The long wait is almost over. The dust has settled, the hard choices have been made, and the winners have been chosen by our esteemed panel of judges for OpenCV AI Competition 2021. Before we continue, myself and the entire team behind this competition would like to extend out warmest thanks to everyone who participated- from the original proposal phase in January to the announcement of winners here in September, it has been an affair to remember.
This competition began with the goals of furthering the spread of AI through the global OpenCV community, making edge AI hardware more affordable and easier to access, and focusing that power on social good. We think, here at end, that together we have accomplished those lofty goals- but of course there is so much more to do!
120 teams submitted final proposals, and our panel of judges chose the top 3 from each of 6 global regions as our Regional Prize Winners. The choices were difficult, but only because the submissions were all so strong.
#OAK2021 Regional Prize Winners
Well, here we are. It’s time to shine a light on what our judges chose for OpenCV AI Competition 2021 as the strongest submissions. Each Regional 1st Place team will take home $5,000, 2nd Place will get $3,000 and 3rd Place will get $2,000. Each one of them is remarkable in their own way. Congratulations to these exceptional teams.
The Grand Prize Winners will be announced on a special episode of OpenCV Weekly Webinar this Thursday at 9am Pacific time! Sign up to attend, free, on Zoom.
There is another chance for the regional prize winner teams to walk away with an additional $2,000 prize through the popular vote, one per region. Voting will continue through September 20th. In each region listed below we have linked the voting form for that region which you can also find on the Competition page.
The Popular Vote
Today also marks the start of the popular vote, chosen by YOU. The links below will take you to a voting form for the named region, with the team names and final submission videos for each of the regional winners. You will be able to vote for one project in each region, with the winners receiving an additional $2,000.
- North America
- South America + Central America + Caribbeans
- Europe + Russia + Australasia ( Australia, New Zealand, neighboring islands)
- Middle East + Africa
- Central Asia + Southern Asia
- Eastern Asia + South Eastern Asia
Global Grand Prize Winners
While all of our winning teams produced excellent solutions, our Grand Prize Winning projects are the best of the best- whether their presentation, ideas, execution, they were simply a cut above. We will be announcing these winners on OpenCV Weekly Webinar, this Thursday at 9am Pacific time. This special episode will also include giveaways from sponsors Microsoft Azure, Intel, Roboflow, OpenCV Courses and more!
Sign up to attend the live webinar, free on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83231402214
A Shout-Out To The Team & Judges
The competition is over, but before we put it to bed we’d like to thank the people who made it possible through their hard work and dedication. This year has been an intensely stressful one for the global supply chain, and the team had to handle myriad shipping and logistical issues.
- Team Members: Abbas-Ali Molvi, Phil Nelson and Murtaza Husain
- Regional Judges: Prakash Chandra, Vikas Gupta, Satya Mallick, Brandon Gilles, Anna Petrovicheva, Raymond Lo, Erik Kokalj, Tatiana Khanova, and Grigory Serebryakov
- Preliminary Phase Judges : Phil Nelson, Anna Petrovicheva, Tatiana Khanova, Grigory Serebryakov, Erik Kokalj, Satya Mallick and Brandon Gilles
Thank you, everyone.
What’s Next?
We’ve already fielded questions from folks asking us- what’s next? Hopefully for all of our participant teams what comes next is a much-needed rest! Throughout the competition, the response from all of you has been off-the-charts and we are so grateful for your time and attention. Whatever happens next, you can be sure it will be big, and you’ll hear about it first in the OpenCV Newsletter. To start with, we’re cooking up something new on Kickstarter…
