Pictured at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2024 at the RDS Dublin is Joanna Lipska, Newbridge College Kildare with her project 'Sound of Tensegrity'. Photo: Fennell Photo The winner of the 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) has been announced. Seán O’Sullivan, aged 17, a 5th year student from Coláiste Chiaráin in Limerick, has won the top prize with his project, VerifyMe: A new approach to authorship attribution in the post-ChatGPT era. The BTYSTE perpetual trophy was presented to the winner this evening at the RDS by Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD and Managing Director of BT Ireland, Shay Walsh. Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022, the line between human-written and AI-generated text has blurred, leaving academia and industry searching for a reliable method to discern “true” human authorship. In his project, Seán considered the challenges of author verification in the context of the significant improvements in Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. He developed a novel approach to author authentication that identifies stylistic differences to verify authorship. Chair of the Technology Group Judging Panel, Leonard Hobbs said, “The judges were hugely impressed by Sean’s innovative approach to addressing a problem that has only recently emerged and his programming skills in architecting a complex software solution.” Seán is the 60th recipient to win the highly coveted trophy, and the top prize of €7,500. Seán will now also represent Ireland at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) taking place later this year in the European City for Science 2024 - Katowice, Poland. Speaking at the awards ceremony this evening, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD said, “I’d like to sincerely congratulate Seán O’Sullivan from Coláiste Chiaráin in Limerick on his tremendous achievement of winning top prize in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2024. His win is testament to his
GALLERY: Kildare winners at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2024
1401 Grace Joyce and Amira Curran from Newbridge College Kildare and their project 'Does the Rising Cost of Living Affect our Ability to Live Sustainably? - A Case Study of a Suburban Town in Co. Kildare' at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2024 in the RDS Dublin.
