The team of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of the West University of Timișoara, coordinated by Lect. Dr. Cristian Cira, recorded a remarkable performance in the HackDay cyber security competition, ranking 11th in the final stage, out of a total of over 150 participating teams and over 20 countries represented. The final of the Capture The Flag competition took place at the ESIEE university in Paris on March 8-9, where the top 25 university teams participated. The names of the students participating in the final, in order of appearance in the photo, are as follows:

• Ioana Silaș (1st year, English Informatics)
• Alexandru Szabo (1st year, Artificial Intelligence) – bachelor's degree
• Mark Dragotă (1st year, Artificial Intelligence) – bachelor's degree
• Sergiu Răchițeanu (1st year, Cyber ​​Security) – master
• Ramon Mateaș (1st year, Artificial Intelligence) – bachelor's degree
• Paul Valase (2nd year, English Computer Science) – BA