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TRON Programming Contest 2025

TRON Programming Contest 2025

TRON Programming Contest 2025

Win your share of five million yen in our AI and RTOS innovation contest, featuring an IEEE Milestone RTOS with a 60% global market share

TRON Forum (Chair: Ken Sakamura, Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo) will hold “TRON Programming Contest 2025” (hereafter, “this Contest”) from Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Total amount of prizes is five million Japanese YEN. There are multiple submission categories, and a Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, and Special Awards will be awarded for each submission category.

This Contest is for engineers and students from Japan and overseas to compete in the fields of microprocessor applications, middleware, development environment, and tools using "µT-Kernel 3.0"(※), the world standard TRON RTOS.

The theme of this Contest is “TRON × AI — Utilizing AI.” We look forward to receiving your innovative submissions that incorporate AI technology. This Contest will be held in special collaboration with STMicroelectronics K.K. and Renesas Electronics, and in cooperation with Infineon Technologies K.K. and Personal Media Corporation, etc. This Contest also receives technical co-sponsorship from the IEEE Consumer Technology Society West Japan Joint Chapter. For the details on this Contest, please visit the following website.

TRON Programming Contest 2025
https://www.tron.org/programming_contest-2025/

(※) μT-Kernel 3.0 is an RTOS that is fully compatible with the "IEEE 2050-2018" standard for RTOSs adopted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and it runs on microprocessors from various manufacturers. It is a member of TRON Real-time OS family which was recognized as an IEEE Milestone in 2023.

Comment of Ken Sakamura, Chair of TRON Forum

On the occasion of the “TRON Programming Contest 2025,” we have set a new theme of “TRON × AI — Utilizing AI.”
Embedded systems are currently at a major turning point. In the past, embedded systems have been only required to execute their predetermined functions accurately. However, the advancement of AI is changing this situation. We are entering an age when embedded systems are also required to adapt to the environment, learn, and make smarter decisions.

μT-Kernel 3.0 has been used worldwide as a real-time OS for embedded systems that is fully compliant with IEEE international standard. How can we use AI on this OS to create new value? This is not just a technical challenge, but also a challenge to figure out how the new embedded systems should be in the age of the IoT and edge computing.

In this contest, contestants can use the latest microprocessor boards from the special cooperating companies and cooperating companies. By combining the hardware with μT-Kernel 3.0, various possibilities can be expanded, such as AI processing on the edge side and collaboration between cloud AI and edge nodes. We are looking forward to innovative ideas from contestants that go beyond conventional embedded systems.

The advancement of technology is accelerated by the creativity of the people who use it. We hope that this contest will be a place where excellent ideas are born that will show the shape of the next generation of embedded systems.

Contact

Nobuyuki Kashiwa and Hiroyuki Yamada, TRON Forum
+81-3-5437-0572 / press@tron.org

Overview of the "TRON Programming Contest 2025" (Tentative)

Schedule

Registration entry period: from Tuesday, January 21, 2025 to Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Program submission period: from Friday, May 30, 2025 to Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Awards ceremony: December 2025 (TBD)

What are called for

Programs in the fields of applications, middleware, development environment, and tools using "µT-Kernel 3.0," the world standard TRON real-time OS (RTOS) and the latest microprocessor boards provided by four major microprocessor manufacturers. Contestants will compete in technologies that bring out the characteristics of RTOSs, such as real-time performance, power saving, and small memory footprint, as well as development environments, tools, etc. that take advantage of new technologies.
The theme of the Contest in 2025 is “TRON × AI — Utilizing AI.” We look forward to receiving your innovative submissions that incorporate AI technology.

Selection

Judging meeting will be held by the following judges.

Chief Judge
Ken Sakamura (Chair of TRON Forum, IEEE Life Fellow / Golden Core Member, IEEE Computer Society, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo)

Judges
Takashi Goto (Infineon Technologies Japan K.K.)
Paolo Oteri (STMicroelectronics K.K)
Akihiro Kuroda (Renesas Electronics Corporation)
Akira Matsui (Personal Media Corporation)

Prizes

Total amount of prizes is five million Japanese YEN.

  • There will be a Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, and Special Awards for each submission category.
Eligibility
  • Those who agree to the Application Rules.
  • Any party including individuals, groups and corporations.
  • There is no restriction on nationality, age, resident area, etc. Minor applicants shall obtain the permission of the guardian.
Application Procedures

Details on entry requirements and application procedures will be announced on the contest website.

Contest website URL

https://www.tron.org/programming_contest-2025/

Details

Organizer
TRON Forum

Special Cooperation
STMicroelectronics K.K.
Renesas Electronics Corporation

Technology Co-sponsorship
IEEE Consumer Technology Society West Japan Joint Chapter

Cooperation
INIAD collaboration Hub for University and Business (cHUB), Toyo University / Infineon Technologies Japan / Personal Media Corporation / Ubiquitous Computing Technology Corporation / Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association

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