Huawei is championing the transformation of young minds into social innovators through its annual Huawei ICT Competition in Singapore. In the previous year, team Jinko Chino from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East secured the top spot in the global competition’s innovation track. These students, trained at Huawei ICT Academy, devised an AI-powered Mobility Traffic Crossing System to address the mobility challenges faced by Singapore’s aging population.
The system, built upon Singapore’s Green Man+ initiative, employs Huawei Smart Cameras and Huawei Cloud, coupled with the ModelArts AI development platform. This enables real-time detection of mobility aids typically used by the elderly and persons with disabilities (PWDs). The system can identify wheelchairs with 83% accuracy from test images and boasts a mean average precision of 84.9% in recognizing walking aids. Additionally, it extends crossing times for pedestrians requiring more time and issues audio alerts for visually impaired pedestrians.
To further promote youth-led social innovations, Huawei has announced the eighth edition of the Huawei ICT Competition, themed ‘Connection, Glory, and Future’. This competition focuses on fostering a robust ICT talent community and digital inclusion. Students, including those from Huawei ICT Academy worldwide, are encouraged to participate, and the upcoming edition features the AI Innovation track.
The AI Innovation track challenges participants to develop solutions that generate both social and commercial value, harnessing Huawei AI technology or combining it with complementary technologies. These solutions should address real-world challenges in various sectors, such as energy, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, healthcare, campuses, cities, and agriculture. Huawei has partnered with nine local Institutes of Higher Learning to enhance students’ tech skills through the Huawei ICT Academy, nurturing young talent and bridging the digital skills gap. In Singapore, this initiative has already trained over 2,000 students and certified more than 30 lecturers, contributing to the development of future technology professionals committed to addressing real-world issues.
