Students win P&G Computer Vision Award
11 April 2022 - The students of the Master's degree course in Intelligent Systems Engineering dell 'Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma they participated in the Computer Vision Challenge organized in collaboration with the Procter & Gamble, one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world, always a leader in innovation and at the forefront of driving change with a positive impact on the planet. On Thursday 31 March the winning students received the correspondent Procter & Gamble Computer Vision Award from dr. Raphael Scoccianti, R&D Open Innovation Director of the company.
During the competition, which was held within the course of Computer Vision (I semester of the II year of the CdLM), the students faced in small groups a industrial vision recognition task provided by Procter & Gamble using the Artificial Intelligence techniques presented during the specific course and, more generally, using the skills acquired in the course of study. In particular, the task asked to recognize from a picture which dishes were still dirty after the automatic washing process in the dishwasher.
At the end of February, the students then took part in a final pitch to present their technical solution, the performance of which was evaluated on a set of images not known a priori, and the group that created the best solution was awarded a certificate recognition and a small cash prize.
"We are very satisfied with the experience for the students, who were able to grapple with a real industrial problem in an unstructured environment, characterized by great variability of numerous parameters, including lighting, pose, and occlusions. - said theing. Ermanno Cordelli, L 'ing. Rosa Sicilia and achievement teacher. Paolo Soda, professors in charge of the course - The students, also as reported by Dr. Annoying, they also presented the different solutions proposed in English with great appropriateness, achieving very encouraging performances, among other things. This experience strengthens the link between the CdLM and companies, emphasizing how the course of study responds to the growing demand in the world of work for new professional figures such as Data Architects, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, with particular attention to systems where data play a crucial role in offering innovative functions, even in companies where the role of Information Technology might seem secondary to the general public."
