Doha: Qatar University’s College of Engineering (QU-CENG), Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) announced launch of Artificial Intelligence National Competition.
QU-CENG Dean Dr Khalid Kamal Naji said “This is a national competition challenging students, developers, professionals, and researchers to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to tackle some challenges for different applications. This opportunity will also raise awareness of AI technologies in Qatar, support building local capacity in this timely and crucial area, and provide a platform for participants to share AI ideas and applications”.
“The competition consists of two tracks, and participants are required to submit either a “Concept & Design” or “Proof of Concept & Demo”. Track 1 of the competition: Concept and Design. Track 2 of the competition: Proof of concept and Demo”, he added.
AI national competition is open to all individuals who are living in the State of Qatar. High school students, undergraduate students, and graduate students are able to participate in the competition. Experts (e.g., professors and/or professionals) can act as mentors for high school and undergraduate students. Mentors will not receive a prize, but their efforts will be acknowledged, and a certification will be provided. Participants are eligible to participate either individually or as a team. The maximum number in a team shall not exceed 3 participants. Any participating team is allowed only for a single submission
Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Director of QCRI, said that "the competition consists of 5 phases: Idea Submission Sunday, November 15, 2020, Announcement of shortlisted ideas Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Solution design / development duration 4 months, Project Submission Monday, March 1, 2021, Project testing and demos (track 2) Thursday, March 4, 2021, Announcement of winners Thursday, March 11, 2021”.
The competition is looking for creative and innovative AI solutions, which can be deployed to resolve practical problems including but not limited to: Healthcare solutions, AI in Education, Automatic and real-time detection of trolls over social media, Real-time AI solutions for assisting sports referees to take prompt decisions, Crowd monitoring and behavior analysis and prediction, Detection and prevention of attacks and malware, Drones emergency services, and Logistics impacting the supply chain and security challenges due to the blockade.
The details of the two tracks are as follows:
Track 1 of the competition: Concept and Design; The teams are requested to describe their concept and design in the form of an article. A presentation that shows the proposed solution must be presented in front of the juries. The evaluation criteria for this track will be mainly on your innovative idea (60%) and the feasibility of implementation (40%).
Track 2 of the competition: Proof of concept and Demos; in this track, the teams are requested to articulate their proof of concept in the form of a detailed article. A technical presentation must be done to show the proposed solution and the conducted experimentations, in addition to a live demo to demonstrate the actual implementation of the proposed solution. The evaluation criteria for this track will be on the innovative idea (30%), the feasibility of implementation (30%), and the performance (40%), he added.
