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Nearly 150 technological projects developed by students were presented within the framework of the Open Day at the Technological University "Electronic Systems" (TUES) of the Technical University – Sofia.
This year, TUES Fest 2024 was organized for the first time in the format of an in-person two-day festival of student achievements under the motto Expand your Horizon and Celebration Through Innovation.
The goal of TUES Fest 2024 is to familiarize students and their parents with the educational model of TUES, and through the presented developments – with the results of this educational model. An important part of it is the connection with the IT business, which supports educational initiatives, gets involved in the process with advice for young people, and opens its doors to them during the mandatory production practices.
Many Bulgarian technology companies were sponsors of TUES Fest 2024 and awarded special prizes for the best projects presented during the event.
The final winners were distributed into three categories – Computer Networks, Robotics, and System Programming.
The winner in the Computer Networks category was the application Ransom 2.0, developed by Angel Nikolov from class 12 V at TUES. The project simulates the actions of malicious codes of the ransomware type, or file encryption with a ransom demand. The goal is for the end user to be able to test how their defenses would cope with an attack of this type.
The winner in the Robotics and embedded microcomputer systems category is Cable = Undefined, developed by tenth-graders Alexander Shestakov, Borislav Borisov, Yasen Tsvetkov, and Kaloyan Anastasov. The application revolutionizes embedded projects by eliminating problems with complex wiring. With its help, both beginners and more advanced users can easily create connections without the need for cables.
Their website is accessible and has built-in AI functionalities that further optimize the process by offering ways to connect and generating personalized code.
The winner in the System Programming category is the compiled programming language Quark, developed by Darius Topuzov from class 10V. Its main goal is to serve as the "core" of future programming languages that can more easily build upon it. Therefore, its compiler is entirely modular and allows for quick and efficient changes and additions to the language.
Second and third place in the Computer Networks category were awarded to the progressive delivery application Progressive (not depressivе) delivery and the cybersecurity system WiCry. Runners-up in the Robotics category were the quadruped robot MECHKA v3 and the observation and control system for an amphibian turtle terrarium BOBKA.
In the System Programming category, second and third place went to MC-Jscript! (a technology for loading mods in the popular game Minecraft) and the story saving and loading platform TimeFlies.
The media jury, which included Darik Business Review, awarded the prize for the project with the greatest social significance. It went to Kaloyan Anastasov and Radoslav Tsvetanov from class 10A and their application Diagnosify, which is an innovative medical diagnostic system based on artificial intelligence.
It allows doctors to input patients' medical tests and then use machine learning models to make a diagnosis.
The models developed by the students are capable of identifying a number of diseases, including pneumonia, diabetes, skin cancer, malaria, heart and liver diseases, Parkinson's, kidney problems, as well as body fat percentage.
As part of TUES FEST 2024, the traditional robot combat battles were also held, with 8 machines participating in this year's edition. The winner was the last "surviving" robot - Barbie Bot, which was developed by an all-female team - Iva Marinova and Alexandra Lazarova from class 11V and Sylvia Antova and Dalia Datsеva from class 11A.
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