Pre-Datathon

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Hurry up and register your team for the Pre-Datathon!

Registration Deadline:
05 December, 2020 00:00

Start:
29 November, 2020 17:00

End:
05 December, 2020 00:00


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What is a "Datathon"?

A Data-Focused hackathon where you will be given a dataset & to address a specific problem within a limited amount of time.

Use your creativity and data science skills to build, test and explore solutions.

# Try something new

# Apply what you know

# Improve your Data-Science skills

Real World Problems

Solve Practical Buiness Challenges in the areas of AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning more....

Multi-Area Expertise

You can work in teams with your colleagues who already have skills including coding, data analysis and buisness intelligence etc.

Best chance to learn is keep practicing

Collaborate and exchange knowledge with your team

Have Fun!!

We encourage all of you to have fun.

Form up your team on your own.

Compete together, connect and learn from mistakes.

A Better Learning Environment

Introductory sessions prior to the challenges.

Receive mentoring from your seniors.

User friendly platform for testing and submitting your solutions.

About "Pre-Datathon"

The Competition

"ACES Datathon", a larger datathon competition revolving around the role of Big Data and Machine Learning, organized by ACES, the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya is to be held from ... of the February 2021. It is a ... hour competition open to all undergraduates of Univercity of Peradeniya.

"Pre-Datathon", the pre-selection round for "ACES Datathon", is to be held on ..... of January through the Kaggle platform. All the undergraduates of Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya are welcome to take part in this competition to test you skills and take the opportunity to participate for the "ACES Datathon".

Rules & Regulations

1. Open to all undergraduates from Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

2. Teams will be provided with the data set which they must use for the competition. You may choose to use any proramming languages, APIs, plugins or scripts of your own.

3. Each team must consist of 3 members at most.

4. All entries must be your original work and developed at the competition.

5. Every work submitted at the competition will be checked for plagiarism. Copying from the Internet or submitting others' code will disqualify a team.

6. Thirty teams will be short-listed for the Datathon2021, according to the final score you earned.

7. The selected teams will be announced by the end of the competion.

Timeline

Nov 29

Introductory Session

by Prof. Roshan G Ragel


Introduction to Machine Learning

Tools and technologies used

Introduction to Machine Learning libraries


Competition Deadline: Dec 05 2020

Dec 06

Basics of Machine Learning

by Mr. Sampath Deegalla

Dec 13

Regression and Neural Networks

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Dec 20

Covid-19 Dataset

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Nov 03

Pre-Datathon

Grand Event

Have a question?

You need to register for the competition through the registration form given here before the deadline.

Then you will recieve an invitation email confirming your registration.

hackersclub@eng.pdn.ac.lk

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