AI Grand Challenge Registration Begins... Record High 12.7 Billion KRW Follow-up Research Funding Support

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Cho] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that registration for the ‘2020 Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge’ competition, which contests technological capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), will begin on September 28.

The ‘Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge’ competition is a challenge and competitive research and development (R&D) contest where participants compete using AI algorithms they develop to solve presented problems. This year, a record-high follow-up research fund of 12.7 billion KRW will be supported. The 3rd competition (Phase 1), held in July last year, saw 617 participants (121 teams), and the 4th competition (Phase 1), held in July this year, had 566 participants (134 teams).

This year’s competition will be conducted with increased difficulty compared to the 3rd competition (understanding and responding to complex disaster situations) and the 4th competition (addressing community living problems). It will be promoted through a total of eight tracks, including cognitive intelligence such as visual intelligence and auditory intelligence based on AI, robotics control intelligence, and AI optimization and lightweighting for edge computing response, anticipating fierce competition in each detailed technical field.

The competition proceeds in four phases, with technical difficulty increasing at each phase, and allows new participants to challenge, including teams that were not selected in previous phases.

Applications are open not only to universities or companies researching or developing in the AI field but also to university (graduate) students, employees, and the general public, either as teams or individuals. Registration will be open for one month from September 28 to October 27 on the official website (ai-challenge.kr).

Detailed information such as announcements can be found on the websites of the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (www.iitp.kr), AI Grand Challenge (www.ai-challenge.kr), and AI Hub (www.aihub.or.kr).

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, seven of the eight tracks, excluding the control intelligence track which requires a drone set, will be conducted online during the third week of November (November 16?20). The control intelligence track and the awards ceremony will be held at KINTEX on November 25, strictly adhering to social distancing guidelines to minimize face-to-face elements.

The Ministry of Science and ICT emphasized, “Dynamic R&D activities are most important for us to gain competitiveness in the AI field, and the government will do its best to support this. We ask for much interest and participation in this creative challenge and competition arena of AI R&D.”

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