[Cmi-board] Fwd: [Centre for Machine Intelligence] Learn about Machine Learning and Make an Impact - 6th Nov. (please register)
Sarvapali Ramchurn
cmi-hog at soton.ac.uk
Tue Oct 29 20:57:11 GMT 2019
Hi All,
Please see below the email that I sent yesterday regarding the Machine Learning Hackathon that I kept mentioning for a while (it’s finally happening!).
We have now over 220 students from across the university registered for this (all disciplines). I’ve also secured £4000 of prizes to give to the winners (from northrup, spark, shell).
We don’t need to do much for this as Spark is providing all the tutorials and online support.
This will get CMI visibility across the university (even staff from different depts have contacted me). It would be good if some of us could be present at the opening session and helped with the judging of reports and on the panel on the 20th. Let me know if you have time to help out.
Regards,
Gopal
—
Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn, FIET
Professor of Artificial Intelligence,
Director, Centre for Machine Intelligence
Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton, UK.
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Mears L.E. <L.E.Mears at soton.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Centre for Machine Intelligence] Learn about Machine Learning and Make an Impact - 6th Nov. (please register)
> Date: 29 October 2019 at 16:10:16 GMT
> To: Sarvapali Ramchurn <sdr1 at soton.ac.uk>
>
> Hi Gopal,
>
> I'm interested in participating in this, but am not sure I'd be able to find a team myself. If there are other teams that need extra members, I'd be very happy to join them.
>
> Some background in case it is useful. I am a 2nd year PhD student co-supervised by Tom Ezard at NOCS and Richard Watson in ECS. My research area is computational models of evolution.
>
> I would be happy to join a team working on any problem, but my undergraduate degree was in biomedical science, so I might be most useful to teams tackling biological or medical questions.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Laura
>
> Laura E Mears
> PhD Student
> Ocean and Earth Science | Electronics and Computer Science
> University of Southampton
>
> From: Sarvapali Ramchurn <sdr1 at soton.ac.uk>
> Sent: 28 October 2019 17:43
> To: Sarvapali Ramchurn <sdr1 at soton.ac.uk>
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> Subject: [Centre for Machine Intelligence] Learn about Machine Learning and Make an Impact - 6th Nov. (please register)
>
> ** If you are interested in Machine Learning and how you can use this technology to solve real-world problems, please read on**
> ** Free machine learning tutorial and prizes to be won **
> ** No prior experience with machine learning required **
>
> Dear all,
>
> The Centre for Machine Intelligence (www.cmi.ecs.soton.ac.uk <http://www.cmi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/>) in collaboration with SparkCognition, invites students to participate in its first Machine Learning Hackathon. The hackathon is open to all students from all backgrounds and aims to help them:
> • learn about machine learning
> • develop their teamworking skills
> • develop entrepreneurial skills
> • improve their presentation skills.
>
> **No prior experience in Machine Learning is required** - but having some basic coding skills and some understanding of statistics will definitely give you a head start. Over the span of two weeks, you and your team will apply Machine Learning to solve a problem of your choice. We’ll start with “Machine Learning 101,” a short primer on the technology, what it’s good for (and not good for), and how to use it. Then you’ll pick a problem to solve and jump in!
>
> Register to attend the briefing event (6th Nov) here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/machine-learning-hackathon-briefing-session-tickets-79014266799 <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/machine-learning-hackathon-briefing-session-tickets-79014266799>
>
>
> Structure of the Competition
> -------------------------------------
> • Projects should be done in teams of four or five.
> • You’re encouraged to choose your own problem and dataset(s) – think broadly and pursue your interests. Another good option is to tackle a problem from one of our corporate sponsors, using a provided dataset.
> • A panel of judges will select the top 10-20% of the projects to advance to the final round of competition.
> • These finalists will present their work to an audience, including another panel of judges. The judges will award several prizes, including a total of £2000 (in Amazon or other vouchers) to the teams producing the top two projects.
>
> Important Dates
> ---------------------
> • Before November 6th: Recruit your teammates (let us know if you would like help with this)
> • November 6th (venue: 46/3001) – Kickoff 6pm - 9pm (food/drinks will be provided)
> • Machine Learning 101: introduction to the technology
> • Using Darwin
> • What makes for a good problem and dataset
> • November 6th through 16th – work with your team to solve your problem using Darwin
> • November 16th – submit your project report / presentation
> • November 18th – finalists selected and announced
> • November 20th – finalists present their work to judges, and prizes are awarded
>
> The event is sponsored by the new Centre for Maritime Futures (Shell-Southampton), Northrop Grumman, Spark Cognition, and Dstl.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gopal
>
> —
> Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn, FIET
> Professor of Artificial Intelligence,
> Turing Fellow,
> Director, Centre for Machine Intelligence
> Electronics and Computer Science,
> University of Southampton, UK.
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