PHOENIX, May 17, 2013 – Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania was awarded first place for using artificial intelligence to create a viable model for a low-cost, self-driving car at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public.
Ionut said his research addresses a major global issue. In 2004, car accidents caused 2.5 million deaths worldwide
1, and 87 percent of crashes resulted from driver error
2. With 3-D radar and mounted cameras, Ionut created a feasible design for an autonomously controlled car that could detect traffic lanes and curbs, along with the real-time position of the car – and it would only cost $4,000.
He received the Gordon E. Moore Award of $75,000, named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.
1 World report on road traffic injury prevention, WHO, 2004 (from Ionut’s research)
2 A study using British and American crash reports as data (from Ionut’s research)
http://www.societyforscience.org/document.doc?id=495Cercetarea lui Ionuţ abordează o problemă globală majoră. În 2004, accidentele de maşină au provocat 2,5 milioane de decese la nivel mondial [WHO, 2004], 87% dintre accidente fiind cauzate de eroarea şoferului. Cu un radar 3D şi videocamere montate la bord, Ionuţ a creat un design fezabil pentru un autoturism cu comandă autonomă care ar putea detecta liniile şi curbele din trafic, precum şi pozitionarea în timp real a maşinii - şi care ar costa doar 4.000 de dolari.