About
The UTA Datathon is one of the top annually runned 24-hour data-based competitive event organized by the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. With an engagement of more than 200 participants, the students will utilize their analytical skills along with data to address the given challenges. The event happening on April 13th -14th in the Nedderman Hall is open to all majors.
The participants will have the option to work on two categories of challenges. Time based challenges will affect your score based on how soon you make a correct submission. Examples of these challenges are data annotation, data visualization, EDA, and clustering.
Model Challenges are not impacted by the time factor, rather the quality of your work will be a major factor for determining scores.
Combined both the challange categories will decide the top winners!
Get Started
Make sure you have registered, find a team, create your Devpost account and Ready Mav Go!
Requirements
You will submit all your work through Devpost. This includes any text, code, analysis, and/or visualization files. You will be provided a dataset to work with for each challenge. Read through the challenge requirments and the grading rubric and submit in the form of a document upload, text, file, code, image, and/or video. For you to be scored correctly, include all materials in one submission. Multiple submissions may result in you losing points on the time factor as the latest submission will count towards the final score.
You must not use an existing project.
File Naming convention:
Make your submissions as clear as possible and name all your files with following naming convention: Challenge name_Team name_anyotherinfoyouwant
Prizes
Vision Quest Challenge - Occulus VR Headset
No Drama Llama Traffic Jam-a - Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV 40" 2-Series HD Smart TV with Fire Alexa Voice Remote
Innovative Data Intelligence Research Lab Machine Learning Challenges - Apple TV
Apple TV 128 GB (3rd generation)
All-New Echo Buds (2023 release)
Claim Check-worthiness Annotation - Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds
Soundcore by Anker Life A3i Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds
Claim Matching Annotation - KODAK Printomatic Digital Instant Print Camera
Viz-a-Verse: A Tyler Sheridan Story - Amazon Echo Pop
VR Headset - Google Nest Mini 2nd Gen
Innovative Data Intelligence Research Lab Data Visualization Challenges - Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K
Funko Keys -Trophy
Mayday Maestros - Nintendo Collector's Edition
Mini Events
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Hack from Home Kit
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Best Use of MATLAB
Wireless YoYo Speaker
MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.
Best Use of Starknet
Starknet Care Package for Coders
Starknet is redefining the very notion of Web3 by tackling one of the most intimidating technical challenges in the industry - scaling a blockchain while maintaining its security and decentralization.
Starknet was the first general purpose ZK-Rollup service on Ethereum in Feb. 2022, and has proved its potential to be a market leader. Essentially, it increases the processing speed, while reducing the cost of operating on the Ethereum blockchain.
As a result, we are seeing a variety of “traditional” tech businesses - payments / social media / AI / online gaming - now being integrated with blockchains using our technology.
Moreover, the Starknet community is a growing pool of global talent - from feisty college students to some of the most illustrious PhDs in the world.
Best Use of Taipy
Wireless Headphones
Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!
Best Use of Kintone
Breadboard IoT Kit
Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? Kintone is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. Your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table, and if you use Kintone in your hackathon project, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!
Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
Arduino Kit
Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 instance deployment to object storage. You can even run machine learning models in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for you and your team!
Urinalysis Test Results dataset - Google Nest Mini 2nd Gen
Truthfulness Stance Annotation - KODAK Printomatic Digital Instant Print Camera
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Chengkai Li
Donna Marjorie French
John Connolly
Jose Cortes
Joshua Osborne
Roohia Shahzad
Judging Criteria
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