InterSystems AI Programming Contest
Tags: ai, contest, programming, machinelearning
Published: 2021-07-05 13:46:15

Hey Developers,

We're pleased to announce the next InterSystems online programming competition: 

🏆 [**InterSystems AI Programming Contest **](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/contest/16)🏆

Duration: **June 28 - July 25, 2021**

Total prize: **$8,750 **

Landing page: https://contest.intersystems.com

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<u><strong>Prizes</strong></u>

**1. Experts Nomination** - a specially selected jury will determine winners:

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  🥇 <strong>1st place - $4,000</strong> 
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  🥈 <strong>2nd place - $2,000 </strong>
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  🥉 <strong>3rd place - $1,000</strong>
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**2. Community winners** - applications that will receive the most votes in total:

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  🥇 <strong>1st place - $1,000</strong> 
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  🥈 <strong>2nd place - $500 </strong>
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  🥉 <strong>3rd place - $250</strong>
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_If several participants score the same amount of votes, they all are considered winners, and the money prize is shared among the winners.  _

<u><strong>Who can participate?</strong></u>

Any Developer Community member, except for InterSystems employees. [Create an account!](https://login.intersystems.com/login/SSO.UI.Register.cls?referrer=https%3A//community.intersystems.com/)

👥 **Developers can team up** to create a collaborative application. Allowed from 2 to 5 developers in one team.

_Do not forget to highlight your team members in the README of your application – DC user profiles._

<u><strong>Contest Period</strong></u>

🛠 _<u>June 28 - July 18:</u> _Application development and registration phase.

✅ _<u><u><em>July 19</em></u> - July 25:</u>_ Voting period.

🎉 _<u>July 26:</u> _Winners announcement.

_Note: Developers can improve their apps throughout the entire registration and voting period._

**<u>The topic</u>**

**🤖 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 🤖**

Develop an AI/ML solution using InterSystems IRIS. Your application could be a library, package, tool, or any AI/ML solution which uses InterSystems IRIS.

Here are the requirements:

  1. Accepted applications: new to Open Exchange apps or existing ones, but with a significant improvement. Our team will review all applications before approving them for the contest.
  2. Build the app that either uses AI/ML capabilities with InterSystems IRIS.
  3. The application should work either on [IRIS Community Edition](http://hub.docker.com/_/intersystems-iris-data-platform/plans/222f869e-567c-4928-b572-eb6a29706fbd?tab=instructions) or [IRIS for Health Community Edition](https://hub.docker.com/_/intersystems-iris-for-health/plans/80ae1325-d535-484e-8307-b643c2865dd8?tab=instructions) or [IRIS Advanced Analytics Community Edition](https://hub.docker.com/_/intersystems-iris-data-platform/plans/222f869e-567c-4928-b572-eb6a29706fbd?tab=instructions).
  4. <span style="color:#000000;">The application should be Open Source and published on GitHub.</span>
  5. <span style="color:#000000;">The README file to the application should be in English, contain the installation steps, and contain either the video demo or/and a description of how the application works.</span>
  6. <span style="color:#000000;">Source code of the InterSystems ObjectScript part (if any)should be available in UDL format (not XML). <a href="https://github.com/intersystems-community/objectscript-docker-template">Example</a>.</span>

_<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The requirements above </span>are subject to change.</font>_

➡️ Some [**ideas**](https://community.intersystems.com/post/intersystems-ai-programming-contest#comment-159576) for contestants.

<u><strong>Helpful resources</strong></u>

1. Templates we suggest to start from:

  * [InterSystems IntegratedML template](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/integratedml-demo-template)
  * [IRIS R Gateway template](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/iris-r-gateway-template)

2. Data import tools:

  * [Data Import Wizard](https://docs.intersystems.com/latest/csp/docbook/Doc.View.cls?KEY=GSQL_impexp#GSQL_impexp_import)
  * [CSVGEN](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/csvgen) - CSV import util
  * [CSVGEN-UI](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/csvgen-ui) - the web UI for CSVGEN

3. Documentation: 

  * [Using IntegratedML](https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20202/csp/docbook/Doc.View.cls?KEY=GIML)

4. Online courses & videos:

  * [Learn IntegratedML in InterSystems IRIS](http://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?name=Learn%20IntegratedML)
  * [Preparing Your Data for Machine Learning](https://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?id=1415&ssoPass=1)
  * [Predictive Modeling with the Machine Learning Toolkit](https://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?id=1182&ssoPass=1)
  * [IntegratedML Resource Guide](https://learning.intersystems.com/course/view.php?id=1346&ssoPass=1)
  * [Getting Started with IntegratedML](https://youtu.be/f7A-wbNkIic)
  * [Machine Learning with IntegratedML & Data Robot](https://youtu.be/BRyWD39Sado)

5. How to submit your app to the contest:

  * [How to publish an application on Open Exchange](https://youtu.be/DBh79bCayh4) 
  * [How to apply for the contest](https://community.intersystems.com/post/second-iris-online-programming-contest-intersystems-iris-rest-api#comment-119891)

**<u>Judgment</u>**

Voting rules will be announced soon. Stay tuned! 

So!

We're waiting for YOUR great project – join our coding marathon to win! 

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❗️ Please check out the [Official Contest Terms here](https://openexchange.intersystems.com/markdown?url=%2Fassets%2Fdoc%2Fcontest-terms.md).❗️