Volga Region students plan to introduce artificial intelligence in the field of electric power industry

About 100 students took part in the qualifying stage of the XII season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which was held at the Volga branch of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. This year, the topic of the case was "The application of artificial intelligence technologies in the electric power industry." The event was attended by Deputy head of the Volga Region Valentina Churekova.

Competitions within the framework of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" are held at the Volga University annually. His popularity among MEI students is only growing every year. 10 student teams took part in the qualifying stage: Aeternitals, cos(f), GreenTech, Ampere, Gigachat, Irbis, Energy LLC, Chatlane, This Base and Kvant.

This year, the case in the field of "Electric Power Industry" was developed based on the materials of the strategic partner of the direction – the System Operator of the Unified Energy System. It was devoted to developments on the application of artificial intelligence to perform the tasks of a System Operator or other subjects of the electric power industry.

Ilya Boldyrev, Deputy director of the branch, opened the qualifying stage of the championship, who defined the tasks of the upcoming tournament and encouraged the participants to win.

"It is very important that the youth of Volzhsky actively participates in all innovative projects aimed at the development of the city and the country," said Deputy head of Volzhsky Valentina Churekova. – Thank you for your caring attitude and dedication. You are contributing to the development of engineering and technical education and natural sciences in the city. I wish you to show your best qualities in the championship! I am sure that the experts will appreciate all the youth projects, noting in each of them a unique intellectual zest."

It should be noted that the expert commission included representatives of the branches of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" "Regional Dispatching Department of the Volgograd Region Energy System" (Volgogradskoye RDU), FGC UES-Volgodonsk Enterprise of Main Electric Networks and JSC Volgogragoblektro Volzhskie MES, as well as the branch of the National Research University "MEI".

During the qualifying stage, the participants completed several tasks. The students analyzed the digital technologies used by the System Operator, and also proposed innovative technological solutions for managing an energy system, power plant or substation using artificial intelligence. In addition, the contestants presented an assessment of the effectiveness of each proposed innovative technology to meet the goals of lean manufacturing.

As a result, the victory was won by the team "This is the Base", which reached the semi-finals of the championship.

The final of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" will be held in May in Moscow.

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