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2013/04/19 20:57:29

Students from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University and Beijing-based Tsinghua University

Shanghai, April 19 (CNA) Beijing-based Tsinghua University won Friday the first Asia Student Supercomputer Challenge (ASC) held earlier this month, while Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University finished second.

The two teams were the best of the 40 teams -- 30 from China and 10 from overseas -- competing in the event, recognized as one of three major supercomputer contests around the world.

The Chinese team won the title with 81.72 points, followed by the Taiwanese team, with 62.28 points.

It was the first time that the two universities with the same name had competed against each other in a supercomputing competition.

Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University is a two-time winner of the Student Cluster Competition (SCC), held each year in the United States for student teams from around the world and reputed to be the most prestigious international supercomputing contest.

Beijing-based Tsinghua University won the title last year at the annual International Supercomputing Conference and Exhibition (ISC) in Leipzig, Germany.

Jubilant Taiwanese team leader Wang Ying-chieh said National Tsing Hua University will send a team to compete in the SCC in November, adding that she was in the university team that took part in the 2011 SCC. Her team won the 2011 SCC contest, while China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), based in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, was the runner-up.

The event organizer said that Beijing-based Tsinghua University's victory was mainly based on its achievements in the first phase of the contest, titled "High Performance Linpack" with a world record of 7,579 GFlOPS. Previously, the highest score in any contests was less than 4,000 GFlOPS.

The speed of a computer processor can be expressed in the unit FlOPS, or floating point operations per second. One billion FLOPS is called GFLOPS or gigaFLOPS. A FLOPS calculation is a measure of the number-crunching capability of the processor. LINPACK is one of the standard benchmarks for measuring processor speed using FLOPS.

(By Cheng Chung-sheng and Y.L. Kao)

Universities from China, Taiwan top supercomputer contest (update) | Latest | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

 

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Congrats!

universities from russia, s korea, india, saudi arabia, kazakhstan were participating

Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University is a two-time winner of the Student Cluster Competition (SCC), held each year in the United States for student teams from around the world and reputed to be the most prestigious international supercomputing contest.

Beijing-based Tsinghua University won the title last year at the annual International Supercomputing Conference and Exhibition (ISC) in Leipzig, Germany.

Looking forward to more good news from China and Taiwan universities in these 2 competitions

 

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Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University is a two-time winner of the Student Cluster Competition (SCC), held each year in the United States for student teams from around the world and reputed to be the most prestigious international supercomputing contest.

Teams from USTC Sugon Team and team from National University of Defense Technology(NUDT) won the first and the second prize respectively in SCC-2012

USTC Sugon Team Members

USTC Sugon Team and Team from NUDT

USTC Sugon Team on the SCC’12 Competition Site



中国科技技术大学 USTC

 

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And the results in SCC-2011 were:

Overall Winner: National Tsing Hua University
Final Standings:
1. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
2. National University of Defense Technology, China
3. University of Texas at Austin, USA
4. Boston University, USA
5.State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
7. Purdue University, USA
8. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

SC11 Honor Roll | Student Cluster Competition

 

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Back track a bit to this event: The 24th (2012) Int'l Olympiads in Informatics (Italy)

Gold

Rank ID Name Global

1 USA1 Johnny Ho 600
2 BLR2 Gennady Korotkevich 588
3 CHN2 Yuzhou Gu 525
4 JPN4 Shogo Murai 506
5 RUS4 Egor Suvorov 504
6 CHN3 Chao Li 465
7 POL2 Karol Farbis 456
7 ROU1 Adrian Budău 456
7 RUS1 Maxim Akhmedov 456
10 USA2 Mitchell Lee ? 443
11 CHN4 Peilin Zhong 438
12 SVK1 Eduard Batmendijn 436
13 KOR3 Bumsoo Park 422
14 CHN1 Yuqing Ai 419
15 ROU2 Vlad-Alexandru Gavrilă 415
16 RUS3 Oleg Ivanov 411
17 SWE2 Simon Lindholm 401
18 CRO4 Marin Tomic 396
19 IRI2 Saeed Ilchi ghazaan 395
20 RUS2 Alexey Gordeev 394
21 UKR3 Serhii Nagin 393
22 USA3 Scott Wu 376
23 BLR1 Adam Bardashevich 372
24 IRI4 Seyed Hamed Valizadehtoosi 369
25 BUL3 Rumen Hristov 366
26 ROU3 Rareş-Darius Buhai 364

