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EIF Launches Impact Acceleration Program in Partnership with C-Quadrat Ampega Social Fund and RECONOMY

 

Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) announces the launch of its Impact Acceleration Program designed to identify, accelerate, and invest in early-stage tech startups creating measurable social and environmental impact.  The program is implemented in partnership with C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia (CQAA) Social Fund, with the support of the RECONOMY program funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, in partnership with C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia (CQAA) Social Fund.

Internship Opportunity in Neurotechnology and Data Science

Call for Interns։ Internship Opportunity in Neurotechnology and Data Science

 

We are pleased to announce an internship opportunity for motivated students and young specialists to join our newly established Neurotechnology Laboratory.

This two-month internship is designed to provide hands-on exposure to contemporary neurotechnology methods, tools, and research practices, offering a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of neuroscience, engineering, and data science.

Thе internship program is implemented by the Science Incubator of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) at the newly established Neurotechnology Laboratory within the High-Tech Accelerator in Engineering City.
Optym Armenia, EIF and ISTC organized Smarter Transportation Data Hackathon

17.04.2017

 

Optym Armenia, EIF and ISTC organized Smarter Transportation Data Hackathon on April 15-16 


Optym Armenia, EIF and ISTC Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center set up Smarter Transportation Data Hackathon on April 15-16 which is an effective way to attract talents to unleash their creativity and collaboratively develop applications, visualizations, or information graphics within a very short time.  

 

 

Smarter Transportation Data Hackathon was held on April 15-16 in ISTC center. The General sponsor of the event was Optym Armenia company, which has coordinated effort to address transportation challenge, seeing the need to encourage innovative use of transportation-related data and demonstrate its impacts to the public.


Optym Armenia is one of the world leaders in the development of decision-making systems in the transport industry, who works with some of the largest names in the transportation industry, including Southwest Airlines, FedEx Freight, and BHP Billiton. The company has 70 highly qualified specialists and is planning to expand its presence in Armenia. Optym plans to conduct a series of scientific and educational programs.


The event was organized with support of Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies of Republic of Armenia and USAID Armenia.

  • During the first day of the Hackathon April 15 we had several Smart Talks on Transportation from leading specialists in the field:
  • Arthur Ghulyan – Optym Armenia
  • Bagrat Yengibaryan – Enterprise Incubator Foundation
  • Sargis Manukyan – Yerevan City Center for Management Technology
  • Puneet Sharma – Optym US 
  • Sevada Baghdyan – Menu.am
  • Khachatur Grigoryan – GGTaxi  

From more than 70 registered teams was elected only 33 and during the Hackathon all they worked 24 hours in their projects.


All 33 Participating teams had from 2 to 4 members with different skill sets and developed a project using data sets that were publicly available or provided by Optym, Menu.am and GGTaxi. 


The winners received following prizes.

  1. The most innovative solution 4000 USD – “չDNS” team, who proposed smart bicycle sharing solutions based on the analysis of data provided by ggTaxi
  2. The best business concept/idea 2500 USD – “Appress” team with its AutoPi solution, a mini computer that is attached to the vehicle and provides various data in real-time to the driver for optimal decision making
  3. The most valuable solution for Armenia 1500 USD – “Babylon” team, who conducted food delivery analysis in restaurants of the Yerevan and offered smart delivery option based on machine learning. 

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