2021 EdgeX China Challenge finalists announced

Introduction: Since the opening of the 2021 EdgeX China Challenge on July 12, it has received positive responses from all parties. The submission channel for preliminary works has been successfully closed on August 10.

Author | EF China Project Team

Since the opening of the 2021 EdgeX China Challenge on July 12, it has received positive responses from all parties. The submission channel for the preliminary competition has been successfully closed on August 10.

This competition received a total of 80 team registrations, 55 submissions, compared with 2020, there are nearly 50% . The backgrounds of the participating teams in this competition are very diverse. They include leading IoT companies such as Advantech, New H3C, NetEase, ZTE, JD.com, Zhongke Chuangda, Chint Electric, etc., as well as Jiangxing Intelligent, Nanjing Future Things Start-up companies such as Lianhe, as well as teachers and students from Nanyang Technological University, China University of Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Changzhou Institute of Technology and other universities. With the expansion of EdgeX Foundry's influence, the coverage of this year's EdgeX Challenge has also been greatly expanded, extending from mainland China to Taiwan and Singapore. The EdgeX China Challenge has become a global EdgeX hackathon that radiates the Chinese area. Compared with last year, this year's entries cover a wider range of industries, including retail, industrial, logistics, commerce, and medical, which expands new space for the deployment of EdgeX applications. Among the submitted entries, 27 entries used the artificial intelligence tool suite OpenVINO, 8 entries used Baidu’s cloud edge collaboration solution Baetyl, 12 entries used the industrial Internet open source software component-Edge Insight Platform, and 9 entries involved 5G & Robotics. These components are combined with EdgeX to achieve an end-to-end solution, which greatly improves the integrity of the solution. After preliminary screening by the competition organizing committee, 35 teams entered the next round. They are:

The 2021 EdgeX China Challenge is divided into two rounds: preliminary and final. In the preliminary stage, all participating teams need to submit a creative vision document describing how EdgeX's technical framework is combined with business needs to build industry solutions. The organizing committee selected 35 works for the finals. In the final stage, each team must compile codes, display demos, and defend in roadshows on site. The final scoring of the participating teams will be composed of two parts, the judges’ scoring and the social media voting scoring. The ranking will be determined according to the score and the award will be determined. It is worth mentioning that we are very honored that Alibaba Cloud will become the new sponsor of this year's EdgeX China Challenge and jointly help the event to be held smoothly.

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About the 2021 EdgeX China Challenge

The 2021 EdgeX China Challenge is co-sponsored by the Linux Foundation, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Beijing Science and Technology Commission, Zhongguancun Management Committee and other units. Alibaba Cloud, Baidu Cloud, Zizhu ET, EMQ Yingyun Technology, Intel, InnoSpace, IOTech, China Kechuangda, Ubuntu, VMware Wei Rui and other units jointly sponsored a programming competition that uses EdgeX to solve industry problems. The competition will be held simultaneously in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
Official website of the event: https://edgexchallenge.shanghaimakers.com/

Timeline

How to join EdgeX Chinese community

EdgeX Foundry Chinese website: https://cn.edgexfoundry.org/

OSChina: https://www.oschina.net/group/edgex-foundry

CSDN:  https://blog.csdn.net/edgexfoundry
Bilibili:  https://space.bilibili.com/550595847 

2021 EdgeX China Challenge Video Channel https://space.bilibili.com/550595847/channel/detail?cid=196993&ctype=0

For more details: https://edgexchallenge.shanghaimakers.com/

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