The IMAGO-MOL cluster organized the online hackathon “Hack the funding calls” on March 11, 2022.
During the event, the work teams were invited to develop project ideas, through conceptual notes that can be subsequently submitted for funding under the available European programs.
Thus, 5 interdisciplinary teams were formed who worked together to develop a conceptual note based on the “project canvas” methodology.
The jury of this event consisted of Mr. Vasile Asandei, General Director of ADR Nord-Est, Mr. Daniel Cosnita, President of the Romanian Cluster Association and Mr. Radu Iliescu, Vice-Rector of UMF “Grigore T.Popa” in Iasi.
Based on the pitches for the presentation of project ideas and conceptual notes, the jury had the difficult task of nominating the winning teams, which were rewarded with prizes totaling 9,000 lei, as a result of a sponsorship received by the Cluster IMAGO-MOL from Dolinex company.
The first prize was awarded to the Theroplat team who presented the idea of creating an international platform for the creation of new theragnostic radiotracers.
On the second place was the Brainiacs TUIASI team, which proposed the theme of a software dedicated to the reconstruction of intelligible speech from EEG recordings.
The ColiVR team took third place, presenting the theme of an ambitious project on the implementation of VR techniques to reduce the anxiety of patients and medical staff in the screening of colon cancer.
A very small difference in points was the TensorReloaded team, which was rewarded with a mention for the project on the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging to identify pathologies specific to the central nervous system. The Radiology Success team also participated, presenting a project idea regarding the adaptation for the Romanian language of a dictation and transcription software in radiology!
The teams were made up of researchers, PhD students, teachers and students from the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, “Al. I Cuza ”University of Iasi.