Monday, 22 August 2022 16:12

Huawei launches developer contest for Latin America and the Caribbean, with up to USD$15,000 for the winning team

Written by Evelyn Alas

Huawei is launching the Latin America and Caribbean edition of its global flagship event, the Huawei Developer Contest. The company announced that the winning team of the 2022 version could get up to USD$15,000 in this competition.

The Huawei Developer Contest, themed Spark Infinity, aims to promote a robust, open and robust cloud ecosystem in China, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa and Europe. The company informed that this first edition for Latam considers 4 categories: EI, PaaS, Media and Database.

Huawei wants to encourage developers to adopt cutting-edge technologies in creative projects and applications, using Huawei Cloud solutions and capabilities.

For the company - a leader in infrastructure and devices for information and communications technologies - the cloud could even pave the way for them to develop and monetize applications. In case that's the goal of the contestants, they can choose Cloud Foundation Track for cloud application innovation.

"We are delighted to announce the launch of this first Huawei LATAM Developer Contest", said Fernando Liu, president of Huawei Cloud Latam. "Developing digital talent has always been part of our long-term commitment in the region. With this contest, we would like to encourage young talent to try to push the digital and cloud boundaries, and learn and create industry-transforming innovations".

The application is open to the public from today until october 2. With guidance and support from Huawei experts, participants will develop their applications with the potential to drive innovations that impact markets in the region. They will also gain practical experience to kick-start their career.

The competition will close with a Demo Day on november 4, when the Top 6 teams will present their projects live in front of a panel of Huawei judges. The Top 6 finalist teams can win prizes of up to USD $15,000.

Application and Prize

Huawei offers its technologies, capabilities and tools through APIs (Applications) for developers to easily create, run and deliver applications in the cloud. Participants can use these APIs as their application builders in this online contest.

This is a great opportunity for those interested to receive specialized mentoring from Huawei professionals and add this experience as a highlight on their resume. In addition, up to USD $15,000 cash prize is available for the winners. To apply, click here.

Challenge Details

Huawei Cloud provides a list of over 40 key technologies covering EI, PaaS, Media and Database. Participants must use at least one technology to innovate an application or solve a real-world problem.

EI Huawei Cloud EI services energize enterprises. Powered by artificial intelligence and big data, these open, reliable, and intelligent services enable enterprise systems to see, hear, speak, analyze, and understand.

Contestants can use EI resources and services (such as ModelArts and MapReduce) on Huawei Cloud to innovate.

PaaS

Huawei Cloud PaaS services form a comprehensive DevOps solution from software framework, middleware, application/process management, developer tools and development environments. These services include DevCloud, CloudIDE, AppCube, FunctionGraph, ServiceStage, Blockchain Service (BCS) and API Explorer.

Media

Huawei Cloud Meeting is an online meeting service that supports up to 500 participants in a meeting. Huawei Cloud Meeting can be used to develop individual or industry-specific applications.

Database

Huawei Cloud GaussDB (for openGauss) is a distributed cloud database built on top of the openGauss ecosystem. It runs on public and hybrid clouds and serves financial and public sector customers. This international challenge encourages the creation of tools or solutions for migration, backup and restore, disaster recovery, administration and operation, and intelligent maintenance / monitoring / diagnostics based on GaussDB (for openGauss).

Calendar:

Application on the website: from today until october 2, 2022.

Pre-selection of Top15: from october 3 to october 14, 2022

Online hacking: from october 17 to october 21, 2022

Top 6 pre-selection : from october 24 to october 28, 2022

Final event: November 4, 2022

Human imagination surprises and amuses. Now, it has the potential to show us the world of tomorrow. As a developer, applicants are imaginative pioneers, with access to cutting-edge technology and the opportunity to use it to light the way to the future.