EnCora PlayData Trainees Win Top Prize at KDT Hackathon, Extending AI Talent Development Track Record
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EnCora said on the 16th that a team of trainees from PlayData's 'SK Networks Family AI Camp' achieved results at the '2026 K-Digital Training (KDT) Hackathon.'
The team 'Bammasil,' made up of 34th-cohort trainees, won the top prize at the hackathon.
The team developed an AI visual assistance service to support nighttime walking for people with night blindness or low vision, and implemented it on an on-device AI basis so that a smartphone can identify surrounding conditions and hazards.
EnCora, an AI and data specialist company, said on the 16th that a team of trainees from PlayData, its IT training institution, achieved results at the 2026 K-Digital Training (KDT) Hackathon. The team participated in PlayData's 'SK Networks Family AI Camp'.
The team 'Bammasil,' made up of trainees from the 34th cohort of PlayData's 'SK Networks Family AI Camp,' won the top prize at the hackathon. The team presented an AI visual assistance service that supports nighttime walking for people with night blindness or low vision, and the service was implemented on an on-device AI basis so that a smartphone can identify surrounding conditions and hazards.
The trainees joined the hackathon after building experience through projects on AI model development and service implementation in the camp.
Graduates and trainees from PlayData's SK Networks Family AI Camp are posting a series of results in hackathons and contests. Graduates from the 25th cohort took first place in the Olive Young track at the 'Copathon AI Native Hackathon,' co-hosted by CJ Olive Young and Krafton, and applied AI to the 'Wellness Promotion Automation' task. The achievement demonstrated their ability to solve real business problems. Graduates from the 12th cohort received an idea award at the 2026 KDT Hackathon, and a trainee from the 31st cohort won the grand prize in the cultural data utilization category at the '4th Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism AI and Data Utilization Contest.'
EnCora said it continues to highlight the various contest results of trainees and graduates during training, adding that alumni activities from the camp are continuing.
PlayData's SK Networks Family AI Camp runs project-based offline training and provides feedback from working professionals as mentors. Through this, it helps trainees gain experience applying AI technology to real-world problem-solving and build service implementation experience.
Based on its AI education experience, EnCora operates a separate education platform, EnCora AI Campus. The company offers practical training courses ranging from data engineering to AI agents, reflecting trends in the AI industry and companies' talent needs.
EnCora AI Campus will run the 'AI Ready Data Engineering Camp 3rd cohort' and the 'Multi-Agent AI Orchestration Camp 4th cohort' as October-opening programs, with opening dates on October 7 and 14, respectively. Both courses are currently recruiting trainees. The 'AI Ready Data Engineering Camp' teaches data collection and processing capabilities for AI use, as well as data pipeline building and operations capabilities. The 'Multi-Agent AI Orchestration Camp' provides training in the use of LLM and AI agents, focusing on the ability to implement AI services and business processes.
Kim Kwon-sik, head of the PlayData Center, said that trainees and graduates from multiple cohorts have continued to produce results in a range of external contests, and that this is the result of PlayData's AI education competitiveness and quality. He added that the company plans to expand the scope of its accumulated training experience to a variety of AI courses, including the SK Networks Family AI Camp and EnCora AI Campus, and continue developing practical AI talent suited to industry needs.
Source: IT DAILY · Yang Seung-gap
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