Participate in the 'University Student Autonomous Driving Competition'... Pre-briefing Session in Seoul

Competition to be Held in Daegu Next October

10 Teams Selected to Compete, Total Prize Money of 100 Million Won

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is hosting, and the Daegu Metropolitan City is sponsoring, the "2024 University Student Autonomous Driving Competition." To recruit participating teams by the 17th of next month, the Intelligent Automotive Parts Promotion Institute, the organizing institution of the competition, will hold preliminary briefing sessions targeting universities nationwide.

The "2024 University Student Autonomous Driving Competition" is recruiting teams until November 17th. A preliminary briefing session will be held at 2 p.m. on the 31st at The-K Hotel Seoul in Seocho-gu, Seoul, to introduce the competition and explain the team selection process.

University Student Autonomous Driving Competition Announcement.

This competition is a high-performance autonomous driving contest aimed at securing the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles driving at high speeds. Daegu Metropolitan City plans to actively support the cultivation of specialized personnel in high-performance autonomous driving.

After the team recruitment ends, 10 teams will be selected through a presentation evaluation in November. Following a preliminary round where each team drives one vehicle on a designated course to measure lap times, the main competition will be held in October next year at the Intelligent Automotive Parts Promotion Institute's driving test center in Daegu.

The main competition is held under the Prime Minister's Cup, with a total prize money of 100 million KRW. The winning team will receive the Prime Minister's Award (prize money of 50 million KRW), the runner-up team will receive the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award (30 million KRW), and the third-place team will receive the Daegu Mayor's Award (20 million KRW).

The competition will provide participating teams with the same autonomous driving platform to support research and development of high-speed autonomous driving. It aims to establish a foundation for solving technical challenges by enabling two or more autonomous vehicles to drive together at high speeds, thereby fostering core experts specialized in autonomous driving.

Additionally, through exchanges between outstanding students from across the country and local companies, the competition plans to provide opportunities and devise measures for excellent talents to work in the region.

Choi Un-baek, Director of the Future Innovation Growth Office, said, "The '2024 University Student Autonomous Driving Competition,' sponsored by Daegu Metropolitan City, will support the expansion and revitalization of autonomous driving research in the region and provide an opportunity to enhance the technological development capabilities of university (graduate) students nationwide." He added, "We encourage active participation from interested university (graduate) students."

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