The College of Intelligent Computing and Quantum Information and the Quantum Information Center at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) jointly hosted the “2025 Intelligent Computing and Quantum Information Innovation Competition” on November 12, 2025. The event encouraged students to form cross-disciplinary teams to integrate intelligent computing and quantum information with industry needs, showcasing their innovative thinking and technical implementation skills.

This year’s competition invited a distinguished panel of judges to provide professional industry perspectives, including Director Lin Hua-ting from Landseed International Medical Group, Director Chen Yi-chin from Compal Electronics, and Assistant Vice President Chou Fang-yi from CTBC Bank. To recognize student creativity and technical breakthroughs in AI and quantum technology, several awards were established: “Best Innovation Award,” “Best Application Award,” “Best Technical Award,” “Quantum Information Special Award,” “Excellence Award,” and three “Quantum Finance Corporate Awards.”

At the competition venue, student teams actively demonstrated their achievements in quantum and intelligent computing.

CTBC Bank pointed out that quantum technology is a vital driver for the future of the financial industry. Through its collaboration with Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU), the bank aims to jointly develop an innovative platform for “Quantum Finance Applications.” This partnership seeks to deepen applied research in financial security and risk management, laying a foundation for sustainable innovation in Taiwan’s fintech sector.

The competition yielded fruitful results, with students utilizing quantum mechanics, artificial intelligence, and data science to address fields such as game design, cybersecurity, healthcare, and fintech—demonstrating high application value and innovative thinking. The Excellence Award was presented to Fang Li, Li Yi-cheng, Chen Jing-an, and Chen Wei-fan from the Undergraduate Program in Intelligent Computing and Big Data. Their work, inspired by “Schrödinger’s Cat,” translates quantum phenomena such as superposition, entanglement, and collapse into game mechanics. Through an interactive strategic-pursuit design, players can grasp quantum concepts through entertainment, successfully making abstract scientific principles tangible.

Inspired by ‘Schrödinger’s Cat,’ the work utilizes interactive gameplay to demonstrate the concepts of quantum superposition and entanglement.

The Quantum Information Special Award was granted to 賴泓達、周佳謀、黃新元, whose team designed an interactive simulator centered on the BB84 Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocol. By transforming the highly abstract architecture of quantum communication into a visualized and operable system, the project helps learners clearly grasp the operational processes and security features of quantum communication. The Best Application Award was presented to Wang Kai-lin and Chiang Jing-ying. They developed a personalized caffeine and sleep management app that integrates intelligent computing with physiological models, assisting users in adjusting their routines based on individual sleep patterns and caffeine metabolism characteristics to improve health management efficiency.

The Best Innovation Award was presented to 黃一恕、許秉翔、蔡育綸、葉柏辰, whose team developed an AI-driven dynamic maze RPG. The game utilizes Gemini AI for real-time generation of NPC data and dialogue, combined with a Pygame-based multi-level structure. By employing state machines and JSON frameworks to manage events and interactions, the team significantly enhanced the game’s computational flexibility and immersive experience.

The Best Technical Award was won by Cheng Hsin-ying and Liu Fu-yu. The pair proposed a hybrid LLM evaluation framework that integrates structured fact verification with reasoning judgment. This framework effectively improves the reliability and hallucination detection capabilities of models in fine-tuning and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications, demonstrating profound technical research prowess.

In the Quantum Finance Corporate Award category:

First Place was awarded to 李承威、沈昱丞、游筑茵. The project utilizes a hybrid architecture of QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) and PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) to create a financial key management model. By providing a comprehensive performance evaluation through metrics such as QBER (Quantum Bit Error Rate), Keys/s, and system latency, the work offers a concrete reference for future financial cybersecurity infrastructure.

Second Place went to 盧怡瑄、劉恬妘、吳政穎. The team employed a Quantum Walk model for Bitcoin fake account identification research, successfully enhancing feature selection efficiency to address cybersecurity demands amidst the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency market.

Third Place was awarded to 劉博宏、干皓軍. Their work utilizes a QUBO (Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization) framework to integrate financial factors, industry diversification, and investor preferences. By applying quantum-inspired heuristic algorithms for optimization, they proposed an intelligent and personalized investment strategy model.

Students enhanced financial communication security performance through quantum key distribution, winning first place for the CTBC Financial Holding Corporate Award.

The Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) Intelligent Computing and Quantum Information Innovation Competition has now entered its second year. The number of participating teams has doubled compared to last year, fully demonstrating students’ passion and innovative energy in the fields of intelligent computing and quantum technology. Looking ahead, CYCU will continue to deepen industry-academic collaboration, strengthen cross-disciplinary integration, and build a more robust platform for innovative practice—cultivating tech talent with both a global perspective and forward-looking capabilities.