Indonesian Young People Show Achievements in Research and Programming Competitions

Achievements in regional and international competitions were presented by Indonesian students.

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Indonesian students have shown their abilities in international research competitions. At the end of last April, three young Indonesian researchers who competed in The 30 International Conference of Young Scientists (ICYS 2024) in Izmir, Turkey, successfully won two silver medals, one bronze medal, and two awards for the best scientific posters.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - Indonesian students have been able to achieve remarkable achievements in research, innovation, and technology competitions. Participating in these competitions allows them to showcase their best potential and also bring glory to the nation's name.

Director of the Center for Young Scientists (CYS) Indonesia, Monika Raharti, who was contacted from Jakarta, Wednesday (1/5/2024) said that the students' progress was demonstrated in international research competitions. At the end of April, three Indonesian young researchers who competed in the 30th International Conference of Young Scientists (ICYS 2024)in Izmir, Turkey, succeeded in obtaining two silver medals, one bronze medal, as well as two awards for best scientific poster.

"This young researchers competition aims to introduce scientific research methods to high school students, covering research topic determination, research methodology, and presentation of research results in international forums," said Monika.

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The Indonesian student who won an achievement in the international youth researchers competition and won a silver medal, namely Ayesha Ramadani Nugroho (SMA Negeri 5 Yogyakarta) with the research title "The New Bioplastic Material from Cyclea barbata",won a silver medal and won 3 posters and Angel Anlee (SMA Tarakanita 2, Jakarta) with the research title "Application of Artificial Intelligence in Skill Development: Personal Trainer for Workout".Fransiska Nindita Iswari (SMA St Angela Bandung) won a bronze medal and 2nd place poster with research entitled "Password Measurement and Recommendation Based on User Input Using Entropy and PCA Methods".

The students who are part of the Indonesia 2024 Team are the result of a multilevel selection process in the Youth Researchers Competition (Lomba Peneliti Belia/LPB) 2023 at the provincial level, which was attended by 2,118 students and accompanied by 668 teachers. Afterwards, the winners from each province compete at the national level on November 30, 2023. The series of competitions and selections have been carried out through close cooperation between CYS and six provincial education offices, 13 universities, research institutions, research communities, and other parties.

This position makes UI the highest ranking in Southeast Asia along with Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Previously, young researcher Filda Nuha Filyaar Afkor (MAN 1 Yogyakarta) achieved an award at the International Festival of Engineering and Science Tunisia 2024 (IFEST 2024). Filda won a silver medal in the field of Computer Science at the competition which took place at the end of March in Tunisia.

Highest in Southeast Asia

Separately, a team of students from the University of Indonesia has achieved a great success in the most prestigious programming contest in the world, namely the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2023 World Finals in mid-April in Luxor, Egypt. UI was represented by the Stack.py and Bingung Weh teams and ranked 26th and 36th out of 170 renowned universities in the world. This year, the ICPC World Finals were attended by 840 contestants from 50 countries. This success has made UI's ranking the highest in Southeast Asia.

The ICPC World Finals is the final stage of the ICPC competition series. The finalists are teams that rank in the top two percent of the regional ICPC competition, which is attended by 3,406 universities from 104 countries.

Previously, the UI team had won the ICPC Regional Asia Jakarta in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, ICPC will hold two World Finals competitions simultaneously, namely the 46th and 47th, because the pandemic had delayed the World Finals event for several years.

The two UI teams competing in the ICPC 2023 World Finals consist of students from the Faculty of Computer Science (Fasilkom). The Stack.py team is composed of Pikatan Arya Bramajati, Fausta Anugrah Dianparama, and Hocky Yudhiono. Meanwhile, the Bingung Weh team is made up of Steven Novaryo, Ahmad Haulian Yoga Pratama, and Budiman Arbenta.

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One of the students opened the digital Kompas daily by visiting the Kompas.id page via his cell phone during a digital literacy seminar at the Diponegoro University Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Building Auditorium, Semarang City, Central Java, Wednesday (24/5/2023).

UI Computer Science Faculty (Fasilkom) advisor and lecturer Denny said the UI team was successful in solving five problems out of 11 trials given at the 47th ICPC World Finals 2023. Meanwhile, at the 46th ICPC World Finals 2023, the UI team succeeded in solving six of the 11 problems and occupied the 26th joint rank.

"That position makes UI's ranking the highest in Southeast Asia alongside Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The number of problems successfully solved also equals that of Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) and Stanford University," said Denny.

Furthermore, he added that the ICPC UI team was supported by Huawei International. Huawei's contribution is very significant in improving the competitive programming capabilities of the UI team.

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The ICPC World Finals is the world's oldest programming contest that has been held since 1977. Previously, the UI team had achieved the High Honours predicate at the 44th ICPC World Finals in Moscow in 2021. At that time, the UI team successfully secured the 32nd position in the world, surpassing Stanford University which was ranked 51st.

Indonesian students have also been able to achieve prestigious victories in the Huawei ICT Competition Asia-Pacific 2023-2024. From Indonesia, the Bandung Institute of Technology took the top position in the Network Track.

The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Presidency, Moeldoko, along with the Acting Director General of Diktiristek, Kemendikbudristek, Nizam, and CEO of Huawei Indonesia, Guo Hailong, took a photo together with the winning students of the Huawei ICT Competition 2023 at the Indonesia Digital Talent Day 2023 event: Unleashing the Potential of Digital Talent towards Indonesia 2045, which was held by Huawei Indonesia at Tarumanagera University in Jakarta on Wednesday (20/12/2023).

The Indonesian team also entered the 16 teams that received awards as first, second, and third place in four competing categories, alongside student teams from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong (China), and Macau (China). The champions will represent their respective regions at the Global Final of the Huawei ICT Competition, which will be held in Shenzhen in May 2024.

The Huawei ICT Competition presents a dynamic platform for students to engage in healthy competition by exchanging ideas, as well as improving their ICT knowledge and practical skills. This initiative not only enhances their capacity for innovation but also plays an important role in bridging the gap in digital talent fulfillment.

The Huawei ICT Competition was launched in 2016 and this year marks the 8th year of the competition being held in the Asia Pacific region. Huawei is committed to continually expanding the impact of this event in the education sector, through plans to establish 500 ICT academies aimed at developing more than 200,000 students by 2025.

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President of Huawei Asia-Pacific Simon Lin said that since 2023 he has added a new category, namelycomputing track. This adds to the categories that were previously competed in, namely network, cloud, and innovation track.

"We have designed more interactive activities to enhance the leadership skills and work readiness of the students. Together with the government, industries, and academic partners, we hope to shape and produce future leaders, practitioners, and innovators in this region," said Simon.