'Cebit Innovation Award 2018'
Award-winning apps have been announced
At Cebit 2018, Deutsche Messe and the BMBF presented the 'Cebit Innovation Award' to three innovative app developments - including an app for finding a parking space. Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, presented the prizes to the teams.
"This year, the use of artificial intelligence methods played a major role in the award winners - from the innovative solution for finding a parking space to the security check for web applications," said jury member Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, Chairman of the Management Board and Technical and Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence(DFKI). "The jury was enthusiastic because people remain at the heart of all digitalization solutions in all the awards."
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Deutsche Messe presented the 'Cebit Innovation Award' for the sixth time. The award, which is endowed with a total of 100,000 euros, is presented to young developers who have particularly impressed the expert jury with their innovative IT ideas
Interested teams can already apply online for the new round of the CEBIT Innovation Awards 2019. The deadline for entries is November 1, 2018.
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