The hackathon was won by the team INTELLIGHT who in Munich received
€10,000 as the top prize for their Neuronal Network Traffic Signal
solution for Smart Mobility challenge
BENGALURU, India & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AI–L&T Technology Services Limited (NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure-play
engineering services company, successfully concluded its Engineering the
Change campaign in Munich with a 24-hour hackathon.
The company’s 16-day pan Europe initiative included a 3,000 km
innovation-on-wheels drive covering Greater Manchester & Ellesmere Port
(Cheshire) in the UK, Amiens & Paris in France and Eindhoven in
Netherlands, culminating in Germany.
A total of 230 visitors, including customers, analysts, industry
experts, government officials, local authorities and engineering
students attended the drive from Manchester to Munich. They were
presented with the latest industry solutions covering domains such as
artificial intelligence, digital twin, cyber security, 5G and the
Internet of Things.
During the final leg of the campaign through 4 major German cities,
including Leverkusen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Frankfurt, LTTS, through
its innovation drive showcased demos on leading-edge Industry 4.0
solutions and shared insights on digital transformation across various
industries.
The highlight and finalé of the tour in Munich was a 24-hour hackathon
on 14th June which received over 250 registrations. 17 teams tackled
complex industrial challenges related to factories of the future
to reduce workplace risks and errors through Augmented Reality, mobility
solutions to reduce traffic congestion in cities using AI & Machine
Learning and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) to increase
operational efficiency of aircraft using Data Analytics. Nearly 43% of
the contestants included technology professionals & freelancers, 30%
hailed from the startup community with students also in the mix. The
winner of the competition were Munich based collective Intellight who
were awarded the top prize of Euro 10,000 for their traffic management
solution that uses deep learning algorithms to reduce congestion in
cities.
Gaurav Gupta, Chief Business Officer of Europe at L&T Technology
Services said, “We are delighted with the overwhelming response
to LTTS‘ Engineering the Change campaign spanning 9 cities in Europe.
This has been an epic odyssey of engineering transformation that brought
together industry, academia and the government to create new
technologies and solutions in an attempt to improve the lives of the
next billion of the world’s population. What is especially praiseworthy
is the spirit of creativity and scientific enquiry among the
participants that was on display through the exciting proof of concepts.”
About L&T Technology Services Ltd
L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a listed subsidiary of Larsen
& Toubro Limited focused on Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. We
offer consultancy, design, development and testing services across the
product and process development life cycle. Our customer base includes
69 Fortune 500 companies and 51 of the world’s top ER&D companies,
across industrial products, medical devices, transportation, telecom &
hi-tech, and the process industries. Headquartered in India, we have
over 15,100 employees spread across 17 global design centers, 28 global
sales offices and 49 innovation labs as of March 31, 2019.
Contacts
Aniruddha Basu
L&T Technology Services Limited
E: [email protected]
T:
+91-80-67675173
