The AI Symposium and Hackathon – Go AI for Social Good was a two-day event jointly organized by IEEE Bangalore Section and C-DAC Bangalore. The event took place on June 11th and 12th, 2022 at the C-DAC Electronic City campus, in Bangalore. The inauguration of the AI Symposium and Hackathon took place on 11th June. The Inauguration was followed by the AI Symposium.
The symposium was fully oriented toward AI/ML/DL with speakers from Industries and Academia. The Hackathon enabled innovative young minds to solve intellectual tasks using AI for problem-solving by decision-making. The Hackathon was exclusively for UG and PG students across India. It called for the submission of project proposals focusing on tackling important social, environmental, mental health, agriculture, and public health challenges that exist today using AI. The participants also had an opportunity and hands-on experience in using National Supercomputing Mission’s supercomputer “PARAM Utkarsh” deployed at C-DAC Bangalore.
This event was technically co-sponsored by the following:
- IEEE Power & Energy Society Bangalore Chapter
- IEEE Computer Society Bangalore Chapter
- IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology Bangalore Section 4. IEEE Industry Application Society
- IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Bangalore Chapter 6. IEEE Women in Engineering AG Bangalore Section
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
- M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
PES Bangalore chapter sponsored the first prize of Rs 25000 and CS Bangalore Chapter sponsored the second prize of Rs 15000.
Problem statements were called by the participants on the themes below. They were also allowed to propose their problem statements:
- AI for “Smart Grid”
- AI for “Green Energy”.
- AI for “Mental Health”.
- AI for “Empowering Girls and Women”.
- AI for “Forecasting natural disasters”.
- AI for “Electrical Transmission & Distribution”.
- AI for “Identifying Cyberbullies on social media”.
- AI for “Internet of Things (IoT) based smart Home”.
- AI for “Electrical Energy Conservation and Storage”.
- AI-based “Automated Mobile Cataract Screening System”
- AI for “Integration of Electric Vehicles in Power Systems”.
- AI for “Social distancing alerts in Schools/College/Offices”.
- AI for “Monitoring of On-Street Parking Violations at City Scale”.
