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Video Analytics Hackathon
Virtual hackathon where you’re given the challenge to solve a real-world problem
We Provide Everything Necessary for Hackathon
Software
All the tools and packages necessary for the hackathon will be preinstalled and read to go.
Datasets
Hackathons can run on either your datasets or RocketML provided Public datasets.
HPC Compute
Access to modern compute on Cloud - Both CPU clusters as well as GPU cluster
Coaching
Team of Machine Learning experts will guide the participants
About Video Analytics
Videos are rich in information that can be converted into highly valuable data and applications. This hackathon is intended to help speed up your learning or showcase your skills in machine learning. Trust us, speed helps! It is the most important UX for Machine Learning.
Where and When
Oct, 03 - Oct 04, RocketML Virtual
Selected Participants will get:
- Access to RocketML (a HPC based machine learning platform) along with free compute instances on Azure Cloud
- Instructions to successfully build Video Analytics Application within 24 hours.
- Access to pre-installed python tools, libraries and frameworks
Notebook, Terminal, VS Code environments - Access to a team of Mentors for support on Slack channel
Schedule for 24 hr hackathon
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Kick off and Introductions Oct 3, 1 PM PST
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Presentation of Challenge 1:15 PM
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Tutorials 1:30 PM
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Hackathon Begins 2:30 PM
Select Participants get access to Compute resources on RocketML. Others are welcome to work on their own.
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Tech Support and Mentors (Oct 3rd) until 10 PM
Mentors and Coaches will be available until 10 PM
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Tech Support and Mentors (Oct 4th) back at 9 AM PST
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Hackathon Submissions due Oct 4, 11 AM PST
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Reassemble on Livestream 12 PM
Four top teams present (5 minutes each)
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Break 10 min
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Winner Selection and Conclusions 12:30 PM
Who is this Hackathon for
Data Scientists
You'll learn how to build impactful applications from video datasets at scale without having to learn High Performance Computing basics.
Data Engineers
You'll become familiar with many of the basic video dataset challenges and how proficient data pipelines can be built at scale to real time applications
Business Analysts
You'll learn several interesting aspects of video data and be able to make use of existing video analytics models and assess business value of video data feeds
Software Engineers
You'll learn the basics of machine learning on Video data and be able to visualize its use in end applications.