Three Vietnamese teams get Facebook sponsor package

The three best teams won sponsor packages from Facebook (FbStart) worth 80,000 USD each at the TOPICA AI Edtech Asia Hackathon 2017, the largest artificial intelligence contest in Southeast Asia.
Three Vietnamese teams get Facebook sponsor package ảnh 1The five-member team, “Nguyen Hien,” wins first place for its application on smart English learning for kids. (Photo: tuoitrethudo.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The three best teams won sponsor packages from Facebook (FbStart) worth 80,000USD each at the TOPICA AI Edtech Asia Hackathon 2017, the largest artificialintelligence contest in Southeast Asia.

Thefive-member team, “Nguyen Hien,” won first place for its application on smartEnglish learning for kids.

Thesecond prize went to team “Techaholic” from the Hanoi University of Science andTechnology. The group won the prize for its idea of evaluating lesson qualitybased on students’ feelings using face recognition intelligence and technology.

Thethird prize went to team "InfoRin" for their idea of suggestingfavourite lessons through students’ emotions.

Besidesthe FbStart packages, the three teams also received additional awardsdepending on where their position.

Inaddition to the three main awards, the organisers also awarded the bestartificial intelligence application to team “The Hungers” for its idea ofdigitising books and newspapers in Vietnamese and the best edtech software toBKSmart team.

TOPICAAI Edtech Asia Hackathon 2017 was organised by TOPICA AI Edtech Labin collaboration with Up Coworking Space and Hanoi Youth Union.The event was sponsored by the world’s tech giants, such as Facebook,Google, IBM and Amazon.

Thecontest was held in Hanoi from May 19 to 21. This is the second yearthe contest has been held in Vietnam.

Thisyear’s contest attracted 18 teams from all over the country. Each team consistsof 2-5 members. The teams have 48 hours to make innovative and unique techproducts.

Hackathoncompetitions world over are seen as one of secrets of tech giants such asGoogle and Facebook to develop and maintain strong growth. The “Like” buttonand Facebook Message function are products of hackathon contests.-VNA
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