Siar Mushtak (Said Hamed Siar Mushtak) came to Russia from Afghanistan, completed his bachelor's degree at Moscow Polytech, currently works at the university's Flying Robotics Laboratory, and plans to pursue a master's degree at his alma mater.

Siar participated in several events of the project-based educational intensive "Archipelago 2025," held in Skolkovo from August 7-17.

Competition: "Forest Fire Monitoring and Prevention"

Participants faced the challenge of training a neural network to detect wildfires within three days, then programming a drone for autonomous flight and integrating it with the neural network. As a programmer for the "Fixies" team, Siar Mushtak won third place. The team's prize was an activation key for Russian NN Track software designed for neural network training.

Hackathon: "Local Navigation Based on UWB and PX4"

Teams were challenged to enable drone autonomous navigation along a predetermined route without GPS, using instead a UWB module-based navigation system. Siar Mushtak served as both team leader and programmer for the "NEBO" (Sky) team - winning the silver medal. Their prizes included a SKYRIS TECHNIC CODE drone, a 50,000-ruble certificate for Skyris products, and 10,000 rubles in cash.

“The Archipelago 2025 event was truly impressive. The intensive program was extremely valuable for my professional growth. I particularly enjoyed participating in the master class series on unmanned systems and related technologies, which provided an excellent opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills in this field,” says Siar.

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