Siemens launches IT and contest for Vietnamese engineers and students
Siemens has officially launched a contest titled “Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050” with an aim to provide an opportunity for automation engineers and students in Vietnam to demonstrate their talent, use their creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in order to come up with innovative ideas and solutions for the automation industry.
Poster introducing four rounds of the “Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050” contest launched by Siemens. (Photo courtesy of Siemens)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Siemens has officially launched a contest titled“Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050” with an aim to provide an opportunityfor automation engineers and students in Vietnam to demonstrate their talent,use their creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in order to come up withinnovative ideas and solutions for the automation industry.
SIMATIC IOT2050 is designed for industrial IT solutions for the acquisition,processing and transfer of data directly in the production environment. It canbe used for connecting the production process to a cloud-based analysis ofmachine and production data. The gateway can also be retrofitted in alreadyexisting plants, where it then harmonises communication between different datasources, analyses the data, and passes it on for evaluation to a local orcloud-based system.
SIMATIC IOT2050 is typically used for preventive machine maintenance andlinking production to the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) level in order tominimise expensive production downtimes.
By joining the “Best Application for SIMATIC IOT2050” competition that takesplace from 30 August to 11 November 2021, candidates will be offered a greatchance to keep abreast of the latest trends in automation and digitisation, toaccess Siemens state-of-the-art technology, to stay connected and expandprofessional network, and most importantly, to use their knowledge and skillsto design and develop innovative applications. They will also have ambleopportunities to receive attractive presents from Siemens Digital Industries.
This contest is open to Vietnamese engineers and students across Vietnam whoare creative and technophiles themselves. All submissions will be published onthe Facebook page of Siemens Vietnam for public voting. There are four roundsand at the final round, the top ten candidates will meet the jury and presenttheir ideas and solutions respectively.
“Siemens Vietnam is delighted to organise this contest deliberately forautomation engineers and students in Vietnam. Apart from offering them anexciting and meaningful playground to demonstrate their talent, we would like tohelp nurture creative problem solvers and brilliant solution designers stronglyneeded by Vietnamese enterprises in their digital transformation journey,"said Siemens ASEAN and Vietnam CEO Pham Thai Lai.
"We believe giving students the opportunity to exercise their academicstrengths is a great way to motivate them to pursue their passion, and todevelop generations to come.”
Detailed information about the contest is available at: //sie.ag/3iNXBrH./.
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Poster introducing four rounds of the “Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050” contest launched by Siemens. (Photo courtesy of Siemens) 
