Students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Sarajevo won first place at the Security Excellence Hackathon, held this weekend. Emina Zolota, Dženana Terzić and Nadir Karaman made up the “Pivot” team, which showed the best results.
They won participation at the prestigious Infosecurity Europe 2024 in London, with all travel, accommodation and visa expenses covered. Student Emina Zolota enthusiastically said that they were overjoyed with the victory and that it was very challenging.
– This is the first hackathon at which we had a section on security, it surprised us, it was different from previous ones. Cyber security is very important, we need to learn more about it, because it is crucial for us. Everything we do in the future will not be complete without it, Emina added.
Second place was won by the team “Zeros and Ones” from the International Burč University, consisting of Edim Hadžić and Ajdin Garibović.
The third place went to the team “Tux” from the International Business and Information Academy Tuzla, consisting of Erna Jatić, Feđa Jovanović, Edin Čičkušič and Amer Uljić. The “Zeros and Ones” team won a trip to the NetWork conference in Neum, while the “Tux” team won a Microsoft technical course.
The expert jury decided to award a special award for the best team spirit, which went to the “EdgeLords” team from ETF Sarajevo. Ahmed Softić, Adel Dervić, Harun Goralija and Belmin Durmo showed extraordinary togetherness and support during the competition.
Source: studomat.ba
