Schedule Update | The 2022 Microsoft and Intel Hackathon is in hot registration, and the two major tracks are waiting for you to fight!

Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme released the theme of the 2022 World Environment Day (June 5) - Only One Earth, calling on people to practice a greener, more sustainable way of life and achieve harmony with nature Symbiosis, in fact, this is also the original intention of Microsoft and Intel to join hands again to launch the 2022 Green Empowerment Hackathon.

Since the opening of the competition, more than 50 enterprise developers have joined the competition, focusing on the two competition topics of "Autonomous Driving" and "Industrial Production Safety", using the OpenVINO™ tool suite, Intel® Edge Insights for Industrial (EII) and Azure AI (AML) & Dv5 VM instance key technologies, jointly communicate and develop innovative green projects, and create infinite possibilities for development.

The schedule is updated, and the ultimate prize is waiting for you

In order to encourage the participation and innovation of enterprise developers, the conference affairs team of this competition has prepared generous prizes for the participating teams. The following prizes are set for the two tracks respectively (non-overlapping), and the prizes will be awarded separately according to different review rules. The winning teams of the two tracks have the opportunity to be certified by the "Intel OpenVINOTM Toolkit Leader Alliance".

• Autopilot track:
  
• Industrial production safety track:
  

Affected by the epidemic prevention and control policies of Shanghai and other cities, the offline finals of the competition have been slightly adjusted. The new schedule is as follows:

• Competition registration deadline: July 15
• Offline Finals: July 22-July 24
• Venue: Shanghai
• Result announcement & award ceremony: July 25-August 25**

*Due to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai and other cities, the time of the offline finals may be adjusted to some extent. The specific adjustment results will be notified separately. Please pay attention to the official website of the competition ( https://aka.ms/2022AIoThack ).

The two tracks are parallel, waiting for your C-position to attack

• Autopilot
  Based on computer vision (classification and target detection), using a 1:16 frame, combined with the advanced architecture of Intel and Microsoft Azure, to conduct automatic driving competitions on designated tracks, including training, obstacle avoidance, acceleration/deceleration, cornering, Stop Sign etc. scene.
• Key enterprises: OEMs, OEMs, Microsoft/Intel global partners and related solution providers in the automotive industry
• The participating teams must use the hardware platform customized by the organizing committee for development reference: Donkey Car
• Participating teams must possess the following technical abilities:
  • Familiar with Python 2.0 / 3.0
  • Familiar with Linux - Ubuntu 18x/20x
  • Familiar with VS code, WSL, Bash, etc.
  • [Optional] Familiar with Arduino
  • [Optional] Experience in OpenVINO™ Toolkit • [Optional] Experience in Azure AI (AML)
  • [Optional] Experience on TensorFlow 2.x/YOLO/Keras/etc.
• The participating teams must apply and deploy the following Intel and Microsoft Azure related products in their own solutions:
  • OpenVINO™ Toolkit • Microsoft Azure - AI (AML)

Industrial production safety

Based on machine vision technology, through real-time AI detection of participants, equipment or materials in the production environment, it can improve production safety in the industrial field and reduce environmental pollution.

• Teams must use the hardware platform customized by the organizing committee for development, deployment and demonstration: Industrial MV Development Kit
• Teams are recommended to possess the following technical abilities:
  • Family with Python/C++
  • Family with Linux/Docker
  • Experience in AI Inference Deployment
  • Experience in Azure AI/IOT service
• The participating teams must apply and deploy the following Intel and Microsoft Azure related products in their own solutions:
  • OpenVINO™ Toolkit • Intel® Edge Insights for Industrial (EII)
  • Microsoft Azure – Azure IoT
  • Microsoft Azure Dv5 VM – Series instances based on ICX

Gather for technology and go with harvest

For enterprise developers, registering for the competition can not only experience a technical marathon trip that can be "played" and "learned", but also can obtain the following multi-dimensional benefits:

• Product & Service Publicity Exposure

1. Participating companies will enjoy the online and offline multi-channel traffic exposure and promotion of this competition for free, so as to enhance the awareness of brands and core business technologies
2. The winning teams and projects in the competition will have the opportunity to be promoted through Microsoft and Intel's official channels for free after the event to showcase their works/core technical capabilities

• Communicate with customers and big coffee in the same industry

1. In-depth exchange of technology with customers and partners in the same industry, sharing corporate experience and product characteristics, getting to know more industry and technical friends, and expanding the technology circle and business market
2. Face-to-face with industry experts and technical judges, in-depth exchanges on the industry frontier trends of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, and help enterprises to innovate

• Original technical support to accelerate technological innovation

1. Microsoft global AIoT SWAT experts and Intel IoT technical experts guide the whole process, participate in and provide original technical support, and help enterprise development teams quickly deploy actual combat
2. Free use of Microsoft Azure and OpenVINO™ toolkits throughout the process, and deploy and test models on the competition's customized autonomous driving/industrial vision development kits

Green Home, you and I are allies, click to follow the official website of the competition , learn more about the competition, use technology to change and achieve a better world, and open a smart future!