Pukyong National University Team Wins Excellence Award at 'Geological Resource Data Utilization and Artificial Intelligence Competition'

Energy Engineering Department Sophomore Team: Jang Minkyeong, Yang Hojun, Lee Jungseo

On the 22nd, Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-su) announced that the team of second-year Energy Engineering students Jang Min-kyung, Yang Ho-jun, and Lee Jung-seo (advised by Professor Choi Yo-sun) won the Excellence Award, the second prize, at the 2023 Geological Resource Data Utilization and Artificial Intelligence Competition.

(From left) Students Yang Hojun, Jang Minkyeong, and Lee Jungseo are posing for a commemorative photo after receiving the Excellence Award.

They earned this honor with their idea titled "Development of a Mobile Game Utilizing Geobig Data to Enhance Public Communication in the Geological Resource Field" at the competition hosted by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources. The prize money is 1 million KRW.

The Geological Resource Data Utilization and Artificial Intelligence Competition is held to develop analysis and utilization cases using the Geobig Data Open Platform and individually held research data, and to propose AI models and utilization plans.

This year, under the theme "The Value of Our Rare Earth, Idea Challenge for a Better Future," winners were selected through document screening and presentation evaluation in the data utilization and idea category and the AI model development category.

The idea from Pukyong National University students was highly evaluated for proposing a mobile game development plan that anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy by utilizing various materials provided on the Geobig Data Open Platform as content.

Pukyong National University has achieved excellent results in this competition, winning the Grand Prize in 2021, the Excellence Award in 2022, and again the Excellence Award this year.

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