Silver

Rank ID Name Global

27 VIE2 Dung Nguyen 362
28 POL4 Wojciech Nadara 360
29 JPN2 Kazumi Kasaura 357
30 POL3 Wiktor Kuropatwa 355
31 TWN2 Ting-Yuam Cheng 353
32 SIN4 Hubert Hua Kian Teo 350
33 GBR1 Andrew Carlotti 349
34 IRI1 Alireza Farhadi 344
35 TWN4 Shin-Wei Liu 335
35 BRA4 Renato Pinto Junior 335
37 INA1 Nathan Azaria 329
38 JPN3 Kohji Liu ? 315
39 JPN1 Ikumi Hide 310
40 CRO1 Domagoj Cevid 309
41 KAZ2 Vyacheslav Kim ? 306
42 FRA2 Simon Mauras 304
43 VIE4 Dat Vu 303
43 SRB1 Boris Grubić 303
45 CAN2 Daniel Hui 298
46 SRB4 Ivan Stošić 295
47 AUS3 Joshua Lau 287
48 ISR2 Tom Kalvari 286
49 VIE1 Anh Nguyen 283
50 BLR4 Uladzislau Padtsiolkin 280
51 BUL1 Yordan Chaparov 274
52 TUR2 Ömer Eren 272
53 GRE2 Evangelos Kipouridis 270
54 CZE1 Jiří Eichler 266
55 BUL4 Hristo Venev 264
56 POL1 Bartlomiej Dudek 263
56 GER3 Tobias Lenz 263
56 ESP3 Dario Nieuwenhuis 263
59 LTU2 Karolis Greblikas 259
60 CRO3 Antun Razum 256
61 HKG1 Pak Hay Chan 255
62 MEX2 Saul Gutierrez 253
62 ITA4 Luca Versari 253
62 HKG4 Wai Pan Yik 253
65 KOR1 Jeongwoo Ji 252
66 TWN3 Cheng-Min Chiang 251
67 UKR2 Vitalii Herasymiv 249
68 HUN1 Márton Havasi 248
69 KAZ4 Aman Sariyev 247
69 CAN4 Geoffry Song 247
69 BRA2 Marcos Kawakami 247
72 SIN1 Wei Liang Gan 244
72 CRO2 Dominik Gleich 244
74 KAZ1 Madi Khamitbekov 243
75 LTU3 Kęstutis Vilčinskas 242
76 IRI3 Mohammadreza Maleki Ghahfarrokhi 240
77 ISR1 Daniel Hadas 237
77 BEL1 Floris Kint 237

