Code Race 2020

Today more than half of the world’s population lives in cities and it is expected that by 2050 more than 2/3 of the global population will live in urban environments. As urban density increases, it brings a degradation of the quality of life, because of urban sprawl and traffic congestion, commuting has become a time sink and a major factor of air pollution. This reality will require a new approach to city development, bringing us the concept of Smart Cities. 

A Smart City integrates digital technology, data, and services to improve the city efficiency, a better quality of life, sustainability of natural resources, efficient and reliable infrastructure and services. The future of Smart Cities will need to explore new approaches for better, more sustainable transportation technologies and models to improve commute times and accelerate the transport of people and goods across town while improving urban mobility.   

Using Smart Cities as inspiration, the challenge of CODE RACE 2020 consists of delivering a workable solution (Web and/or Mobile app) to improve the Automotive Sector. 

Teams of 4 elements must deliver a back-end solution (server with business logic; database) and a front-end solution (browser, mobile or both). 

  WHO IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE?

• Students, newly graduated, and engineering professionals;
• Free registration;
• Anyone can apply;
• Individual registration;
• Teams of 4 participants;
• All candidates must register individually and form or integrate an existing team through the TAIKAI's matchmaking process until December, 2nd at 11:59 pm. Only teams of 4 innovators can participate.

  ORGANIZATION

ALTRAN is the world leader in engineering and R&D services. The company offers its clients a unique value proposition to meet their transformation and innovation challenges. Thus, Altran supports its clients, from concept through industrialization, to develop the products and services of tomorrow and has been working for more than 35 years with major players in many sectors: Automotive, Aeronautics, Space, Defense & Naval, Rail, Infrastructure & Transport, Energy, Industrial & Consumer, Life Sciences, Communications, Semiconductor & Electronics, Software & Internet, Finance & Public Sector. Altran has more than 50,000 employees operating in over 30 countries. ALTRAN is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology, and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital, and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. 

ALTRAN PORTUGAL is present in the market since 1998, has more than 2.500 employees and has offices in Lisbon, Vila Nova de Gaia and Fundão. To learn more about us, visit our website https://www.altran.com/pt/pt-pt/. 

  INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS OF CODE RACE 2020