The award ceremony of the 15th Digital Signal Processing Creativity Design Competition was held on June 11, 2020, at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. In response to the national policy to contain the severe pandemic of the novel coronary pneumonia (COVID-2019) and in order to avoid large-scale assembly activities, the final method was changed from on-site scoring to an online evaluation on the actual video uploaded by the participating teams, conducted by the judges online scoring and real-time video interviews, so that the competition was able to Completed smoothly under the meticulous planning of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. As the scale of this competition had been expanding, the judges were chosen from well-known professors and industry elites in related academic fields and outside the school. It has established a good reputation and received a wide response from the domestic universities of science and technology and all the related departments. The top three awards in each group were presented by the Ministry of Education.

【President Deng-Maw Lu (middle) of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology took a group photo with the winning team of Green Energy and Control Application Group】

In the preliminary round, a total of 143 teams from 17 colleges and universities signed up, with more than 440 people participating in the competition. The participating teams were divided into five groups, including "Software and Embedded Platform Application Group," "Green Energy and Control Application Group," "Health Care Application Group," "Microchip Digital Signal Processor Application Group," and "TEMI Internet of Things Application Group." Moreover, in response to the increasingly important artificial intelligence technology, the new "Artificial Intelligence Digital Signal Processing Application Special Award" was added this year to reward competition works that could combine artificial intelligence computing technology and create an innovative artificial intelligence application system. 13 universities and colleges entered the finals after the preliminary rounds, with a total of 103 teams competing for the finals (Software and Embedded Platform Application Group--29 teams; "Green Energy and Control Application Group--20 teams; Health Care Application Group--17 teams, "Microchip Digital Signal Processor Application Group--19 teams; TEMI Internet of Things Application Group--29 teams; and 17 of the shortlisted teams additionally signed up for the artificial intelligence digital signal processing application special award). The number of participants was about 323. In this competition, the internationally renowned single chip manufacturer Microchip and the Taiwan Embedded and Single Chip System Development Association respectively sponsored prizes to the top three teams in the "Microchip Digital Signal Processor Application Group" and "TEMI Internet of Things Application Group." In addition, teams in the competition would be selected and granted this year to go abroad to participate in international competitions

【President Deng-Maw Lu (middle) of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology took a group photo with Chairman Hong-Sheng Chen (left) of the Taiwan Embedded and Single Chip System Development Association and Senior Engineer Yu-Tsai Hsu (right) of Microchip Taiwan Branch】

Teachers and students of the College of Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, performed brilliantly in this competition, winning top three prizes, awards of excellent works, and a total of 34 awards, with first place prizes in three groups, second places in two groups, and third places in the three groups. They won a total prize money of 190,000 NTD with such great results rarely seen over the past years. This showed that the teachers and students of the College of Engineering had devoted themselves to this competition and therefore achieved good results.

【President Deng-Maw Lu (fourth from left) of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology took a group photo with the winning team of Software and Embedded Platform Application Group.】

As President Deng-Maw Lu of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology stated in his speech, as we are facing the era of Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, all the advanced countries are in the world are actively developing various forward-looking key technologies in response to the rapid development of these digital industries. Digital signal processing is indispensable for the design of these products, so its importance can be said to be increasing day by day. He hoped that the winning team would continue to pass their experience on to the other students after returning to school today, so that the products developed can be more refined and closer to perfection.

【Award ceremony of the 15th Digital Signal Processing Creativity Design Competition, held at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology: President Lu Deng-Maw of Southern Taiwan University of Technology (in the middle of standing line), teachers, guests, and the winners of the competition】

【Deng-Maw Lu, President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was delivering a speech】

【A moment captured from the video of a participating team】

【List of winners in the 15th Digital Signal Processing Creativity Design Competition--1】

【List of winners in the 15th Digital Signal Processing Creativity Design Competition--2】