Technology Arena
What?
Various tasks are going to be at different levels of complexity which allows participants a chance to contribute to the team’s success whether they’re facing this type of competition for the first time or if they’re more experienced than that. Teams will win points depending on the success of their solution at individual tasks. The first two days of the competition are focused on solving the algorithm tasks, while the third day is booked for the Main Task. The Main Task’s theme is inspired by the real problems that the Arena’s sponsors are facing every day.
Who?
In the Technology Arena, regular computing sciences, mathematics, informatics, and digital sciences students can participate in this type of competition, as well as the other regular students from similar fields.
Why?
The progress of digital and informatics technologies has never stopped growing in the last couple of years. We are coming up with new discoveries and knowledge every day that could ease our life with digitalization. This knowledge can also benefit us as a tool for efficient management of everything around us: nature and the environment. This year at the Technology Arena, we’re searching for ways to reduce the impact on natural resources by applying various algorithms and efficient models of machine learning.
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Competences
Algorithms and data structures
Graph theory, discrete mathematics, number theory, linear algebra
Data science
Machine learning
Creative thinking
*Teams can choose which programming language they will use; however, they have to take the execution speed into consideration.
Mentors
Toni Kukec
Toni Kukec is a 2nd year student at the Faculty of Electrical Engiinering and Computing. He's spent the last few years in the cybersecurity field and is involved in a bunch of events and competitions in the field, mostly with the X.FER student club. While having a very diverse set of random tech knowledge, some of his main interests include reverse engineering and Linux sysadmin things. Toni currently works for the security operations center of the National CERT. In his free time, he enjoys spearfishing and hiking.
Marko Sejdić
Marko Sejdić is a computer technician who graduated from the Faculty of chemical engineering and technology, University of Zagreb and became a chemical engineer. He now works as a teaching assistant at the Department of measurements and process control at the same faculty. There, he works on the integration of process analytical devices and the processing of data obtained from them, as well as the development of applications for advanced control of pharmaceutical processes. As part of his doctoral thesis, he is turning to green technologies for hydrogen production, where his research is trying to make the gas everyone is talking about as cheap as possible. Marko has been participating in the STEM Games since 2019 and in his free time he plays sports, especially handball which he has been playing for his faculty since his student days.
Zvonimir Haramustek
Milan Vrankić
Milan Vrankič is a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, specializing in Computer Science. His areas of interest range from embedded systems and cybersecurity to quantum computing. He is an active member of the student association X.FER, where he organizes a course and various competitions. He frequently competes in hackathons and CTF competitions. His research focuses on algorithms for quantum computers. He cooks and hikes with moderate success. Failed alcoholic (he’s not good at it).
Danko Delimar
Danko Delimar is a graduate student of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and a security researcher in industry. His research interests include methods for evading malware detection on Windows operating systems and developing tools for red teams. He's a big fan of CTF competitions, which is evident from his membership in the Croatian national CTF team. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors, watching matches in cafes, or making poor attempts at playing guitar.
Ivan Milinović
Ivan Milinović is a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, specializing in computer science. His interests include low-level system and algorithm optimizations. Professionally, he is engaged at Memgraph, where he contributes to the development of a graph database. He is an active member of the student association X.FER, where he participates in organizing courses and competitions. In his free time, he plays the piano, enjoying music as a form of creative expression.
