The RDU of Tatarstan awarded a special prize at the qualifying stage of the "CASE-IN" at the KGEU

The qualifying stage of the Student League XII was held in Kazan on the basis of the partner university of the System Operator, Kazan State Power Engineering University (KGEU). The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

More than 30 teams from KGEU competed in the fields of "Electric Power Engineering", "Design Engineering" and "Thermal Power Engineering" as part of the qualifying stage of the Student League. 16 teams took part in the qualifying stage in the field of "Electric Power Industry".   

The performance of the teams at the qualifying stage of the championship was evaluated by an expert commission, which included specialists RDU of Tatarstan, JSC "Grid Company", JSC "Tatenergo" and representatives of KGEU. "CASE-IN" provides participants with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and abilities in solving specific production tasks, and representatives of electric power industry enterprises – to evaluate the creative approach to solving production problems, the potential of future young professionals and their willingness to combine their work with energy.

Igor Dvinyaninov, First Deputy Director and Chief Dispatcher of the Tatarstan RDU, became the guest of honor at the opening of the championship.

"The Youth Championship is an additional tool that allows you to acquire new knowledge and competencies through solving practical cases. Among other things, he motivates them to build a professional career in the electric power industry. The competition gives participants the opportunity to try their hand at solving real–world applied problems using their acquired analytical skills and professional knowledge," said Igor Dvinyaninov in the welcome speech to the participants of the "CASE-IN".

The topic of the case study of the qualifying stage of the Student League in the field of "Electric Power Industry" is "Application of artificial intelligence technologies in the electric power industry". The teams had to propose innovative technological solutions for managing an energy system, power plant or substation, evaluate the possible technical and economic impact of each proposed innovative technology to meet the goals of lean manufacturing, and answer expert questions during project defense.

The AETAS team became the winner of the championship. The second place was taken by the Relay team. The third place belongs to the Skrepyshi team.

The traditional special prize from the RDU of Tatarstan for an innovative approach to solving problems relevant to operational dispatch management was awarded the NVIe team Its participants demonstrated a good level of knowledge of the latest trends in the electric power industry and a deep study of the case topic in terms of using artificial intelligence technologies to analyze large amounts of data and predict electricity production and consumption.

"The possibility of using information systems based on artificial intelligence technologies is an urgent task for the implementation of operational dispatch control of the energy system. During the defense of their solutions, the participants demonstrated knowledge on the use of machine learning algorithms and neural networks to optimize the operation of electric power systems, and showed an understanding of the challenges that arise when implementing artificial intelligence technologies in the electric power industry," said a member of the expert commission, chief specialist of the Relay Protection and Network Automation Department of the Relay Protection and Automation Service of the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the Youth Council of the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" ODU of the Middle Volga Nikita Sokolov analyzing the results of the last stage of the championship.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a system of competitions for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries. The championship is included in the platform of the NGO "Russia – the land of Opportunities" and is implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015. JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" has been a strategic partner of the Electric Power Industry direction of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" since 2015.

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