What is LingHacks VII?
LingHacks VII is the seventh iteration of the world's first computational linguistics hackathon for high schoolers. Our goal is to expose students of all backgrounds to the field of natural language processing and inspire students to pursue computer science in their careers. LingHacks VII is a weekend-long invention competition where you come together with a team and build a software project that integrates computational linguistics and may or may not solve a scientific or social problem.
Interested in getting involved? Please visit https://linghacks.tech/programs/linghacks-vii to fill out one of the registration forms linked at the top of the page (either for participants, campus ambassadors, or volunteers)! Note that only registering on Devpost does not officially register you for the hackathon - all registrations should go through the official forms on our website to ensure that we can contact you with all pertinent resources and announcements!
Requirements
A 2-3 minute video, viewable to everyone with the link, along with a description of your project must be submitted to Devpost by the submission deadline: June 14th @ 2pm Central Time/3pm Eastern Time/noon Pacific Time. This should include your brainstorming, inspiration, design process, resources, and the final product, among other details.
A Github link to your source code is required for all projects. All projects must be created solely within the time period of LingHacks VII.
Cross-submission is not allowed with other hackathons and teams may be disqualified if they are found violating these requirements.
Prizes
1st place
$300 Featherless.ai credits + $120 cash prize, split evenly amongst team members. Cash prize will be distributed as either gift card or virtual card.
2nd Place
3rd Place
Best Use of AI/ML
$25 Art of Problem Solving coupons for each team member, $30 cash prize split evenly amongst team members. Cash prize will be distributed as either gift card or virtual card.
Best Beginner Project
Best Design (UI/UX)
1 year subscription to frontendmentor.io for each team member, $30 cash split evenly amongst team members, distributed as either gift card or virtual card.
Top 10 Teams
1 year of a free .xyz web domain for each participant
All Winners
The top 10 teams + honorable mentions, in addition to the Best Design, Best Beginner Project, and Best Use of AI/ML winners, will all receive a 7-day free trial of Interview Cake (1 trial per team member).
Honorable Mention
1 year of free .xyz web domain per team
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Harshprabha
Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate, Electronics & Communication Engineering, IGDTUW
Edmund Eric Gah
AI/ML Researcher, Founder & CEO of Nexora
Karina Halevy
PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University Language Technologies Institute
Prathusha Prakash
Engineering Manager at Tiktok
Naga Deepak Pothuraju
Senior Engineering Manager at TikTok
Bradley Warren
PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University
Alon Halevy
Distinguished Engineer, Google
Sarthak Bisht
PhD Student at Carnegie Mellon University Language Technologies Institute, Founding Partner at Fprime.ai
Alfonsus Ardani
Independent Software Developer
Rithvik Senthil
Applied ML Scientist @ Blue Origin
Kelvin Godwin Anaman
AI/ML Researcher, Founder & CEO @ Pulse
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Is the project creative? Is it original? Is the idea unique? -
Impact
Does the project benefit a certain community? How does it benefit them? How wide is the scope of the project? -
Feasibility
Is the project effective in completing its goal? Does the project work without bugs/problems? -
Technology
Does the project reflect a high, sophisticated level of knowledge? What type of frameworks and libraries did they use? What level of difficulty would the project entail? -
UI/UX
Is the project designed aesthetically? Is the project well-designed for its users? Does the project take into account different users and their experiences?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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