F&P Hackathon
Brought to you by She Sharp & Fisher And Paykel Healthcare
About This Event
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare will be hosting an AI Hackathon on July 26th – 28th kicking off with a keynote from Nicholas Fourie, VP of ICT.Are you ready to embark on an exhilarating journey of creativity, problem-solving, and innovation? In a world where innovation is the lifeblood of progress, we often find ourselves bogged down by repetitive tasks, mundane processes, and administrative burdens. Let’s Break Free from Drudgery!Join us at the AI Hackathon and be part of the movement to liberate innovation from the shackles of monotony. Together, we’ll build a smarter, more efficient future.At this exciting event, you’ll acquire fresh skills, connect with fellow enthusiasts, and engage with sponsors and mentors. After intense collaboration, your team will showcase your project to a panel of judges who will determine the winner. Hackathons provide an inclusive environment where diverse skill sets converge to tackle real-world challenges.
Brought to you by She Sharp & Fisher And Paykel Healthcare — Friday, July 26th - Sunday, July 28th, 2024.
Judging panel of 6 judges (see below), led by Dr Mahsa McCauley - Founder Director of She Sharp.
The theme of the "F&P AI Hackathon with She Sharp" is about breaking free from drudgery and using innovation and technology to address repetitive tasks, mundane processes, and administrative burdens. Participants are expected to align their proposed solutions to address one or more of the 8 use cases provided in the brief.
Need some essential information? Access the AI Hackathon Essential Information Sheet from the resources panel to find logistics, training materials, datasets and mentorship details.
Event Recap
Opening Message from Hon Judith Collins KC MP, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
Readiness Workshops
- Build your own AI Powered Web App — Microsoft is offering two 2-hour workshops to help students prepare for the AI Hackathon. These sessions will teach students how to build AI models and integrate them into applications. These virtual workshops will be held on Tuesday July 16th for part 1, and Wednesday July 17th for part 2, both at 12-2pm NZT. Facilitators: Michelle Sandford (Developer Engagement Lead Asia - Microsoft) and Renee Noble (Python Cloud Advocate - Microsoft).
- Iterative process and strategies for prompt development — Promptech is offering a one-hour workshop to help students understand the architecture of large language models, providing an introduction to prompt engineering. This session will help students craft effective prompts. This virtual session will be held on Monday July 22nd at 6-7 pm NZT. Facilitator: Amir Mohammadi (Founder & Director - Promptech).
- Supercharge Your Solutions with Generative AI — Join us for an interactive session where we'll explore cutting-edge generative AI tools that can accelerate your projects. From idea generation to data analysis, discover how AI can enhance creativity and productivity. This session will be held on Saturday July 27th at 12:00 NZT. Facilitator: Geri Harris (Senior Lecturer - AUT Business School).
Problem and Solution
- The team must demonstrate a clear understanding of the problem they are solving.
- The team must explain how their solution effectively solves the identified problem.
- The pitch should be clear and concise in its presentation.
Feasibility and Impact
- The solution must be technically feasible and able to be implemented.
- The solution must have the potential to solve the problem effectively and create a meaningful impact.
- Each judge will individually evaluate the teams based on the criteria above.
- The judging panel will then discuss and come to a consensus on the winners in each category: Best Pitch, Best Technical Solution, People’s Choice Award, and the overall Winner of the year’s AI Hackathon.
Prizes to be won
- Engraved trophy for winning teams sponsored by She Sharp
- Two (2) AI Summit tickets each valued over $1,595, sponsored by AI Forum
- Four (4) $250 Prezzy cards from Fisher & Paykel
- Four (4) $250 Prezzy cards from Deloitte
- Eight (8) $150 Prezzy cards from Fisher & Paykel
- Five (5) $100 Prezzy cards from AUT
- Five (5) $100 Prezzy cards from Datacom
- One (1) confirmed internship place sponsored by Deloitte
- Free tickets to all remaining four (4) She Sharp events for the rest of the year, valued over $500
- Credit in AI services + three (3) months free mentorship; first team receives $500 and second team receives $200 from Promptech
Judging Information
- Held on 28th July 2024
- The international judges join together via Zoom
- 5-minute pitch from each team
- Judging panel of 6 judges, led by Dr. Mahsa McCauley — Founder and Director of She Sharp
- 4 Winners for this event: Best Pitch, Best Technical Solution, People’s Choice Award, and Winner of this year’s AI Hackathon
- Theme: breaking free from drudgery and using innovation and technology to address repetitive tasks, mundane processes, and administrative burdens.
- Participants are expected to align their proposed solutions to address one or more of the 8 use cases provided in the brief.
- The solutions must involve a technology innovation, which can include the innovative use of existing technology.
- The technology used must incorporate elements of AI, and the team must explain what these are and how they are utilized.
- If the team has completed any work prior to the event, they must disclose what work was done and their starting point.
AI Use Cases
- Problem: Manual analysis of customer feedback is laborious and prone to bias. Solution: An AI system that can generate automated summaries of customer feedback, highlighting key themes and concerns.
- Problem: Creating and maintaining training materials for new technology platforms is time-consuming. Solution: An AI system that can reformat, recompile and update various media types to keep training materials current.
- Problem: Manual checking and marking of VOU documents is prone to error and time-consuming. Solution: An AI system that can automatically mark VOUs against an answer sheet and populate the results into reporting tools.
- Problem: Manual extraction of information for weekly SAP update emails is time-consuming. Solution: An AI system that can draft automated emails using predefined templates and populate them from SAP data.
- Problem: Finding consistent answers to marketing-related questions is challenging. Solution: A centralised location where all relevant marketing knowledge material is stored and can be queried through natural language.
- Problem: Creating thumbnails for PDFs in the central storage location is labor-intensive. Solution: An AI system that can automate the thumbnail creation process.
- Problem: Writing test protocols and testing summaries is labor-intensive. Solution: An AI system that can automatically formulate test protocols and summaries from provided requirements.
- Problem: Updating and standardizing procedures is time-consuming. Solution: An AI system that can extract key points from existing procedures and reproduce a draft procedure in a new standardised format.
Essential Information
Learning Resources: A wide range of learning resources is available for students, including free Azure for Students credits worth USD 100.
Where to look for datasets? Access a diverse range of datasets, suitable for various use cases, including Free Public Data Sets for Analysis, Google Dataset Search, health statistics datasets, Kaggle healthcare datasets, LINZ Data Service, Machinehack, NZ Datasets and OpenML.
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Time & location
Various venues throughout Aotearoa, Australia and South Pacific
Aotearoa, NZ | Australia | South Pacific
Keynote Speakers
Readiness Workshop Facilitators
Michelle Sandford
Developer Engagement Lead Asia - Microsoft, Microsoft
Renee Noble
Python Cloud Advocate - Microsoft, Microsoft
Meet The Judges
Nicholas Fourie
Vice President of ICT - Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Mahsa McCauley (Mohaghegh)
Founder and Chair - She Sharp, She Sharp
Rik Irons-Mclean
CTO, Enterprise Commercial - Microsoft AU & NZ, Microsoft AU & NZ
Justin Wood
Director - Deloitte New Zealand, Deloitte New Zealand
Yvonne Chan
Associate Dean | Board Director - AUT, AUT
Alex Mercer
Group Head of Marketing and Communications - Datacom, Datacom
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