PolyU achieved outstanding results in The First Greater Bay Area Data Application Innovation Competition, winning several First Prizes, Second Prizes, Technical Excellence Awards, Creative Excellence Awards, Outstanding Awards, and Data (Commodity) Listing Certificates. In addition, PolyU also received the Outstanding Contribution Award and Excellent Organization Award, and Prof Xiao Fu, Associate Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Construction and Environment, is honoured with the Outstanding Guidance Teacher Award in this competition.
The competition was jointly organized by the Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, the Government Services and Data Management Bureau of Shenzhen, and The People's Government of Futian District. It aims to create a top-level platform in the field of data elements and build an innovative, open, and prosperous ecosystem for data application developers. Additionally, the competition is expected to fully open the data resources, computing power facilities, and trading platforms of the Greater Bay Area Data AI Center and Shenzhen Data Exchange, providing a top-notch communication platform for data developers. It also encourages data developers to unleash their imagination and innovation in order to discover outstanding projects and cultivate talents in data application innovation.
The competition consists a creative design competition and a technical challenge competition, covering six application scenarios including digital decision-making, smart supply chain, technology finance, digital energy, intelligent manufacturing, and smart cities. Universities, research institutions, and enterprises actively participated in the competitionAmong them, 227 teams entered the preliminary round, and 35 teams advanced to the finals. A total of 19 teams were awarded first, second, and third prizes, including PolyU, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Sun Yat-sen University, and South China University of Technology.
Congratulations to all PolyU's winning teams for the outstanding performance and providing innovative, practical, and technologically advanced solutions in data application.
