Machine Learning Doesn't Have to be Just Another Buzz Word, Make it Real with Sigmoid Hacks!

Youtube (workshops): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1VMHbz_o5dt5UKKVoxOjA

Sigmoid Hacks is a free 3-day International virtual event for high school and college students. Come to acquire skills in the field of machine learning and its various applications through a series of workshops and seminars featuring guest speakers. Participants may work by themselves or in groups of up to 3 members. It is an opportunity for everyone to learn new skills, ask questions, get guidance from mentors, participate in fun mini-challenges, and win amazing prizes! Sigmoid Hacks is a student-led hackathon from Hack Club.

Eligibility

Participants can choose to work by themselves or in groups of up to 3 members

Requirements

Submit before Jan 18th 1PM PST

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,849 in prizes
Best NN From Scratch Project
1 winner

Neural Networks From Scratch Book (http://nnfs.io)

Most Applicable Project
1 winner

Jetson Nano

Most Visual Project
1 winner

Discord Nitro

Best Hardware Hack
1 winner

Jetson Nano

Everyone!
1 winner

- 1 year free Jetbrains products
- Sigmoid Hacks Swag and Stickers

Honorable Mention
3 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

John Lins
Founder Of Sigmoid Hacks & Workshop Host

Damian Musk
Workshop Host & Finance

Luke Parkhurst
ML Graduate Student @ Northeastern

Claire Wang
Judge

Aditya Rawat

Aditya Rawat
Judge

Judging Criteria

  • Wow Factor
    If you make the judges say "wow." The best way to do this is by deploying your project for the judges to Interact with.
  • Applicability
    Could your project be used to solve a problem in the real world?
  • Abstraction Level
    Yes, we take this into account! Don't be afraid to build an NN from scratch in assembly if you feel the motivation.

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