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VALEO INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2015

1,324 TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD


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Jacques ASCHENBROICH & Guillaume DECHAUVELLE
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USPA NEWS - 1,324 teams from all over the world registered to participate in the Valeo Innovation Challenge 2015. Great ideas, great projects that mostly dealt with the themes of safety, CO2 emission reduction and intuitive driving developement. The six finalists teams came from...
1,324 teams from all over the world registered to participate in the Valeo Innovation Challenge 2015. Great ideas, great projects that mostly dealt with the themes of safety, CO2 emission reduction and intuitive driving developement. The six finalists teams came from China (two teams from the University of Peking), India (a team from the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education), Germany (Universität des Saarlandes and Leibniz Universität Hannover) and Spain (University of the Basque Country).
The ceremony was held on Septembre 29, 2015 at La Maison de la Recherche in Paris, presented by Jacques ASCHENBROICH (Valeo Chief Executive Officer) and Guillaume DECHAUVELLE (VP Group Innovation and Scientific Development).

The jury awarded the first prize to one of the six finalist teams, which will take home a €100,000 prize, as well as two other prizes of €10,000 each for the runners up.
The winners were :

- First prize went to the Chinese team “Falcon View“ from Peking University.
New algorithms to improve visual-based detection of vehicles
They came up with a new way for autonomous cars to detect their surroundings based on new algorithms.

- Second prize (ex-aequo) went to the German team “Auto Gen Z“, from Saarland University
Mirrorless safety Windshield System
They developed a connected system, reinforcing traffic safety. This alternative system effectively combines the three mirrors in a car into a single wide screen display.
The German team “Auto Gen Z“
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The Indian team “M.A.D“
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The Chinese team “Falcon View“
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- The second prize (ex-aequo) went to the Indian team “M.A.D“, from Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education in Pondicherry
Round the corner - collision warning system
They created a connected system reinforcing traffic safety. Based on satellite navigation, this advanced collision warning system alerts drivers, in real time, from potentially dangerous conditions.

Ruby BIRD
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Yasmina BEDDOU
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