Best student projects in 2024 selected

On 3 June, the Final Event of the Institute of Computer Science Student Project Contest took place in the Delta Study Building. The authors of 26 projects presented their work at the poster session, and a jury of representatives from the Institute's Chairs selected the winners.

3 projects competed in the Bachelor's first-year category, 15 in the Bachelor's category with the largest number of participants and 7 in the Master's category. In every category, the prize fund is 2,400 euros. €1000 for I, €800 for II, and €600 for III places in every category.  This year, special prizes were awarded to the audience’s favourite and the best demo, with the winners receiving €500.

Winners of the first-year Bachelor's category

I place: Võrkpalli kotkasilm - Philip Paškov, Oskar Männik 
II place: Programmeerimine II Hall of Fame - Kevin Akkermann, Rainer Vana
III place: Clown Breeding Game - Elisabeth Serikova, Daria Savtšenko

Winners of the Bachelor's category 

I place: Kiire Viibe: Estonian Fingerspelling Recogniser - Hendrik Matvejev, Karl Kristjan Puusepp, Priit Peterson
II place: I Know Your Password? - Website Paroolikratt - Anett Pärismaa
III place: KOIT - Kevin Akkermann, Andry Avamägi, Carl Valgus

Winners of the Master's category

I place: Stacks of Gold: Utilizing GANs to Enhance 3D Microscopy Imaging Data - Dmytro Fedorenko
II place: Computer Vision Meets Forestry: Multi-class Semantic Segmentation of Tree Species from UAV-Images - Ali Zeynalli
III place: Imagining Infinity: Endless CT Datasets through Conditional Diffusion Models - Ekaterina Sedykh

Best Demo
Kiire Viibe: Estonian Fingerspelling Recogniser - Hendrik Matvejev, Karl Kristjan Puusepp, Priit Peterson

Audience Award
Võrkpalli kotkasilm - Philip Paškov, Oskar Männik 

The posters of the student projects will remain on display until 13 June. Find out more about all the projects that took part in the contest.

All projects in 2024

Many thanks to all participants, and congratulations to the winners!