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October 14, 2021
Results of 2021 NASA International Space Apps Challenge Hackathon in Taipei
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Taipei City Government, National Space Organization (NSPO) of National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), and g0v Jothon hosted the 2021 NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon in Taipei from October 2-3. Apart from being the competition’s tenth anniversary, this year also marked AIT’s fifth year supporting the hackathon.
The 2021 NASA International Space Apps Challenge received 28,000 registrations from over 320 locations globally, including38 teams and 182 participants from Taipei. For the first time, every Taiwan team submitted their solutions in English, ensuring that researchers worldwide can benefit from their innovative solutions. Submissions included topics ranging from light curvature to mapping space trash in real time and calculating the impact of COVID-19 to combating the loss of insect biodiversity. The event also provided a platform to showcase Taiwan’s extraordinary skills and innovative solutions on a global stage. Congratulations and best of luck to the three teams who have been nominated to represent Taiwan on the global judging stage!
- First Place: Team – edu.tw
- Second Place: Team Ani’s Cuff
- Third Place: Team iEntropy
The local hackathon awards are:
“Best Use of Azure” awarded by Microsoft:
- Team: Orbitani
- Team: Ani’s Cuff
“MediaTek Better Future Award” by the MediaTek Foundation
- NTD 30,000 Cash Awards
- Team: Pluto.edu.tw
- Team: iEntropy
- NTD 20,000 Cash Awards
- Team: Taiwan No.1
- Team: HCHS Hackers of the outer space/HCHS太空駭客
Gender Innovation Award by the Foundation for Women’s Rights Promotion and Development:
- Team: SpaceXX
WinGlobal Best Space Game Award by WinGlobal Technology:
- Artemis Gold Award: NTD 30,000, Team: Delta
- Artemis Silver Award: NTD 20,000, Team: Ark Hualien/花蓮方舟
AIT is grateful for the efforts of our collaborators, including the Ministry of Education’s Department of Information and Technology Education, Microsoft Taiwan, MediaTek, Tai Lam Lang Club, Amazon Web Services, the Foundation for Women’s Rights Promotion and Development, WinGlobal Technology, Startup Terrace, the Open Culture Foundation, and g0v Scho001.
Special thanks to:
- Mentors: Pre-event Bootcamp and the Hackathon Weekend Mentors Group:
- English Mentors Group:
- Cheng-Yi Eric Lin (English Mentors Group Lead, Fulbright scholar and Challenges Chinese Translation Reviewer, Institute of Applied English Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University)
- Jimmy Chuang (Journalist / ICRT)
- Chao-Ling Sarah Chen (Media and Language Teaching Center Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Technology)
- Hui-Ju Phoebe Tsai (Language Center Director, National Taipei University)
- Tiffany Chin (Language Teaching and Research Center Lecturer, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
- Nick Dillon (Keelung Office Overseas Study Manager, Intake Education)
- Jonathan Chin (Language Center Lecturer, National Central University)
- Technology Mentors:
- Shanger Lin (Amazon Web Services Data Scientist)
- Yian Chen (Amazon Web Services Machine Learning Specialist)
- Pitching Skill Expert Mentor:
- Ming-Jui Kan A-Kan (Tai Lam Lang Club Art Director)
- Space-Fields Expert Mentor:
- Ching-Yung Huang (National Space Organization)
- English Mentors Group:
- Judges:
- Jiun-Huei Proty Wu (Space Apps Taipei Lead Advisor and Judging Group Lead; Institute of Astrophysics Professor, National Taiwan University)
- Sue-Ching Jou (National Taiwan University Geography Professor)
- Pauline Ho (DaAi TV Science Program Host)
- Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang (National Tsing Hua University Cosmology Assistant Professor)
- Summit Suen (Microsoft AI MVP @Taiwan)
- James Jessee (AIT Information Management Officer)
- Code Review Judge: Poga Po (InfuseAI Product Chief)
- Code Review Judge: Yian Chen (Amazon Web Services Machine Learning Specialist)
To learn more about the Taiwan teams’ innovative solutions, visit: https://2021.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/taipei/event
