The Finals of the Second GIX Innovation Competition Held in Seattle

The Finals of the Second Innovation Competition of the Global Innovation eXchange institute (GIX) were held on September 16th at the GIX building in Seattle. Attending the event were Yang Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Vikram Jandhyala, Vice President of the University of Washington, Dean Shi Yuanchun and Deputy Dean Jia Qingshan of the GIX of Tsinghua University, and Shwetak Patel, CTO of the GIX of the University of Washington. The Competition was presided over by Xu Bin, Deputy Dean of the GIX of Tsinghua University.

The theme for this year’s GIX Competition was “Connected Devices”, seeking out projects that have technological foresight and meet realistic demands, and covering technological innovations in areas such as the Internet of Things, wearable devices, intelligent hardware, VR, AR, ubiquitous computing, intelligent sensors and natural interactions.

This innovation competition was launched in April 2017. Eight teams made up of competitors from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, India, South Korea, Singapore, Mexico and Australia stood out from nearly 500 competing teams to enter the final round.

The next GIX innovation Competition will be held in China.

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By Guo Lili