Hi!ckathon
ECTS:
2
Course Hours:
0
Tutorials Hours:
0
Language:
English
Examination Modality:
mém+sout.
Objective
The Hi!ckathon is an event organised by the interdisciplinary Hi! Paris centre, which brings together HEC Paris and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris). Hi! Paris is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, at the service of science, economy and society.
The Hi!ckathon is a hackathon with a two-month preparation followed by a 48-hour final sprint (most likely mid-January). Participants are coached by data scientists and consultants from the sponsoring companies. The jury, composed of academics, data science experts and representatives of Hi! Paris' sponsor companies, will select 5 teams out of the 20 or so teams in the competition.
The weeks of preparation consist of courses, exercises and coaching sessions in order to provide the students with all the tools necessary for the successful completion of the hackathon, the subject of which will be specified later.
The Hi!ckathon allows students to practice data science from a business perspective.
Planning
Important Dates
The Hi!ckathon will take place from November 29 to December 2, 2024.
Before this, three weeks of preparation will be offered, with 4 refresher courses (held online from 6 to 8 pm):
- Feature Engineering, Tuesday, November 12
- Machine Learning Algorithms, November 19
- Pitch, November 21
- Deep Learning, November 26
A career fair will also be held on November 14 at Télécom Paris.
Registration is free of charge but mandatory.
Evaluation
The following documents must be submitted to the module's referring instructor:
A shared folder (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.) containing:
- The scientific summary of your work. You can send the version prepared during the hackathon or, if you prefer, a modified and completed version.
- The video presenting your project.
- The code used to obtain the results.
An email in which you:
- Indicate whether your team won a prize.
- Specify whether your team qualified for the final phase (presentation before the jury).
The grading criteria will be as follows:
- Prize won: grade between 17 and 20.
- Selected for jury evaluation but did not win a prize: grade between 14 and 16.5.
- Correct result but does not fall into either of the previous categories: grade between 8 and 13.5.
References
https://www.hi-paris.fr/2022/01/31/hickathon-2022-talks-with-corporate-donors/
https://www.hi-paris.fr/2021/03/16/first-hickathon-results/