The third edition of the Safety First! competition has concluded

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In the spring of 2025, we organized the third Safety First! student competition, where participants tackled current challenges in transportation safety with innovative ideas. The three-round competition concluded on June 6, when the finalist teams presented their fully developed concepts live.

The event was hosted by the Department of Automotive Technologies at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, with the generous support of Bosch and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). We would like to express our gratitude to our industry partners for their continued support, and to our expert jury members for their valuable contributions:

  • Péter Simányi (Jaguar Land Rover)

  • Réka Jenei (Bosch)

  • Dr. Ádám Török (Vice Dean for Science and International Affairs, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, BME)

  • Tamás Kazár (PhD student, BME Automated Drive)

📊 Among the five finalist teams, the following earned top honors:

🥇 1st place – secUred
Team members: Dávid Sódar, Norbert Tök-Dietrich
Project title: Enhancing Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Communication Security through Elliptic Curve Authentication

🥈 2nd place – G.A. Fusion
Team members: Gadir Ahmadov, Yerdaulet Kappar, Adalat Mollayev
Project title: Enhancing Highway Safety through Intelligent Speed Limit Control and Sensor Fusion

🥉 3rd place – CLARA
Team member: Mostafa Shoma
Project title: Chessboard Lane Risk Assessment (CLARA): A Predictive Upgrade to LKA/ACC Systems for Proactive Collision Avoidance

We congratulate the top teams and thank all participants for their dedication and hard work. The presentations once again demonstrated the valuable contribution that young engineering students can make to the future of safe and intelligent mobility.

👏 See you next year at the next edition of Safety First!