The award-winning topic, entitled "Embedded Intelligence With Covert Cognizance (C2)", talks about a future of resilient cyber-physical systems that can self-heal and continue operation in the face of sophisticated cyberattacks without requiring human interference. The competition was judged by industry and national lab partners from Google, VMWare, Ericsson, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The CYNICS group would also like to congratulate the other award winners, Mr. Lee (runner up), Mr. Melachuri (hon. mention), and Mr. Kuwaranancharoen (hon. mention).