High concentration of brain power.
Two Singapore teams have clinched gold in the first-ever International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Olympiad calls for high school students around the world who identify as “coding prodigies” and “machine learning enthusiasts.”
A selection test for the Singapore teams was held on Apr. 28, 2024, conducted by a panel of professors from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The selected students were flown to Bulgaria to take part in the event, which was held from Aug. 9 to Aug. 15, 2024, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev.
Gold for science
The award ceremony, livestreamed on YouTube on Aug. 14 (Singapore time), saw both teams, Team Singapore 1 and Team Singapore 2, ascend the stage to claim their gold medals. Achievements ranging from bronze, silver, gold, and special awards were bestowed upon the relevant contestants.
Focusing on three areas of AI — natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision — contestants competed in scientific and practical rounds. Singapore emerged as one of the top countries to ace the scientific round, with two teams winning the gold medal.
Members of the first team are Shah Mahir Hitesh, Kabir Jain, Ng Shi Yu, and Wang Zerui. The members of the second team are Glenn Wu, Wang Jiayu, Lam Eu Ler, and Chong Jia Shuo.
Other results
Apart from Singapore, Poland and Letovo also received gold medals in the scientific round. China and Vietnam were among the five teams that received silver, while Malaysia was among the nine teams that got bronze.
The full list of winners can be found here:
