Samsung Electronics SAIT Hosts 'AI & Computer Engineering Challenge 2024'

From September 1 to September 13
Discovering Outstanding Domestic Talent and Strengthening the Research Ecosystem

Samsung Electronics is launching an initiative to discover outstanding domestic talent in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer engineering (CE) to strengthen the future semiconductor research ecosystem using AI technology.

SAIT (formerly Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), which discovers and researches Samsung's future new technologies, announced on the 29th that it will hold the 'Samsung AI·CE Challenge 2024' for about six weeks from next month 1st to September 13th, targeting undergraduate and graduate students at domestic universities, supporting the research of next-generation technology leaders.

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Students who wish to participate can apply through the SAIT website, and the results will be announced in early October. A total of 12 teams will be selected, including the grand prize winners in each category. One grand prize team per category will receive 10 million KRW, one excellence prize team will receive 5 million KRW, and two encouragement prize teams will each receive 3 million KRW. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held at the 'Samsung AI Forum' in November.

All awardees will have the opportunity to participate in the 'AI·CE Challenge Camp' hosted by Samsung Electronics SAIT, where they can network with other winning teams and receive mentoring from SAIT AI·CE research leaders.

Started in 2021 and now in its fourth year, the 'Samsung AI·CE Challenge' is an idea contest aimed at discovering and supporting scientific and technological talent, conducted under three themes in the fields of AI and CE. This year’s challenge topics include developing model-based black-box optimization algorithms and machine learning models for precise and reliable semiconductor material simulation in the AI field, and inference optimization of large language models (LLM) on on-device systems in the CE field, totaling three topics.

SAIT plans to seek ideas for developing machine learning algorithms for semiconductor device and process development verification using AI, thereby strengthening the competitiveness of next-generation semiconductor research and development in Korea.

Kyung Kye-hyun, President of Samsung Electronics SAIT, said, "AI technology is rapidly expanding its scope of application even within the semiconductor industry," adding, "SAIT is leading new technology research and striving to overcome limitations."

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