{"id":560,"date":"2023-11-10T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T04:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2023-11-18T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T04:05:32","slug":"mini-hackathon-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/mini-hackathon-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Hackathon 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTIwJTVCc21hcnRzbGlkZXIzJTIwc2xpZGVyJTNEJTIyNSUyMiU1RCUyMA==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Mini-Hackathon 2023&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A Kickstart to Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mini Hackathon 2023 is organized by the Stat Circle of University of Colombo in collaboration with Octave as a part of the 2 nd International Conference in Data Science in Sri Lanka (ICDS 2023).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This initiative mainly aims at addressing the growing need for skilled statisticians by providing a platform for the emerging talent to enhance their data analysis capabilities, learn valuable programming skills, and engage in problem-solving through data-driven approaches. Going beyond just elevating the quality of statistical insight, the Mini Hackathon 2023 is a platform to improve public exposure to data data-driven solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This ultimate hackathon experience is open for undergraduates from both state and private universities in Sri Lanka The Hackathon is a semi-virtual event with 4 featured phases,<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>1.<\/strong> Introductory webinar \u2013 25th of November 2023 (Virtual Session)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong> Preliminary Round \u2013 2nd of December 2023 (Online round conducted through the Kaggle platform)<\/li>\n<li><strong>3.<\/strong> Analytics Bootcamp \u2013 9th of December 2023(Virtual Session)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4.<\/strong> Finale &#8211; 16th of December (Onsite)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;565&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Winners of Mini Hackathon 2023 will be announced at the International Conference in Data Science 2023 which will be happening on the 19th and 20th of December 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;567&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;General Competition Guidelines&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A team should consist of a minimum of 3 members and a maximum of 4 members.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Registrations will be open from the 9th of November 2023 until 23rd of November 2023.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Undergraduates from both state and private universities are eligible to participate in the competition.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each university is permitted to register any number of teams per faculty\/affiliated institution.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participation of all team members is mandatory in each round.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">All teams must register through the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/dBsPW28q2MzM2r4J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration link<\/a> on or before the closing date. Stay in touch with our Facebook page for more information. (https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/StatCircle\/)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be 4 phases: Introductory Webinar, Preliminary round, Analytics Bootcamp, and the Final round.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Top 15 teams who get the highest score in terms of the model performance metrics and the report in the preliminary round will be selected for the On-site Finale.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of the top 15 teams, the top 5 teams will be selected to the final round by a panel of experts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thereafter, the top 5 teams will be ranked by a panel of experts based on their solution and presentation(pitch).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A general awareness of Data Analytics Algorithms, Data Analytics Tools and Software will be sufficient as a background requirement for the contestants.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tools that can be used:\u00a0Python<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/dBsPW28q2MzM2r4J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to register<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;568&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;572&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTIwJTVCc21hcnRzbGlkZXIzJTIwc2xpZGVyJTNEJTIyNSUyMiU1RCUyMA==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Mini-Hackathon 2023&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] A Kickstart to Innovation The Mini Hackathon 2023 is organized by the Stat Circle of University of Colombo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}