Smart Macau · AI for a Better Life
Register NowThe AI era has arrived — are you ready? The “Qwen Thousand Models Forge” Student Competition is jointly organized by the University of Macau, Alibaba Cloud, and BoardWare Intelligence Technology Limited, providing technology and scenario resources to turn your creativity into real solutions. Whether you’re a tech beginner or an experienced developer, this is your arena — build practical skills, accumulate portfolio works, connect with industry, and become a navigator of the new AI generation.
Through hands-on participation and experience, enabling students to keep pace with AI development
Comprehensively enhancing AI literacy and practical capabilities of Macau's teachers and students
Deepening industry-education integration, building an innovation ecosystem, and nurturing top talent
Qwen Thousand Models Forge, Innovating the Future — UM Youth, Navigate the AI Era!
Rooted in Macau's strategic positioning as "One Centre, One Platform, One Base," focusing on key sectors and leveraging AI technology to empower industrial transformation and inject strong technological momentum into Macau.
Smart Tourism · Quality Upgrade
Community Revival · Renewed Vitality
Technology for Good · Warm Companionship
Barcosense AI Glasses, developed by Barcosense, is a next-generation smart glasses terminal integrating Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) and AI large model technologies. It supports AI object recognition Q&A, EEG attention monitoring, voice interaction, and first-person recording.
Participating teams can design innovative application solutions around this device, combining it with the three theme directions (tourism, old district revitalization, elderly services). Teams interested in this track may apply to receive development glasses, then submit their projects after completing development.
※ The application scenarios listed above are illustrative examples intended to inspire creative thinking. Participating teams are free to explore any AI application direction related to Macao's social development and are not limited to the scenarios described above.
Participating teams build AI Agents or AI application scenarios with practical value based on Alibaba Cloud's Qwen large language model and the QwenPaw AI Agent framework, focusing on the three major themes.
Unique and eye-catching ideas and concepts with complete implementation
Practical utility or potential for rapid adoption, solving real-world problems
Applications built on the Qwen large model with technically challenging implementations
Any medium you can imagine can become your project
Web applications, Dashboards, Browser extensions
iOS/Android Apps, Mini Programs, PWA
WeChat/WhatsApp/Telegram Bot
Sensors, Smart Home, Wearable devices
Physical robots, Drones, Automation prototypes
AR/VR experiences, Interactive installations, AI creation
All participating students will receive a practice experience certificate, and award-winning teachers and students will receive University of Macau award certificates. Additional awards include Outstanding Supervisor Award (5) and Outstanding Team Award (3).
All teams that successfully advance to the finals can participate in the on-site lucky draw, with exciting prizes to add surprises to your finals journey!
Valued at MOP 8,999
Whether the scenario task is truly completed, and whether the results are accurate and verifiable.
Whether it demonstrates planning, tool invocation, multi-step execution, and failure recovery capabilities.
Whether it has clear scenario value, differentiated design, and practical application potential.
Whether it clearly explains the design approach, implementation process, and application results; if applicable, includes notes on AI ethics or high-risk applications.
Whether the work can be clearly demonstrated, and questions from judges can be answered with explanation of solution limitations.
UM Residential Colleges
UM Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UMTEC Limited
Alibaba Cloud (Macau) Limited
BoardWare Intelligence Technology Limited
USD 50 Bailian Platform voucher per team
Competition management system
Local technical support & training services
Alibaba Cloud / BoardWare Technical Experts
Joint guidance & one-on-one support
