On October 26 and 27, BEST Porto held another edition of SciTeCh, this year hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.
The science and technology competition, which aims to challenge FEUP and FCUP students by stimulating their critical spirit and creative thinking, took place over two days in two different categories: Team Design and Hackathon.
In the former, the participants have to design and build a functional device as a solution to a problem, in a limited time and with limited materials, that adequately responds to the requirements and tests of a given problem. In the hackathon category, the proposed challenges may include optimising algorithms to improve efficiency, creating user interfaces or applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse data and automate processes.
In the latter, we found the “Kebab” team, formed by L.EIC students, who came 1st in a challenge to develop an intelligent algorithm for stock management, focusing on efficiency and optimisation. From the creation of automated order forms to the careful analysis of the data provided, each team had the opportunity to solve this complex challenge in a real-life context.
The other two teams in this category were ‘Infinity’ (made up of students from FEUP and FCUP) and “Marretas” (composed by students from L.EEC (FEUP), L.EIC and M.IA (both FEUP and FCUP)). In the Team Design category, we’d also like to highlight the 2nd place of the “AMTI” team, also made up of L.EIC students.
Congratulations to all!
All the students who took part in the competition will receive 1.5 ECTS credits towards their course, in addition to the prizes and the knowledge acquired during the week prior to the event in pitch, electronics, tools and IT training.