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Skoda Auto supports IT talent at Smart Mobility Hackathon

Skoda Auto DigiLab hosted the Smart Mobility Hackathon in Prague (12–14 April 2019), bringing together 22 teams from 13 countries to develop mobility and connectivity solutions. The winning team Herfat Father received the €5,000 prize for Gulliver, an emotion-based route-planning app. Skoda Auto DigiLab awarded team MAASTERS a partnership prize for a used-car price prediction algorithm and a place at EcoMotion Week 2019 in Tel Aviv.

Prize presentation in Prague city hall

Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague, and Professor Michael Šebek of Czech Technical University presented the €5,000 grand prize to the Herfat Father team for their Gulliver emotional route-planning app.

MAASTERS awarded partnership prize

Jarmila Plachá, Director of ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab Prague, presented the ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab partnership award to team MAASTERS for a special algorithm to predict used car prices; the prize included participation at EcoMotion Week 2019.

  • Skoda Auto DigiLab hosted and partnered Smart Mobility Hackathon Prague 2019.
  • 22 teams from 13 countries developed projects over 48 hours.
  • Herfat Father won the €5,000 grand prize for Gulliver.
  • MAASTERS received a ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab partnership award and a place at EcoMotion Week 2019.

Mladá Boleslav / Prague, 15 April 2019 – As the host and official partner of the third edition of the event, Škoda Auto DigiLab invited talented programmers to participate in the Smart Mobility Hackathon in Prague. More than 60 creative minds developed innovative ideas related to smart cities and green mobility, which took place from 12 to 14 April. In addition to the grand prize of 5,000 euros from the organizers, Škoda Auto DigiLab also awarded the MAASTERS team a participation award at the internationally renowned mobility conference EcoMotion Week 2019 in Tel Aviv for developing a special algorithm for predicting used car prices.

What will the future of human mobility look like? What role will electric vehicles play? What will smart transport concepts like car sharing contribute? Participants tackled these and many other questions during the 48-hour hackathon. Projects with greater potential were to be further developed in cooperation with Škoda Auto DigiLab.

22 đội đến từ 13 quốc gia đã giải quyết các thách thức về khái niệm di chuyển thông minh tại cuộc thi lập trình viên quốc tế, diễn ra từ ngày 12 đến ngày 14 tháng 4 tại Praha. Tại cuộc thi hackathon kéo dài 48 giờ, những người tham gia đã thi đấu với nhau theo nhóm ba người và đưa ra các dự án sáng tạo trên 11 hạng mục khác nhau như di động điện tử, đỗ xe thông minh, giao hàng trong ô tô, vận tải đa phương thức, giao thông đô thị hoặc dịch vụ giao hàng hiệu quả. Một số cố vấn, bao gồm các chuyên gia từ Škoda Auto DigiLab cũng như từ các bộ phận Phát triển, Sản xuất và CNTT tại Škoda Auto, đã họ trợ những tài năng đấy tham vảo.

As partner and host, Škoda Auto DigiLab brought together creative teams worldwide. Besides the winner from the Clever Mobility Hackathon in Beijing and the Israeli start-up AiGENT-TECH, several teams impressed with smart ideas. Team MAASTERS placed third overall and received the Škoda Auto DigiLab partner award and the opportunity to attend EcoMotion Week in Tel Aviv (10–13 June 2019), where they will be supported by Škoda Auto DigiLab Israel.

Škoda Auto DigiLab as a talent incubator

Škoda Auto DigiLab is considered a hub for developing ideas and solutions for pioneering mobility services. By participating in the Smart Mobility Hackathon, Škoda Auto DigiLab encourages innovative talent to demonstrate their capabilities to experts. The best projects have the opportunity to be further developed with Škoda Auto DigiLab. For example, Russian start-up ToporAuto, winner of the Prague Hackathon 2018, is developing a service to monitor and analyze road surface conditions using accelerometers and GPS data in passenger cars. Through the Volkswagen start-up program at the Future Mobility Incubator in Dresden's Gläserne Manufaktur, ToporAuto spent six months implementing its ideas and continues to benefit from the program's support.