Asia University’s Department of Early Childhood Education Wins Overall Runner-Up, Gold and Silver Medals in the Cultural and Creative Arts Category

Asia University hosted the “Intelligent Future: 2025 Generative AI Creative Design Competition” on June 7, drawing enthusiastic participation from 222 teams representing 15 universities and 12 high schools across Taiwan. With a total prize pool exceeding NT$300,000, the event showcased the vast potential of generative AI across diverse fields such as education, healthcare, finance, and the arts.
The competition featured categories including Cultural and Creative Arts, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Conceptual Design. Projects addressed topics such as early childhood education, precision medicine, and personal finance. Participants presented their work through detailed on-site displays and engaged with judges to explain the highlights of their innovations, demonstrating how AI can be applied to solve real-world challenges through creative thinking and practical implementation.
After intense competition, the Grand Prize went to a team from Chang Gung University for their project “Korfball: Smart Teaching and Fitness Assistance System,” earning the top award of NT$100,000. Asia University’s Department of Early Childhood Education won the Overall Runner-Up and a NT$20,000 prize with their project “Dodo Goes to School,” which combined generative AI with interactive learning for children. The project was praised for its originality and educational value. The department also earned a Gold Medal for “Pipi the Brave Hedgehog” and a Silver Medal for “Using Generative AI with AR/VR to Create an Interactive Educational Picture Book on Time” in the Cultural and Creative Arts category.

Asia University’s Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering earned two Gold Medals at the “2025 Generative AI Creative Design Competition.” The projects, titled “Design and Implementation of a Heterogeneous Assistant System Integrating Vector Space Indexing and Local Language Model Reasoning” and “Wearable Smart Museum Guide Service,” won top honors in the Logical Thinking Design and Concept Design categories, respectively.
Asia University Vice President Dr. Hsien-Hsiung Tseng noted that generative AI has become a core tool for next-generation creative design. This competition encouraged students to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and apply AI technologies to real-world contexts, demonstrating the younger generation’s readiness to tackle future challenges with innovation and vision. He emphasized that Asia University will continue to host similar events, aiming to create an innovative, hands-on, and interdisciplinary AI talent hub, positioning itself as a leading center for generative AI education in central Taiwan.
Students from the Department of Early Childhood Education at Asia University won the overall second place in the “2025 Generative AI Creative Design Competition” with their project titled “Dodo Goes to School” .