2023 For Rookie Tournament Overview

Tournament concept

As a new technology field called CASE becomes the center of competition in the automobile industry, there is a shortage of AI and IT engineers, and the need for them is rapidly increasing throughout the automobile industry.
As a new initiative to discover and develop engineers who will lead the automotive industry in the future, we will hold an international competition to compete in AI technology for autonomous driving.
Using this competition, which is held in cooperation between industry, government, and academia, as a starting point, we aim to build a framework that will contribute to the further development of the automobile industry.

Dates

Participant registration	October 2023 - October 6, 5
Holding	October 2023 - October 7, 21

Competition details

We will hold a mini-competition that is easy for students and others who would like to try self-driving but do not have the skills to handle specialized software to participate.
Even beginners of self-driving can participate in competitions using a simulator that allows them to learn the flow of data collection, learning, model improvement, and submission of assignments, all under fair conditions by providing a practice environment with GPU on the cloud. We will implement it with.
In addition, in order to lower the hurdles for participation, we will prepare learning materials online so that you can smoothly engage in the exercises, from how to start up the simulator to how to actually use it and the policy for collecting data for learning. We will also provide online teaching materials and tutorials (Zoom) for prior knowledge to tackle the exercises, such as how to build models using neural networks and enrich data. This is basically a separate competition from the above-mentioned Integration Competition, but the top few (assuming 1-2 people) will be able to advance to the finals of the Integration Competition.

Participation qualifications/participation fee

Students: Free for the first 200 people. (If there are more than 200 people, the participation fee is 1 yen (tax included) per person)
Working adults: Participation fee 2.2 yen (tax included)
Participation is on an individual basis.

way to participate

Registration has ended

Recognition

There are no awards etc.
The top two participants with excellent results will be able to advance to the finals of Japan Automotive AI Challenge 2 (Integration). (Only for those who wish)

Management system

Organized by: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
Sponsored by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, University of Tokyo Collaborative Research Institute for Mobility Innovation (UTmobI), Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, Japan Deep Learning association
Competition Sponsor: We are looking for companies and organizations that agree with the purpose of this competition and would like to sponsor goods and operating funds. Please contact us for details.

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bronze class

Japan Automotive AI Challenge executive committee member

Chairman	Shunichi Toyomasu	Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
leader	Shinpei Kato	University of Tokyo/Tier Four Co., Ltd.
	Matsushita Hikari	Woven by Toyota
	Yuichi Higashi	Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
	Ariyoshi Tokitomo	Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
	Manabu Ohmae	Keio University Graduate School
	Takeki Ogizu	Gunma University
	Naoki Suganuma	Kanazawa University
	Eijiro Takeuchi	Nagoya University Graduate School
	Yutaka Matsuo	The University of Tokyo
	Shinichi Saji	Toyota Motor Corporation
	Tatsumi Yanai	Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
	Kazuya Yamamoto	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
	Yuta Akimoto	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry