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3rd Autonomous Driving Competition Held 2025.09.01
Office of International Relations Views : 8106 Attach ( 0 ) 게시글 내용 3rd Autonomous Driving Competition Held ▲ Group Photo Sungkyunkwan University successfully hosted the 3rd Autonomous Driving Competition on Friday, July 18, at the Semiconductor Building on the Natural Sciences Campus. The competition was organized to nurture key talent in the future mobility sector and was divided into two categories: the AI Chip Autonomous Driving category and the Software Autonomous Driving category. Notably, the AI Chip Autonomous Driving Competition was the first of its kind in the world, showcasing SKKU’s technological leadership as well as its educational value. ▲ Inspecting an autonomous vehicle Participants mounted cameras, LiDAR, and ultrasonic sensors onto child-sized electric cars (1/5 scale of an actual vehicle) and directly designed and implemented AI-based autonomous driving systems. The competition included both track-completion races and mission-based challenges. The AI Chip category featured a vertical parking mission, while the Software category included tasks such as dynamic obstacle avoidance, pedestrian crossing and traffic light recognition, and vertical parking. ▲AI Chip vehicle performing a parking mission ▲Software vehicle performing a traffic light recognition mission A total of 27 teams and 125 students competed this year. Over four weeks, students prepared through workshops, online lectures, and practice runs, gaining valuable hands-on experience in testing autonomous driving technologies under real vehicle-like conditions. ▲ (Left) Team Autonova, (Right) Team DriveOn In the final results, the AI Chip Grand Prize went to Team Autonova (students Minseo Jang, Siwon Moon, Jaehun Choi, Hyunho Seo from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chaerin Song from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering). The Software Grand Prize was awarded to Team DriveOn (students Youngjoo Kim, Jaemin Yoon, Inhoo Hwang, Taeyoung Jung, and Minjun Bae from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering). Other outstanding teams also received Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Encouragement Awards. ▲ President Yoo Ji-Beom The event was attended by SKKU President Yoo Ji-Beom, representatives from Gyeonggi Province, the Korea Electronics Association (KEA), the Next-Generation Convergence Technology Institute, Hyundai Mobis, and other industry-academic leaders and faculty members, who encouraged the students. President Yoo stated, “Autonomous driving, electrification, and Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV) are key technologies that will reshape the future automobile industry. This competition provides students with a valuable opportunity to experience challenge and innovation firsthand and to grow into global talent.” ▲ Professor Jae-Wook Jeon, Director of the Program The competition was part of the Advanced Industry Talent Bootcamp Program organized by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). It was hosted by the SKKU Future Mobility Bootcamp (Director: Professor Jae-Wook Jeon) and sponsored by Hyundai Mobis. Professor Jeon remarked, “This was a meaningful experience for students to directly implement autonomous driving technologies spanning both hardware and software. I hope they continue to grow into globally competitive talent.”

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Sungkyunkwan University successfully hosted the 3rd Autonomous Driving Competition on Friday, July 18, at the Semiconductor Building on the Natural Sciences Campus.

The competition was organized to nurture key talent in the future mobility sector and was divided into two categories: the AI Chip Autonomous Driving category and the Software Autonomous Driving category. Notably, the AI Chip Autonomous Driving Competition was the first of its kind in the world, showcasing SKKU’s technological leadership as well as its educational value.
▲ Inspecting an autonomous vehicle

Participants mounted cameras, LiDAR, and ultrasonic sensors onto child-sized electric cars (1/5 scale of an actual vehicle) and directly designed and implemented AI-based autonomous driving systems. The competition included both track-completion races and mission-based challenges. The AI Chip category featured a vertical parking mission, while the Software category included tasks such as dynamic obstacle avoidance, pedestrian crossing and traffic light recognition, and vertical parking.
▲AI Chip vehicle performing a parking mission

▲Software vehicle performing a traffic light recognition mission

A total of 27 teams and 125 students competed this year. Over four weeks, students prepared through workshops, online lectures, and practice runs, gaining valuable hands-on experience in testing autonomous driving technologies under real vehicle-like conditions.
▲ (Left) Team Autonova, (Right) Team DriveOn

In the final results, the AI Chip Grand Prize went to Team Autonova (students Minseo Jang, Siwon Moon, Jaehun Choi, Hyunho Seo from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chaerin Song from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering). The Software Grand Prize was awarded to Team DriveOn (students Youngjoo Kim, Jaemin Yoon, Inhoo Hwang, Taeyoung Jung, and Minjun Bae from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering). Other outstanding teams also received Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Encouragement Awards.
▲ President Yoo Ji-Beom

The event was attended by SKKU President Yoo Ji-Beom, representatives from Gyeonggi Province, the Korea Electronics Association (KEA), the Next-Generation Convergence Technology Institute, Hyundai Mobis, and other industry-academic leaders and faculty members, who encouraged the students. President Yoo stated, “Autonomous driving, electrification, and Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV) are key technologies that will reshape the future automobile industry. This competition provides students with a valuable opportunity to experience challenge and innovation firsthand and to grow into global talent.”
▲ Professor Jae-Wook Jeon, Director of the Program

The competition was part of the Advanced Industry Talent Bootcamp Program organized by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). It was hosted by the SKKU Future Mobility Bootcamp (Director: Professor Jae-Wook Jeon) and sponsored by Hyundai Mobis. Professor Jeon remarked, “This was a meaningful experience for students to directly implement autonomous driving technologies spanning both hardware and software. I hope they continue to grow into globally competitive talent.”