Engineering for the Americas (EftA) LACCEI Virtual Hackathon 2025
Hosted by the OAS and LACCEI
Sponsored by MathWorks
Deadline for the registration: March 30th, 2025
Deadline for the solution: April 1st, 2025
Awards ceremony: April 22nd 2025
MathWorks Hackathon official page
Overview
In this challenge, the undergraduate students (LACCEI member institutions and not members) can present an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution to a medical issue (Predicting Diabetes Mellitus Challenge). No experience with AI is needed since we will provide resources to help you get started. The students must use the following MathWorks tools:
- Challenge: Predicting Diabetes Mellitus
- Guide: click here
- Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/sY6xVZmq
- MATLAB and/or Simulink
- MathWorks Resources Website (Hackathon Exclusive): Click here
- Create a free account here with your university email
- Youth Academy OAS & MathWorks (free courses): Click here
- Free licenses for Hackathon participants:
Profile of participating students
Undergraduate students pursuing studies in fields related to LACCEI, such as Engineering, Science, Technology, and Innovation, are eligible to participate. Interdisciplinary groups are welcome. Additionally, prior knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not required, as we offer support through the OAS Youth Academy and MathWorks to facilitate learning in this area.
Get Ready!
New to MATLAB and/or AI? Start by taking the courses of Artificial Intelligence with MATLAB at YouthAcademy. These courses are free of charge!
Why Participate?
- Learn about this exciting area
- Gain hands-on experience
- Win exciting prizes and recognition
Task
In this challenge, we invite you to help advance a critical research issue in the field of medicine using AI (the issue details will be announced on March 10th).
Prizes
- First place: 500 USD (For LACCEI members only)
- Second place: 300 USD (For LACCEI members only)
- Third place: 200 USD (For LACCEI members only)
- For LACCEI non members, MathWorks will deliver merchandise and LACCEI a certification
Official Rules
Requirements:
- Proposal, video, documentation, and application should be presented in English.
- Groups of 3 or 4 students with 1 mentor (professor or researcher)
- Students and mentor can only be in one group
- Estimated graduation date for the students should be after July 2025
- The solution must be able to be replicated step by step.
- The code must be in a repository with access to the jury.
- Participation cost: FREE.
How to compete
The group must register before the deadline (March 30th) using the following web form::
https://forms.gle/FZAKPzAuAXXcwWwY7
LACCEI 2025 Hackathon: Launch seminar
Participants must register for the challenge launch event. The launch date is March 10, 2025 (4:00 PM EDT).
- Video: click here.
Sending the solution
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Rubric
The points to be evaluated are distributed as follows:
- Solution Quality: 70 points
- Presenting Quality: 30 points
Important dates
- Take the courses on the learning path Artificial Intelligence with Math at the OAS Youth Academy
Deadline for registration: February 24th, 2025- New Deadline for registration: March 30th, 2025
- Webinar to launch the challenge: March 10, 2025 (4 pm EST)
- Deadline for the development of the solution: April 1st, 2025
- Awards ceremony (publication of results): April 22nd, 2025
Contact
- General coordinator: Dr. Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
- Email: competitions@laccei.org