The Arts et Métiers Institute Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône, in partnership withLe Grand Chalon,Usinerie Partners, UIMM,IUT Chalon-sur-Saône, andCnam BFC, organized the 10th edition of the Chal'EngeAM challenge.
For 10 years now, this competition has been a professional springboard for our MTI3D Master's students, who are joined by students from the AI & Big Data engineering degree program offered by CNAM BFC. The competition also welcomes a new category of projects. In addition to virtual and augmented reality demonstrators, projects focusing on Artificial Intelligence are also being proposed.
A look back at this competition aimed at students and businesses in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
For 10 years now, the Institut Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône has been offering its master’s students in “Digital Engineering” within the “3D Interactive Technology Management” (MTI3D) program the opportunity to take on challenging projects that put into practice their training in all the methods and tools of digital transformation (3D, virtual reality).
The purpose of this contest
- Strengthening ties between academia and industry
- Introduce students to the challenges and demands they will face after graduation,
- Open up new economic opportunities for businesses through the use of digital technologies, thereby promoting the digital transition through these technologies.
The Chal’engeAM challenge involves developing a prototype for participating companies within two weeks. To this end, the students began contacting companies in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in mid-November 2023 to present virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence tools. Together with the companies, they defined a set of specifications for the development of a prototype in the form of a functional proof of concept. The projects are carried out in student groups.
The winners
On February 2, 2024, at the Usinerie in Chalon-sur-Saône, the 54 students from various programs presented their projects to a jury composed of business representatives and elected officials from the Greater Chalon area. At the conclusion of the event, four awards were presented in two categories:
Artificial Intelligence:
- Business opportunity: AITEM project (predicting the cost of parts in a train) with Alstom
- Commitment: Cell.IA project (development of an AI model for yeast identification) in collaboration with the William Morey Hospital in Chalon-sur-Saône
- Innovation: AI project in eyewear with EssilorLuxottica
- Audience Favorite (with 40.7% of the votes): Cell.IA project
Virtual reality:
- Business Opportunity: How It Works
- Power of Conviction: Plasma Donation Project with EFS
- Innovation: Polishing Training Project with STS INDUSTRIE (STSI)
- Audience Favorite (with 43.9% of the votes): Plasma Donation Project
Image sources: Usinerie Partners and Info-Chalon.com
