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HiPEAC Student Challenge VI: AI for humanity

We’re looking for teams of computer science students - whether undergraduate, master’s or PhD - for the sixth edition of the HiPEAC Student Challenge. We invite you to join HiPEAC at Computing Systems Week Edinburgh on 16-18 April and explain how technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) could solve real issues facing society today.

To participate, register your team by 8 March 2019. HiPEAC can provide guidance and funding for your trip to Computing Systems Week Edinburgh to present your solution, where you’ll also get expert feedback.

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What's the challenge?

You decide. Your task is to think of a problem, then think of an innovative AI-based technology to solve it.

  • Think a robot could help out your professor? How about creating an AI-based teaching assistant? (Check out this Georgia Tech blog post for inspiration).
  • Want to help save water in agriculture? You could design an efficient irrigation system.
  • Perhaps you’d like to improve system alarms, by helping them share information?
  • Thinking about public transport which is fit for the future? Why not design a solution for a sustainable transport system without sacrificing quality of service?

If you run short of ideas, you can find some great examples in this Forbes article. You can come up with any idea of a real-life problem, as long as you can think of the technology to solve it.

How to take part

  1. Find a team and register by emailing the Student Challenge organizers (below). The deadline for registrations is 8 March.

  2. Define a concrete, real-life problem (see above for ideas).

  3. Ask a teacher or senior student to mentor you (this isn’t mandatory, but may give you more confidence).

  4. Work on a specific solution to this problem – either a new solution, or one based on something which already exists. You will need to explain:
    • why it is important to solve this chosen problem for your daily life
    • what makes it suitable for an AI-based solution
    • how to collect the data involved for the training phase
    • which algorithms will be used to learn and decide

    There’s no need to deliver a full implementation, but you will need to set out the goals to achieve, along with a framework and the main parts to be implemented. It would be good to choose a platform, perhaps a specific architecture, or anything else you envision in your product.

  5. Send us an extended abstract (2-4 pages). Explain your strategy, how you overcame obstacles and why your solution works. The deadline for abstracts is 15 March.

  6. We will invite five teams to join us in Edinburgh, UK, for HiPEAC’s Computing Systems Week (16-18 April). The rest can join by video link. You will present the problem and your chosen solution.

  7. Once the presentation is over, you’ll get feedback from senior researchers, who will also posit their own solutions.

    8. Travel grants are available to ensure that at least one person per team can attend the HiPEAC event. There will be a diploma for all teams, along with prizes.

    Questions?

    Ask the organizers - they're here to help.

    Marisa Gil, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Barcelona Supercomputing Center
    Chris Fensch, Arm Norway
    Georgios Goumas, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens
    Isil Oz, İzmir Institute of Technology

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Application areas: Agriculture, Climate and environment, Public transport

Topics: Artificial intelligence, Cyber-physical systems, IoT, Machine learning, Sustainability

Summary

HiPEAC invites computer science students to participate in the sixth Student Challenge, focusing on AI solutions for societal issues. Registration opens until March 8 for the event in Edinburgh on April 16-18.