1st place overall · Inspiring Solutions challenge
No Other Choice
- Team
- David Santos, João Teodósio, Miguel Rodrigues, Tomás Lopes, Pedro SilvaFour students from Técnico’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) and one from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL)
- Prize
- €1,500 and a place at Junction 2026 in Espoo, Finland
The team tackled Inspiring Solutions’ QuantumTrace challenge, which asked participants to uncover cryptography that quantum computing will make vulnerable. Their solution combined a platform that checks source code, network traffic, cloud configurations, certificates and websites; a browser extension that flags insecure website connections; and a Visual Studio Code extension that suggests AI-assisted fixes.
Sources
- JunctionX Lisbon 2026 winning team has a majority of DEI membersTécnico DEI · 19 October 2026
- No Other Choice vence JunctionX Lisbon com projeto de segurança digitalTécnico Oeiras Campus (in Portuguese) · 26 October 2026
