Winners Announced for the Event Camera Application Idea and Algorithm Contest 2024!

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January 30, 2025

This is a translation of the original Japanese information for internal use and reference purpose only.

CenturyArks Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Takeshi Saito) is pleased to announce that the winners of the contest for ideas and algorithms for utilizing the event-based vision camera, SilkyEvCam®, have been selected, and the award ceremony was held on January 22, 2025.

This contest is an initiative for students and researchers to explore new possibilities while experiencing the SilkyEvCam®, an event camera that captures only luminance changes at ultra-high speed on a pixel-by-pixel basis, unlike conventional frame-based cameras. Through this camera, applicants aimed to rediscover issues in their research and daily life, and to contribute to the development of research and ultimately to solving social problems. By focusing on both ideas for use and algorithms, we received more entries than expected from a wide range of people, from event camera beginners to those who are already using the camera for research.

Details of the contest: https://centuryarks.com/en/newsrelease/5329/

The following winners were selected after a rigorous selection process.

-Grand Prize Winners
Team: YANOYANOWAKUWAKU (Nagaoka National College of Technology: Mr. Kota Ikarashi, Ms. Yuka Kobayashi, Mr. Ryoya Kobayashi)
Awarded work: Visible Light Communication by Event Based Camera “EBOCC (EBOCC)”

-Excellence Award Winners
Team: Science Support SPINOZA (Miyagi University of Education: Ms. Nanae Sato, Ms. Mie Matsumura, Prof. Tetsuji Uchiyama)
Awarded work: How to conduct an experiment that captures the essence of physics in a simple and inexpensive way

-CenturyArks Award Winner
Mr. Bao Runqiu, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Awarded work: Object-based Visual SLAM with Stereo Event Camera

The outline and evaluation details of each award-winning work will be published on our official website and in a professional journal at a later date.

We will continue to expand the possibilities of the latest event-based image processing technology and support students and researchers in their endeavors.

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