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NASA's Space Apps Challenge was held from OctoberÌý18 th to 20th in a number of locations in Canada, including theÌýSchulich School of Engineering. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was also a part of this competition, offering Ìýfor the participants to choose from.

The team Pixel Heroes including Parnia Shokri (SSE electrical and computer engineering, MSc student), Bahareh Yekkehkhany (SSE geomatics engineering, PhDÌýstudent) and Amin Zadeh (electrical and computer engineer), worked on a challenge regarding NEOSSat – Canada’s space surveillance telescope. They designed an algorithm based on computer vision for detecting moving objects inÌýNEOSSat data, which can be used for detecting unidentified asteroids, new comets and space debris.

Team Pixel Heroes is the Calgary's winner of the CSA Space Apps Challenge 2019 and will be competing against other teams fromÌýHalifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo and Edmonton to win the national winner's title in November.

Congratulations and Good luck!

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