Three UP students win IT competition in Madrid

Three students from the University of the Philippines (UP) won first place in “Indra Future Minds Competition,” an international Information Technology (IT) contest held in Madrid, Spain on April 26.

According to a report of Bloomsberg Businessweek on Tuesday, the UP team beat participants from:

• the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid's (UPM) School of Telecommunications in Spain, who came in second,
• the Sao Paulo Faculty of Technology in Brazil, and the UPM's School of Industrial Engineers who both shared the third place.

The UP team is composed of:

• Erwin Soleta, a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BS ECE) student;
• Maria Katrina Volante, also a BS ECE student, and
• Benedict Ivan Andrade, a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering student.

UP’s Assistant Vice-President for Public Affairs Danilo Arao congratulated the winners.

“The recent achievement of our students in the Indra Future Minds Competition shows that UP can compete with the best and the brightest globally,” Arao told GMA News Online.

“This achievement, together with UP topping the recent licensure examinations for electrical engineers and teachers proves the students’ adherence to their values of honor and excellence in the service of the people,” he added.

The second edition of the “Indra Future Minds Competition” is launched by an IT multinational in Spain aiming to have students compete with the challenges that are faced in the current business world, such as globalization, multiculturalism or collaborative networking.

The UP team earned their victory by resolving the final Smart Cities case based on actual Indra projects for the Barcelona City government such as the design of a cloud computing solution, a simulator to optimize water management, and unmanned vehicles (UAVs) project, the report said.

Winners of the competition will join the IT multinational company in the subsidiary of the office of the students’ choice, upon completing their studies, the report added.

They will also be given monthly travel allowance for one year. - with Jon Lindley Agustin, VVP, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com