College of Software and Convergence

Excellence Award in the Hosted by Ministry of Science and ICT Joint Hackathon with SW Centered Universities

- The Ministry of Science and ICT Minister Award, SW Centered University Council President Award, etc. - 

Kwangwoon University’s Software Convergence College students achieved excellent results in the (hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT / organized by IITP, SW-centered University Council). 

A total of 210 students (42 teams) from 32 software-focused universities participated and competed in the face-to-face online competition. The main theme of the competition was "Software - the Driving Force of Digital Transformation". It was held over three days starting June 22. The participants had to create a project management method that directly implements applications, services, libraries, etc. Teams of 5 people were formed, and they worked together for 3 days. The total prize pool was 10 million won. The team that wins the grand prize is awarded the Minister of Science and ICT Prize and 3 million won in prize money.

Kwangwoon University students participated in this year's competition and received:

Grand Prize (Kim Youngwoo, School of Computer and Information Engineering: “Kiosk for the Digitally Underprivileged”),

Excellence Award (Yoon Yeojun, School of Software: “Anonymous MBTI Community Platform”),

Sponsoring Company Award (Jo Hayeon, School of Information Convergence: “Location-based drug inventory check and ingredient guideline provision service”, and Park Seonyeong, School of Software: “A platform to find passengers”).

A total of four people were awarded.

Young-Woo Kim (17th Department of Computer and Information Engineering), leader of the "Age-Free" team that won the grand prize in this competition, said at the awards ceremony held at the Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center on 28 (Tuesday). “It was an idea that I could not have done on my own, but it was great to bring it to life with the team members in this hackathon. It is a pity that I could not participate in various activities, because I was immersed in development day and night for three days. It was my first time participating in the competition and all the developers and designers were talented, so it was easy to communicate and collaborate. It was an opportunity for me to grow as a developer,” he said in his acceptance speech.