following students were named
Global Award winners for AI Impact Creator:
For the 13- to 17-year-old age group:
- BhashaX Code Summarizer, India - Krish Yadav: An
AI-based model aimed at improving accessibility to programming by
allowing developers to grasp code more easily in their native
language.
- CS-M Tool, Thailand - Tanapat Charunworphan, Noppawite
Chunram, Matt Tanthai Cosh: An AI tool that allows anyone to
get a regular heart checkup through a three-tiered approach, CAR,
which stands for Checkup through AI analysis, Awareness of relevant
heart checkup results, and Rapid referral to nearby hospitals.
- Vision System Powered by AI for the Visually Impaired, China
- Jasmine Liu: A scene text recognition system for curved text,
making it easier for visually impaired people to read items such as
packing labels and street signs that are difficult to read due to
distortion and curvature.
For the 18-year-old + age group:
- Indoor Industrial Safety Program, United States - Serr
Brown, Dina Marie Stager, Ryan Galbraith: This program utilizes
AI and digital mapping for autonomous environment feedback to
secure a safer workplace within indoor industrial environments,
even without a GPS connection.
- Nighthawk, China - Libenhua Cai, Weiyu Chen, Yufei Zhao:
A full-color video imaging system that utilizes computer vision and
deep learning algorithms to illuminate images without the aid of
auxiliary light in extremely low-light environments and restore
imaging effects to normal light.
- Synthetic Data Generator, India - Sayash Raaj: A project
that allows researchers to utilize a synthetically generated
dataset with the same attributes as original data to ensure the
privacy of individuals’ information. In a time like the COVID-19
pandemic, this project would facilitate software data-based
solutions that otherwise run into roadblocks such as data
unavailability or sensitivity.
Intel also announced three teachers as global winners in the AI
Impact Shaper Category for their best practices in AI Skilling in
classrooms:
- Haobin Zhu, China
- Ambika Saxena, India
- Willoughby Lee, Singapore
Why It Matters: AI has the potential to impact all
aspects of people's lives, especially with increased
digitalization. Intel believes demystifying and democratizing AI
technology is necessary to increase digital readiness, especially
for next-generation technologists and future developers. The AI
Global Impact Festival provides the opportunities and platforms to
learn, showcase and celebrate the impact of AI innovations.
Intel has committed to expand digital readiness to reach 30
million people in 30,000 institutions in 30 countries. The festival
is part of Intel’s 2030 Goals and the company’s dedication to using
tech as a force for good, underscoring its aim to make technology
fully inclusive and to expand digital readiness worldwide.
More Context: For more information, visit the AI Global
Impact Festival website or email
info@aiglobalimpactfestival.org.
About Intel
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating
world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches
lives. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the
design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our
customers’ greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the
cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash
the potential of data to transform business and society for the
better. To learn more about Intel’s innovations, go to
newsroom.intel.com and intel.com.
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