A 24-hour technology competition for high school and college students, featuring two categories: Capture The Flag, involving the analysis and modification of hardware systems, signal processing, FPGA and cybersecurity; and AI and machine learning, with applications for large language models and computer vision. A team of 11th-grade students won first place in the ML and AI track.
The program open to the public on April 26 included the presentation “From Zero to Hero in the Software Industry” with Emil Racec, CEO of DevMind, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.; the “Ask Me Anything” panel discussion on life in tech, from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.; and a workshop led by Victor Radu Grădinescu, Engineering Manager at Google, starting at 5:00 p.m. The company booths were open from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Details
- Organizer
- Electron Hackathon; hosted by ETTI; the League of Electronics Students and industry partners. Event sponsored by Orange.
- Activity Schedule
- April 26, 2025, the first day of the competition.
- Location and Format
- ETTI, Building A, Bucharest.
- Participation
- A competition for high school and college students; the workshops and booths were also open to people not registered for the competition.
Additional details
Partners: Orange, eMAG, MaDENN, Infineon, EMIA, NXP, Zeedo, Merlin’s Beverages, and CyberEdu.