# Honors & Awards — Luthfi Arifin

> Honors and awards earned by Luthfi Arifin — from an IEEE Best Presenter and a Top-5 global TiDB hackathon win to national IT Software Solutions competitions.

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Last updated: 2026-10-14

## Research & Hackathons

### Best — Best Presenter — ITIS 2025 (IEEE)

- **Issuer:** IEEE Information Technology International Seminar (ITIS)
- **Date:** Oct 2025
- **Association:** BINUS University
- **Link:** [Read the paper](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11308750?ref=https://laam.my.id)

Awarded Best Presenter for delivering the research paper “A Retrieval-Augmented Generation System for Automated Mind Map Creation and Enhanced Learning in Higher Education” — recognizing excellence in technical communication and the clarity of the research.

### Top 5 — Top 5 Global Winner — TiDB Future App Hackathon 2024

- **Issuer:** TiDB (PingCAP)
- **Date:** Sep 2024
- **Link:** [View on Devpost](https://devpost.com/software/hangout-ai?ref=https://laam.my.id)

Placed 5th globally out of 2,100+ participants from 80 countries with Hangout AI — an AI-powered travel-itinerary platform for Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, built on RAG, Llama 3, TiDB Vector Search and FastAPI.

## Student Competitions

### 2nd — Silver Medalist — LKS National XXVII

- **Issuer:** Kementerian Pendidikan (Ministry of Education)
- **Date:** Jul 2019
- **Association:** SMKN 26 Jakarta

National runner-up in IT Software Solutions for Business at the Lomba Kompetensi Siswa (LKS) — building Windows and mobile applications, wireframes and ER diagrams to solve a single competition brief.

### 4th — National Finalist — ASEAN Skill Competition XIII

- **Issuer:** Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan (Ministry of Manpower)
- **Date:** 2020
- **Association:** SMKN 26 Jakarta

Placed 4th in the Indonesian national selection (Seleksi Nasional) for IT Software Solutions for Business — the qualifier for the ASEAN Skill Competition XIII in Singapore.

### 1st — 1st Winner — LKS Provincial DKI Jakarta

- **Issuer:** Dinas Pendidikan DKI Jakarta
- **Date:** Feb 2019
- **Association:** SMKN 26 Jakarta

Provincial champion (DKI Jakarta) in IT Software Solutions for Business — building a Windows application to solve a single competition brief.

### 1st — 1st Winner — LKS Regional, Jakarta Timur

- **Issuer:** Dinas Pendidikan Jakarta Timur
- **Date:** Oct 2018
- **Association:** SMKN 26 Jakarta

Regional champion (East Jakarta) in IT Software Solutions for Business — the first rung of the LKS competition ladder, building a Windows application against a timed brief.

### 1st — 1st Winner — Kamp Kreatif SMK Indonesia (KKSI)

- **Issuer:** Kementerian Pendidikan (Ministry of Education)
- **Date:** Dec 2019
- **Association:** SMKN 26 Jakarta

First place in a team competition to build a mobile application that facilitates teaching-and-learning activities — the Smart School Technology track.