AI Factory and Norma conclude the 1st Quantum AI Competition, with seven teams receiving awards.

AI specialized company Artificial Intelligence Factory (Co-CEOs Taeyoung Kim and Seongheon Song) announced that the finals and awards ceremony of the '1st Quantum AI Competition', hosted in collaboration with cybersecurity company Norma, was held at Jeonju University on August 19.

A total of 55 teams participated in this competition, with the top 10 teams advancing to the finals, which took place in a two-day hackathon format from August 18th to 19th. The final challenge was to design a quantum artificial intelligence (QAI) algorithm capable of efficiently extracting information in a quantum computing environment. Participants attempted a variety of approaches based on their algorithm development capabilities, theoretical understanding, and problem-solving skills.

As a result of the final evaluation, ▲Grand Prize (Norma Award) went to 'Seoul National University Gongdols' ▲Best Prize (Artificial Intelligence Factory Award) went to 'SPAM' ▲Excellence Prize (Jeonju University Award) went to 'Cheetos' ▲Encouragement Prize (Ato Research Award) went to 'QAILab' team. In addition, ▲Han Seong-hun was selected as the recipient of the Jeonju Special Self-Governing Province Award, and ▲Kim Tae-heon was selected as the recipient of the Kakao Enterprise Award. A total of 7 teams (or individuals) were awarded prize money worth approximately 6 million won.

Team leader Woo Seung-ha of the winning team, “Seoul National University Gongdol-i,” said, “It was challenging to solve problems that required various capabilities in a short period of time, but I was able to learn a lot,” and added, “I would like to thank all the staff who prepared for the competition.”

Kim Tae-young, co-CEO of AI Factory, said, “We would like to thank the participants who challenged themselves to the end and produced meaningful results despite the difficult topic of quantum,” and added, “We plan to continue to run educational and competitive programs on the topic of AI and cutting-edge technologies in the future.”

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