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Spend Less and Do More: An LLM Efficiency Challengeat Huawei Ireland Tech Arena 2025
Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming how we learn, create, and interact with information. But making them practical for real-world use means solving a tough problem: Efficiency.
This is your chance to design an optimised LLM inference pipeline for single-round question answering. Your solution will be judged on both end-to-end latency and accuracy, with an LLM-as-a-Judge keeping score.
Imagine you’re the founding team of a startup building an AI-powered educational platform that brings school subjects to life for everyone. With a tight budget and limited computing resources, every design choice counts. The challenge: build a system that is cost-effective, agile, scalable, and sustainable, a foundation strong enough to grow with your future company.
Step up, think smart, and prove that with precision and creativity, you can spend less and do more.
Why participate?
Hack for Innovation
Collaborate with peers to create groundbreaking solutions.
Showcase Your Skills
Present your ideas and prototypes to industry experts and tech leaders.
Network and Collaborate
Connect with brilliant minds and potential collaborators worldwide.
Learn and Grow
Participate in workshops led by top professionals in the tech field.
Win Big
Compete for a chance to win up to 5,000 Euros in prizes.
Don’t Don’t miss your chance to take on the future of AI.
Sign up now and prove how efficient Large Language Models can truly be.
Prize pool
1st prize
The sum of 5,000 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
There will be one winning team.
Opportunity for future research collaboration with Huawei.
2nd prize
The sum of 2,500 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
There will be two winning teams.
3rd prize
The sum of 1,000 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
Calling all students studying in Ireland!Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD, here’s your chance to shine at Huawei Ireland Tech Arena 2025. EU students are welcome too!If you qualify for Phase 2, we’ll be excited to welcome you in person. Just keep in mind that participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Show your skills, compete, and make your mark!
Form teams of1-5 members. If you're a Bachelor's student, we highly recommend joining a team with Master's or PhD students for a more enriching experience. However, if you're confident in taking on the challenge alone, we fully support your decision. This is your time to shine, show us what you’ve got!
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.
Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go. For more information, please visit HUAWEI online at www.huawei.com.
About Huawei Ireland Research Centre
Huawei has been in Ireland since 2004, and has three R&D centres across the country in Dublin, Cork and Athlone. R&D efforts in Ireland focus on the areas of video analysis, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and site-reliability engineering.
Since entering the Irish market, Huawei has substantially grown its R&D presence and we are committed to our future in Ireland. Partnering with local third-level institutions including Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork, and University of Limerick, Huawei contributes the growth and development of Ireland’s innovation ecosystem while increasing productive capacity and providing new technological solutions for Irish consumers and businesses. Huawei also works with Science Foundation Ireland research centres including Adapt, Connect, and Lero.
In 2019, Huawei provided Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software a €6 million investment to fund a research programme aimed at improving the reliability of software applications.
About HUAWEI CLOUD
HUAWEI CLOUD is a leading cloud service provider, which brings Huawei's 30-plus years of expertise together in ICT infrastructure products and solutions. We are committed to providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud services to empower applications, harness the power of data, and help organizations of all sizes grow in today's intelligent world. HUAWEI CLOUD is also committed to bringing affordable, effective, and reliable cloud and AI services through technological innovation.