Bronze

Rank ID Name Global

79 UKR1 Roman Furko 236
80 THA2 Jirayu Luewetwanit 233
80 KOR2 Hyeonseop Lee 233
82 VIE3 Thanh Nguyen 232
82 IND1 Amartya Shankha Biswas 232
82 INA2 Jonathan Gunawan 232
82 FRA3 Auguste Olivry 232
86 HKG2 Chun Yin Sampson Lee 228
87 CAN1 Vitalik Buterin 224
88 ITA2 Federico Glaudo 223
89 BAN1 Dhananjoy Biswas 219
90 USA4 Daniel Ziegler 218
91 THA4 Varot Premtoon 217
91 SIN2 Ranald Yun Shao Lam 217
93 SWE4 Mårten Wiman 216
94 POR2 Pedro Paredes 214
94 NZL4 Tony Sun 214
94 ITA1 Matteo Almanza 214
97 UKR4 Roman Rubanenko 212
97 BLR3 Siarhei Kulik 212
99 POR1 Francisco Machado 207
100 AUS1 Michael Chen 201
101 NZL2 Logan Glasson 197
101 EST2 Jaagup Repän 197
101 CZE3 Štěpán Šimsa 197
104 SVK2 Marián Horňák 196
105 ISR4 Shahar Mizrahi 195
105 INA3 Muhammad Muharrom 195
107 THA3 Sorawee Porncharoenwase 193
107 SLO2 Matjaž Leonardis 193
107 MKD3 Bojan Serafimov 193
107 FIN3 Jasse Lahdenperä 193
111 HUN4 Gellért Weisz 192
111 FIN1 Andrei Cramariuc 192
111 CZE2 Ondřej Hübsch 192
114 FRA4 Jules Pondard 190
115 VEN1 Luis David Arguello Pazos 188
115 KOR4 Jihoon Yoon 188
117 LTU4 Andrius Žiūkas 185
117 GBR4 Andrew Wills 185
119 ARM3 Tigran Mamikonyan 184
120 RSA2 Vaughan Newton 182
121 THA1 Natthakun Kitthaworn 181
121 SYR2 Kinan Al Sarmini 181
121 INA4 Cakra Wardhana 181
124 SUI2 Marco Keller 179
124 GEO3 Jimsher Skhirtladze 179
126 SWE3 Johan Sannemo 178
126 ROU4 Radu-Ştefan Voroneanu 178
126 MKD1 Hristijan Bogoevski 178
126 LAT3 Ojars Ratnieks 178
130 LUX2 Gilles Englebert 177
131 LAT2 Aleksejs Popovs 176
131 HKG3 Chun Chi Tsang 176
131 DEN3 Jakob Knudsen 176
134 SLO3 Jure Slak 175
134 ARG4 Diego Vazquez 175
136 GER2 Julian Labeit 174
137 TKM2 Kakabayev Begmuhammet 173
137 SVK4 Jakub Šafin 173
139 GBR2 Robin Elliott 171
140 TWN1 Liang-Chieh Chen 170
140 GEO4 Nikoloz Svanidze 170
140 EGY1 Hosam Abd Elraouf 170
143 BEL2 Victor Lecomte 169
143 BAN4 Bristy Sikder 169
145 COL2 Diego Niquefa 167
146 LTU1 Vladimir Daglis 164
147 HUN3 Zoltán Szenczi 163
148 SLO4 Patrik Zajec 162
148 RSA4 Sean Wentzel 162
148 NED3 Bouke Van der Bijl 162
148 DEN4 Svend Svendsen 162
148 AUT3 Thomas Pinetz 162
148 ARM2 Hrair Harutyunyan 162
154 AUS2 Daniel Goldbach 158
155 EGY2 Youssef Ibrahim 157

 

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2012 Results for the 6th IARC Mission


International Aerial Robotics Competition

The 2012 event was successfully held at both the American and Asia/Pacific Venues during the month of August. While some of the newer teams had only three or four months to prepare, the overall progress to demonstrate the fully autonomous behaviors required by the 6th IARC Mission was significant.

The best performance was by the aerial robot from the University of Michigan. Their aerial robot was able to autonomously enter the building, map and search all corridors and rooms, and then without finding the target flash drive, exit the building and land exactly at the starting point-- all without human intervention. The University of Michigan had the capability to acquire the flash drive, but did not successfully find it. The Georgia Institute of Technology was able to autonomously enter the building and search the interior, but with time running out on its best run, it landed autonomously and initiated its "self destruct" procedure per the Official Rules.

With only a few months' preparation, having joined the Competition during the Spring of 2012, the team from Nanjing University was able to create an aerial robot that entered the building autonomously and proceeded through the main entry hallway whereupon it entered one of the rooms and then initiated its termination procedure. Other teams were also able to fly autonomously into the building with varied success in navigating the interior.


The ranking for the top five teams operating with the highest autonomous intelligence levels is as follows:

1. University of Michigan

2. Georgia Institute of Technology

3. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
4. Tsinghua University
5. Beihang University



A total of 27 teams were entered into the Mission 6 challenge. Of these, 21 teams participated in the 2012 event.

Video examples from the American Venue can be viewed on YouTube at: UND hosts the International Aerial Robotic Competition - YouTube and the from the Asia/Pacific Venue at: 2012 IARC BTV1 Video - YouTube
The list of participants 2012


The next competition details：

A 2013 Winner will receive $40,000. Dates for the upcoming American Venue are 5-8 August 2013. The venue will again be the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks adjacent to the University of North Dakota.

 

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Muslim student presses CUHK for halal canteen | South China Morning Post

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Celebrating the first day of Ramadan – a month of fasting for Muslims worldwide, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) student Wang Yunan on Monday revealed his frustrations in living in one of Asia’s most diverse campuses.

