Two teams from STEI ITB Won Titles in CIMB 3D Conquest In Country Hackathon – Indonesia

PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (CIMB Niaga) announced the 10 best teams of the “ championshipCIMB 3D Conquest In Country Hackathon – Indonesia” for the Data Science and Financial Technology (FinTech) category in Jakarta, Friday-Saturday (7-8/12/2018). This competition is part of the “CIMB 3D Conquest” stage held by CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group) for students in the ASEAN region who have the talent and technological innovation to provide solutions to the challenges of the banking world in the fourth industrial revolution.

In this event, two teams from STEI won two championship titles. Team NRGO consisting of Ahmad Izzan, Ilham Firdausi Putra, and Christian Wibisono (All three of them Informatics Engineering 2016), successfully won 1st place in the Data Science competition. Meanwhile, Minerva Team consisting of Albert Sahala T (Informatics Engineering 2016), Deryan Tejasatya L, Rifda Annelies Az Zahra (Information System and Technology 2016), and Johan Poernomo (Electrical Engineering 2016) won 3rd runner up in the Fintech Category.

The competition is held in three categories: Data Science, which challenges students to develop predictive models and segmentation frameworks to increase revenue and profit; FinTech, which requires students to develop banking solutions by developing innovative ideas related to the digital world; and Coding, which focuses on improving payments through mobile devices.

Top 5 Data Science and Fintech Event “CIMB 3D Conquest In Country Hackathon – Indonesia” participated by 63 teams from 35 universities from Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Cambodia. At this stage, participants were given a problem statement that had to be solved within 24 hours and presented to the panel of judges the following day.

Based on the jury's assessment, the team successfully entered the Top 5 in the Data Science category in this phase, namely:

1. Team NRGO from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) as Champion;
2. Sadikin Seleraku Team from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) as 1st Runner Up;
3. Surabaya Mining Team from University of Indonesia (UI) as 2nd Runner Up;
4. Mother's Prayer Team from Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) as 3rd Runner Up;
5. The Durian Hura Team from Surabaya Technical College and Petra Christian University Surabaya as the 4th Runner Up

Meanwhile, the Top 5 in the FinTech category were won by:

1. The Wholistic Team from Petra Christian University Surabaya as Champion
2. The Gabut Team from Ciputra University and Bina Nusantara University as 1st Runner Up
3. Team NTU MBA from Nanyang Technological University Singapore as 2nd Runner Up
4. Minerva Team from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) as 3rd Runner Up
5. Dream Big So Far Team from Vietnam National University, Hanoi University or Mining and Geology, and Hanoi University of Science and Technology as 4th Runner Up

Followed by 3 thousand students ASEAN

In addition to Indonesia, the “In Country Hackathon” round was also held in Malaysia with the Data Science, FinTech, and Coding categories and in Singapore with the Data Science and Coding categories. Up to this stage, the ASEAN-wide Hackathon event has successfully recruited 35 best teams. The winners from all countries will meet at the Grand Final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2019, to compete for the title of Regional Champion and the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge through a study visit to Silicon Valley, United States.

CIMB 3D Conquest started rolling out on September 18, 2018 with a tiered selection process starting from registration, initial selection, workshop, assessment, In Country Hackathon, to the Grand Final.
The competition attracted 715 registered teams, representing 3,000 students from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, and Cambodia. After a selection process, 213 teams were selected to advance to the In-Country Hackathon stage.

President Director of CIMB Niaga Tigor M. Siahaan said, this activity is part of the CIMB Group's efforts to provide opportunities for students in ASEAN, including Indonesia, to demonstrate their skills and talents, especially in the fields of Digital, Data and Disruption or 3D. "We always participate in developing the best young talents in ASEAN by providing a platform for them to gain knowledge and maximize their potential in the digital field, one of which is through holding this Hackathon event," said Tigor.

Memanfaatkan talenta digital

Meanwhile, CIMB Group Chief People Officer Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin said, "ASEAN's youth development agenda set by CIMB Group is to empower talents and develop future leaders. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is already underway, therefore, development is very necessary so that our young people can become the best in the digital world.”

For this reason, he added, they not only need to master data processing skills and have an entrepreneurial mindset, but also need to be agile in thinking, especially in a work environment where disruption is commonplace. “More than 50% of ASEAN young people are under 30 years old, and CIMB Group believes that if they are equipped with the right digital competencies, ASEAN can later utilize this digital talent pool to help realize the true economic potential in this region."

In addition to receiving cash prizes, the top 5 teams from each category with strong technical skills and digital mindset will also get the opportunity to work or intern at CIMB Group.

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