AI in STEM Challenge: Our ten finalists

In the beginning of April, our international jury faced the challenging decision of choosing ten teams from the many strong applications that were submitted from 17 different countries. The selected projects present solutions for how specific uses of AI could benefit society, our environment or local communities. They impressed the jury with their entrepreneurial spirit, their creativity and innovation, the students' involvement and learning growth as well as the presentation of their projects.

We are proud to announce that the following ten teams from 8 different countries have been invited to the final event on the 6th of June in Berlin.

"A la recherche du temps perdu" from Vittorio Veneto, Italy

A project by teacher Conny Fornelli and her 5th-grade students from A. Parravicini Primary School that aims to help people suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia with an AI assistant trained to recognize their domestic environment and its characteristic objects.

"Saving Patella Ferruginea" from Algeciras, Spain

This sustainability-oriented project from La Inmaculada school explores marine life and presents a solution for preserving an endangered limpet species with a trained machine learning model integrated into an autonomous monitoring system, highlighting the potential of innovative solutions in safeguarding biodiversity.

"See4me" from Ankara, Türkiye

A team from Atatürk Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi developed, trained and tested AI-assisted applications targeted to help visually impaired people with navigating everyday life.

"Intelligent Nose – AI for honeytype detecting" from Soest, Germany

A practice-oriented and environment-minded project from Archegymnasium Soest that proposes an AI-based solution to analysing honey samples with the aim of replacing cost-intensive lab testing.

"Predictive AI saves our planet" from Dorchester, United Kingdom

A sustainability-oriented project by a team from Thomas Hardye School, investigating how illegal fishing could be prevented or sanctioned by employing AI-assisted monitoring.

"Eco Guard – together for clean air" from Kobylanka, Poland

This project from the Szkoła Podstawowa w Kobylance has a strong focus on community involvement. The students built a drone and a mobile app to analyse air quality, detect pollution sources and predict threats, striving to improve quality of life in their home region.

"AI in Action: Smart hazelnut sorters" from Istanbul, Türkiye

A sustainability- and business-oriented project from Açı Schools that engages young students in exploring innovative solutions for Türkiye's hazelnut industry through crafting, robotics and  machine learning.

"Smart (AI) firefighting system" from Esmoriz, Portugal

The team from Agrupamento de Escolas de Esmoriz - Ovar Norte investigated and compared measures for wildfire detection and control through sensor-based vs. AI systems, proposing two complementary solutions to combating a growing environmental problem.

"Emotionale Botanik" and "FeelosophAI" from Heraklion and Thessaloniki, Greece

Two teams from Anatolia College + 1st EKFE of Heraklion explored new ways of dealing and understanding feelings. The project "Emotionale Botanik: Whispers in the garden, Gossip that doesn’t hurt" investigates plants as sensing beings, measuring and fostering their wellbeing through AI-supported systems. The project "FeelosophAI: When silence says more than words ever could" intends to help recognise the emotions of children with autism through AI-supported analysis of drawings and body language.

We are looking forward to seeing these innovative projects in Berlin! Our heartfelt congratulations to the finalists and everybody who participated in the competition for their hard work and inspiring ideas.

We would like to thank our supporter Amazon Future Engineer for making this competition possible.