In a letter addressed to CUHK’s Vice-Chancellor Joseph Sung, Wang appealed to the university to build a Muslim canteen that offers halal food – food prepared and cooked under Islamic dietary guidelines.

“I know the Muslim community is small,” Wang wrote in the letter. “But CUHK is known for its diversity and respect for minorities, and I believe the university can do better.”

Growing up a “pious” Muslim in Beijing, Wang has spent the past year pursuing a graduate degree in intercultural studies at CUHK. With no Muslim cafes available on campus and the nearest halal food eatery 30 minutes’ train ride away, Wang said he had stuck to a daily diet of chicken and vegetables in the past year.

Wang said he was not particularly proud of his diet because it was not strictly halal. Besides pork, Muslims are prohibited from eating animals that are “dead prior to slaughtering”, or “not slaughtered in the name of Allah”, according to the Koran.

The fact that Hong Kong University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University all have Muslim canteens or halal food sections also encouraged Wang to press his alma mater to upgrade its facilities.

Wang even carried out a survey to collect opinions from students and staff regarding a Muslim canteen. When a university cafeteria manager told him it would take approximately 10 years for CUHK to approve such a plan, Wang was shocked.

“Just imagine how many Muslim students, teachers and visiting scholars will be disappointed during this 10 years when they come to CUHK, ” he wrote in the letter.

“Muslims students at CUHK would appreciate some halal options on campus,” said Chinese University anthropology lecturer Paul O’Connor and author of the book Islam in Hong Kong. “It would reflect the university’s dynamic international nature, its open and inclusive ethos, and its ecumenical spirit.”

O’Connor said students had told him of their difficulty in finding halal food on campus. “Often students will choose to eat vegetarian food in order to maintain a halal diet,” he said.

More than a quarter of a million Muslims live and work in Hong Kong,according to findings by O’Connor. While many come from families who have lived here for generations, others are new immigrants and migrant workers.

CUHK’s Joseph Sung didn’t respond to the South China Morning Post’srequest for an interview on Tuesday.

CUHK agrees to build Muslim canteen in 12 months | South China Morning Post

CUHK agrees to build Muslim canteen in 12 months
'Give us 12 months, we will meet your request,' says CUHK's Vice-Chancellor Joseph Sung
Wednesday, 24 July, 2013, 11:09am
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A chef at the Wan Chai mosque cooks halal food during Ramadan. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Days after a Muslim student at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) appealed to the university authorities to build a Muslim canteen which offers halal food, CUHK’s Vice-Chancellor Joseph Sung promised to deliver such an eatery to cater to the needs of its Muslim community.



“Give us 12 months, we will meet your request,” wrote Sung on Facebook on Wednesday, responding to a letter posted by Wang Yunan, a Muslim student from Beijing.

Wang had discussed in his letter the frustrations of living on a campus without a canteen offering halal food - dishes prepared and cooked under Islamic dietary guidelines.

Wang also mentioned the fact that Hong Kong University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University all have Muslim canteens - or halal food sections. He said this encouraged him to press his alma mater to upgrade its facilities.

Wang was pleasantly surprised when Sung replied to his letter days later, promising to make some changes.

“We need to cautiously consider all factors when making such a decision, including location of the cafe, providers, the kinds of food offered, and the general demand from students,” Sung wrote in an email to Wang. Sung said CUHK will continue seeking the best scheme for the muslim canteen.

“To have a Muslim canteen is not the ultimate purpose of my proposal,” Wang said, “The goal is to have minorities and people from different cultures respected.”

Karen Cheng, a public relations manager at CUHK, said restaurants in the university were run by different providers. She said the university would follow standard tendering procedures when introducing a new service.

 

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China Dominates the 2014 QS University Rankings: BRICS


Press Release: QS Quacquarelli Symonds – 5 hours ago

http://www.TopUniversities.com #QSWUR

QS University Rankings: BRICS, which compares the Top 200 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, identifies China as the most likely of the BRICS nations to achieve its goal of developing world-class universities.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140618/691283 )

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  Ben Sowter, QS head of research says: "The term BRICS has become shorthand for the idea that the world's economic future is not in the hands of traditional players such as the US, Europe and Japan. To compete with the existing developed world, these fast growing economies need world-class university systems."
  
