3 Vietnamese engineers won first prize at AI competition in China

A group of three Vietnamese engineers won first prize at the Global AI Challenge for Building E&M Facilities held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China).

The Global AI Challenge for Building E&M Facilities competition is co-organized by the Hong Kong Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and the Guangdong Association of Science and Technology (China), with sponsorship from technology companies such as Huawei, Alibaba, and Siemen, attracting engineers and students from many countries including Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong (China), and Vietnam.

According to VNA, this year's competition attracted over 200 teams from 26 countries and regions, taking place from June to August, both online and in person. The award ceremony took place at the Hong Kong Science Park on August 8. Vietnam had three engineers winning first prize: Nguyen Hoang Vu, AI engineer and CEO of startup company AIZ, Luong Duc Long of Viettel Group, and Dang Quang Minh of VCCorp.

A group of Vietnamese engineers at the award ceremony held at Hong Kong Science Park on August 8. (Photo: VNA).

The competition has two categories, including "Developing a general AI model to predict cooling demand for multiple buildings" and "Proposing innovative solutions in the construction and engineering industry". This will be a platform for researchers, students, AI experts, startups and industry experts to exchange ideas and showcase how advanced AI technology can drive the development of the construction and engineering industry.

Sharing with VNA reporters, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Vu, AI engineer and CEO of startup company AIZ, said that according to information from the competition's organizing committee, buildings are the largest energy consumers globally, accounting for more than 40% of total energy use. In Hong Kong, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings alone cost about 12.3 billion HKD (more than 1.5 billion USD) in electricity each year. The rapid development of AI is opening up unprecedented opportunities to improve energy efficiency in this field, if AI helps reduce electricity consumption by just 10%, it will help the company save more than 1 billion HKD. Therefore, the topic of the competition is to build AI models that can predict the cooling load of buildings, helping to save operating costs and easily deploy in many different types of projects. Faced with that requirement, your team focused on an approach that could be deployed flexibly on a wide range of devices, including those with limited computational resources, while still meeting quality requirements.

Faced with this requirement, the Vietnamese engineering team focused on an approach that can be flexibly deployed on many types of devices, including those with limited computing resources, while still meeting quality requirements.

According to the People's Army newspaper, engineer Luong Duc Long of Viettel Group shared that in order to solve the problem of building a model to support the prediction of cooling capacity of buildings, the group tested many different models and then selected the best model that could solve this problem. Engineer Long also shared that participating in the competition was an opportunity for the group to learn more knowledge and problem-solving methods from friends in many countries. In addition, engineer Long also hopes to be able to apply this problem to Vietnam to help reduce the huge energy consumption in buildings.

Teams take a commemorative photo at the award ceremony of the Global AI Challenge in Hong Kong. (Photo: VNA).

Engineer Dang Quang Minh of VCCorp said that besides choosing the right model, the difficulty of the competition is that the provided data sets are limited by lack of data or incorrect data due to problems with building sensors or limitations due to new buildings. Therefore, the team also spent most of the competition time processing and analyzing the raw data of the buildings provided by the Organizing Committee. This contributed greatly to the final results of the whole team.

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Ms. Bernadette Linn, Secretary for the Hong Kong Development Bureau, said that in recent years, AI has driven significant development in areas such as energy, construction and innovative technology, creating many opportunities for cooperation and efficiency.

This competition not only contributes to promoting Hong Kong's AI transformation but also lays a solid foundation for the younger generation to master AI applications.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/3-ky-su-viet-nam-gianh-giai-nhat-cuoc-thi-ai-tai-trung-quoc-215464.html