traP students win Best Technical Award at Crisis Management Contest

During the Crisis Management Contest, contestants assume the role of client company server administrators who need to find rapid, appropriate solutions to various incidents that occur during the contest. These include webpage, network, and other service anomalies, and complaint calls from outside the company, which the participants have to respond to by using their technical skills. These responses are evaluated comprehensively before a winner is chosen.

A total of 33 teams participated in the preliminary round of the contest in April. A second qualification round was held in May, with five universities progressing to the finals. Representing Tokyo Tech at the finals was the traP team, mentored by Associate Professor Takashi Ishida from the School of Computer Science.

Koya Ohashi, 4th year, Information and Communications Engineering

We won this contest last year, and we were aiming for no less this year. We were prepared and assigned roles appropriately, but came across difficult problems during the contest, and were not able to produce the desired result. We tried to investigate and change router and server settings, and strived to provide appropriate solutions, but to no avail. That said, I am delighted that my teammate Shu Takayama and I were awarded the JPCERT/CC Award.

While there may be some changes to the team, we look forward to getting our revenge next year. Meanwhile, traP will continue to create ideas through its club activities.

Contest participants and judges