  China claims six of the top 10 places, ahead of Brazil (2), Russia (1) and South Africa (1). Russia with 53 institutions in the top 200 is second only to China (71). Yet only seven Russian institutions make the top 50, fewer China (21), Brazil (10), and India (9).
  
  India is the only nation without a university in the top 10, though five IIT make the top 20.
  
  Top 10
  2014 2013
  1 1 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY CN
  2 2 PEKING UNIVERSITY CN
  3 3 LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY RU
  4 6= UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA CN
  5 4 FUDAN UNIVERSITY CN
  6 5 NANJING UNIVERSITY CN
  7 8 UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO BR
  8 6= SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY CN
  9= 10 UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS BR
  9= 11 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ZA
  
  
  (c) University Rankings, Guides, Forums & Events | Top Universities [University Rankings: BRICS | Top Universities
  
  "The development of Chinese higher education over the past 20 years has been nothing short of extraordinary," adds Sowter. "Universities such as Tsinghua and Peking have now established themselves among the world's major producers of scientific research."
  
  China has increased its research and development funding by an average of 18% per year since 2008. Its 'C9 League' institutions have been earmarked as challengers to the US 'Ivy League', and six of them make the top 10 in today's ranking.
  
  Ms Irani, India's new minister for universities, has set a target of raising spending on education to 6% of GDP from less than 4% currently. She expects universities to improve and to align their courses closely with the jobs market.
  
  Russia has announced plans to achieve five universities in the global top 100 by 2020, while India has ambitions to establish 14 world-class universities under the government's "brain gain" policy.
  
  "At a time when government spending is stalling in much of the West, the BRICS nations have set their sights on developing world-class universities sooner rather than later," Sowter states.

China Dominates the 2014 QS University Rankings: BRICS - Yahoo Finance Canada

 

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Good work china ..keep it up ..most of the good news are coming from your land .. People of the land should be praised ..

 

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Zhejiang University team scoops 10,600 yuan for hacking into Tesla Model S | South China Morning Post

Computer hackers at a conference in Beijing have been successful in breaking into the software used in electric cars made by US firm Tesla Motors.

A team from Zhejiang University was awarded 10,600 yuan by the Symposium on Security for Asia Network (SyScan360), a security conference taking place in Beijing this week where attendees had been invited to hack into a Tesla Model S.

[Correction: it was initially reported that the team won US$10,000. However this grand prize was not awarded, as no hack met the specifications set by organisers.]

Organisers said on Friday: "Tesla Software Hack Challenge ended with team “yo”, from ZheJiang University, coming in first overall and winning ¥10,600 RMB in prize money. No team succeeded in the mission of hacking Tesla’s door and engine within the timeframe of the challenge. Therefore no one received the grand prize of $10,000 USD."

Tesla had said it welcomed news of any vulnerabilities discovered as a result of the hacking competition. "We support the idea of providing an environment in which responsible security researchers can help identify potential vulnerabilities," the company said on Wednesday.

"We hope that the security researchers will act responsibly and in good faith."

Hackers exploited a "flow design flaw" to gain access to the Tesla car's system, SyScan360 announced on Weibo. The loophole enabled attackers to remotely unlock the vehicle, sound the horn and flash the lights, and open the sunroof while the car was in motion. Organisers say they have reported the vulnerability to Tesla.

Security experts say Tesla, which recently announced plans to make all its technology and patents openly available, is particularly vulnerable to hackers, compared with manufacturers of traditional, non-electric cars.

"These new cars, especially hybrids, have a lot more software in them that has to be updated - these paths haven't really been probed yet by hackers," John Pescatore, director for emerging security trends at the Sans Institute, told Fox News last week.

"I assume for any electric car there's a huge amount of software to optimise and control things."

Pescatore said Tesla's good security reputation is "mainly because no one has pounded on them yet".

Last year, a team of researchers from the US Department of Defence's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency remotely hacked into Toyota Motor and Ford Motor electric cars and was able to activate the horn and disable the brakes while the vehicle was in motion.

 

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Zhejiang University team scoops 10,600 yuan for hacking into Tesla Model S | South China Morning Post

Computer hackers at a conference in Beijing have been successful in breaking into the software used in electric cars made by US firm Tesla Motors.

