Icelandic team Cybotrix advances to the Nordic AI Cup final

Team Cybotrix emerged victorious in the Icelandic round of the artificial intelligence competition Nordic AI Cup. The competition, which took place online from September 17–20 this year, is held simultaneously across all the Nordic countries and is organized by CADIA, the Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents at Reykjavik University, and Kveikja.

Last week, the team was welcomed to Reykjavik University, where CADIA and Kveikja presented its members with a prize of ISK 500,000 in recognition of their achievement.

Team Cybotrix consists of Adetayo Adebimpe, an AI engineer at Íslandsbanki and Defend Iceland, and founder of vegalingo.is; Adenike Adebimpe, an undergraduate student pursuing a BA in International Studies in Education at the University of Iceland; Quadri Abiodun Busari, a master’s student in International Studies in Education at the University of Iceland; and Tolulope Iyanuoluwa Oni, a master’s student in International Relations at the University of Iceland.

The final takes place on October 14

Nordic AI Cup is organized by Ambolt AI, which handled all the preparations and designed the competition tasks in collaboration with the Nordic AI Partnership.

By winning the Icelandic round, Cybotrix has secured a place in the grand final, where the team will compete against representatives from the other Nordic countries for the title of Nordic AI Champion.

The final will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14, at Nordic AI Meet, an annual conference aimed at young researchers and future leaders in the field of artificial intelligence.