Unisys Announces Winners of 17th Innovation Program Competition

Unisys has named the top three teams from its 17th Unisys Innovation Program (UIP), an annual competition for engineering students in India. Established in 2009, the program seeks to connect academic learning with practical, real-world technological problem-solving.

This year's competition saw significant engagement, with over 27,000 participants submitting 4,487 projects across six distinct themes. The first-place award went to a team from RV College of Engineering for "Cross-Paradigm Compression for Efficient AI." Their project offers a framework to reduce the computational demands of deep learning models, making AI deployment more efficient and cost-effective.

Coming in second place, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology presented "ResoScan," a portable, radiation-free diagnostic system. This technology analyzes tissue vibrations to identify changes in tissue characteristics, aiming to improve the accessibility and affordability of medical diagnostics.

Third place was secured by another team from RV College of Engineering for their "An Intelligent Risk-Adaptive Governance Framework and Security Gateway for Secure LLM Interactions." This solution introduces a multi-layered security gateway utilizing AI and post-quantum cryptography to safeguard sensitive data within enterprise uses of large language models.

The winning projects were selected by a panel of judges who evaluated submissions based on feasibility, creativity, technical merit, and potential impact. Unisys highlighted the program's role in fostering innovation and skill development among aspiring technologists, preparing them for future industry demands.