A team from Zhejiang University was awarded 10,600 yuan by the Symposium on Security for Asia Network (SyScan360), a security conference taking place in Beijing this week where attendees had been invited to hack into a Tesla Model S.

[Correction: it was initially reported that the team won US$10,000. However this grand prize was not awarded, as no hack met the specifications set by organisers.]

Organisers said on Friday: "Tesla Software Hack Challenge ended with team “yo”, from ZheJiang University, coming in first overall and winning ¥10,600 RMB in prize money. No team succeeded in the mission of hacking Tesla’s door and engine within the timeframe of the challenge. Therefore no one received the grand prize of $10,000 USD."

Tesla had said it welcomed news of any vulnerabilities discovered as a result of the hacking competition. "We support the idea of providing an environment in which responsible security researchers can help identify potential vulnerabilities," the company said on Wednesday.

"We hope that the security researchers will act responsibly and in good faith."

Hackers exploited a "flow design flaw" to gain access to the Tesla car's system, SyScan360 announced on Weibo. The loophole enabled attackers to remotely unlock the vehicle, sound the horn and flash the lights, and open the sunroof while the car was in motion. Organisers say they have reported the vulnerability to Tesla.

Security experts say Tesla, which recently announced plans to make all its technology and patents openly available, is particularly vulnerable to hackers, compared with manufacturers of traditional, non-electric cars.

"These new cars, especially hybrids, have a lot more software in them that has to be updated - these paths haven't really been probed yet by hackers," John Pescatore, director for emerging security trends at the Sans Institute, told Fox News last week.

"I assume for any electric car there's a huge amount of software to optimise and control things."

Pescatore said Tesla's good security reputation is "mainly because no one has pounded on them yet".

Last year, a team of researchers from the US Department of Defence's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency remotely hacked into Toyota Motor and Ford Motor electric cars and was able to activate the horn and disable the brakes while the vehicle was in motion.

don't catch what you mean, Edison ...

 

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don't catch what you mean, Edison ...

Don't quote me again.

 

[Jlaw]

Zhejiang University team scoops 10,600 yuan for hacking into Tesla Model S | South China Morning Post

Computer hackers at a conference in Beijing have been successful in breaking into the software used in electric cars made by US firm Tesla Motors.

A team from Zhejiang University was awarded 10,600 yuan by the Symposium on Security for Asia Network (SyScan360), a security conference taking place in Beijing this week where attendees had been invited to hack into a Tesla Model S.

[Correction: it was initially reported that the team won US$10,000. However this grand prize was not awarded, as no hack met the specifications set by organisers.]

Organisers said on Friday: "Tesla Software Hack Challenge ended with team “yo”, from ZheJiang University, coming in first overall and winning ¥10,600 RMB in prize money. No team succeeded in the mission of hacking Tesla’s door and engine within the timeframe of the challenge. Therefore no one received the grand prize of $10,000 USD."

Tesla had said it welcomed news of any vulnerabilities discovered as a result of the hacking competition. "We support the idea of providing an environment in which responsible security researchers can help identify potential vulnerabilities," the company said on Wednesday.

"We hope that the security researchers will act responsibly and in good faith."

Hackers exploited a "flow design flaw" to gain access to the Tesla car's system, SyScan360 announced on Weibo. The loophole enabled attackers to remotely unlock the vehicle, sound the horn and flash the lights, and open the sunroof while the car was in motion. Organisers say they have reported the vulnerability to Tesla.

Security experts say Tesla, which recently announced plans to make all its technology and patents openly available, is particularly vulnerable to hackers, compared with manufacturers of traditional, non-electric cars.

"These new cars, especially hybrids, have a lot more software in them that has to be updated - these paths haven't really been probed yet by hackers," John Pescatore, director for emerging security trends at the Sans Institute, told Fox News last week.

"I assume for any electric car there's a huge amount of software to optimise and control things."

Pescatore said Tesla's good security reputation is "mainly because no one has pounded on them yet".

Last year, a team of researchers from the US Department of Defence's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency remotely hacked into Toyota Motor and Ford Motor electric cars and was able to activate the horn and disable the brakes while the vehicle was in motion.

What good is this? They should have just hacked it and sold it to government for millions. 10,000 rmb is peanuts

 

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