BLUE BELL, PA — Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has named the winners of the 17th Unisys Innovation Program, recognizing engineering students in India for projects focused on artificial intelligence, medical diagnostics and cybersecurity, the company announced.
The annual competition drew more than 27,000 registrants and 4,487 project submissions across six technology themes, reflecting continued interest in developing solutions to real-world engineering and business challenges.
RV College of Engineering earned first place for “Cross-Paradigm Compression for Efficient AI,” a project that combines spiking neural network dynamics with structured pruning techniques to reduce the computing resources required by deep learning models while maintaining accuracy. Unisys said the approach could lower deployment costs for AI applications across edge and enterprise environments.
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology received second place for “ResoScan,” a portable, radiation-free diagnostic system that analyzes tissue vibrations to identify changes in tissue characteristics. The project is intended to provide a lower-cost diagnostic tool across multiple medical specialties.
RV College of Engineering also claimed third place with “An Intelligent Risk-Adaptive Governance Framework and Security Gateway for Secure LLM Interactions,” which uses artificial intelligence and post-quantum cryptography to help protect sensitive information during interactions with large language models.
The winning teams were selected by a panel of judges based on technical excellence, feasibility, creativity and potential real-world impact. Finalists presented their projects during the program’s closing ceremony, attended by representatives from technology companies, higher education institutions and industry analyst firms.
“The pace of innovation today demands talent that can move from idea to impact quickly,” Chief Operating Officer Chris Arrasmith said. “Through UIP, students are not only experimenting with new technologies — they are also applying them in ways that reflect where business operations are headed and the skills the future workforce will require for success.”
The Unisys Innovation Program, established in 2009, is designed to connect engineering students with industry professionals through hands-on technology development. According to the company, the initiative aims to help bridge the gap between classroom learning and practical engineering experience.
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