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Student Hackathon

ASME 2024 Student Hackathon

Background

The Computer & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held past hackathon events at the IDETC/CIE 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Conferences. These hackathon events provide students and engineering practitioners with a unique opportunity to learn how data science and machine learning techniques can be leveraged to solve real-world engineering problems.

 

Given the previous resounding successes, the CIE Division will hold the ASME-CIE Hackathon again at the IDETC/CIE 2024 Conference in hybrid settings, both virtual and on-site, as a pre-conference event from Aug. 18-25, 2024.


JW Marriott, Washington, DC

August 18 – 24, 2024 virtually and August 25, 2024 in person

in conjunction with

ASME IDETC/CIE 2024 Conference (August 25 – 28, 2024 in person)

Sponsored by

ASME Computers & Information in Engineering Division (CIE)
National Institute of Standards and Technology

and

UES Inc.


  • A TBD registration fee per participant for the Hackathon event (either as a conference add-on or stand-alone).
  • This will be a hybrid event, both virtual and on-site. If unable to attend in person, please email us at idetccie.seikm@gmail.com so we can connect with you virtually.
  • Participants are not limited to the number of problems chosen.

Important Dates

August 5, 2024, 11:59 pm EDT: Registration Deadline
August 18, 2024, 12 – 3 pm EDT: Virtual Hackathon Kick-off
August 25, 2024: Hybrid Hackathon Closing
August 25, 2024, 6 am EDT: due for Hackathon Deliverables
August 25, 2024, 9 am – 1 pm EDT: Final Presentations
August 25, 2024, 1 – 3 pm EDT: Hackathon Judging
August 25, 2024, 4 – 6 pm EDT: Closing Ceremony


* By registering for the Hackathon, you agree to allow your information to be shared with other registrants and volunteer leaders for the purpose of communicating event information and intra team communication.


Award Information

For each problem:

  • First Prize: $TBD
  • Second Prize: $TBD
  • Third Prize: $TBD

Notes: Teams will be judged in each problem topic area, and awardees will be selected separately.


Eligibility

Undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and non-students (e.g. professionals) are welcome to attend the Hackathon and experience the exciting competitions.


Problem Sets:

UES Inc Technical Problem 1: Enhancing the utility of the FactoryNet dataset by curating human-generated image labels into meaningful classes and developing classification models.

National Institute of Standards and Technology Technical Problem 2: Analyzing multiple AM datasets to assess the repeatability of parts produced by the same machine and identify factors causing any variations.


Hackathon Team and Presentation

  • All participants must be registered by August 5, 2024 11:59 pm EDT. Everyone will be placed in a team up of 1-2 members. You may form a team based on your own preference. All implementations must be based on the original work.
  • Each Hackathon team will continue their own meetings via their own chosen platform between 08/18/24 and 08/25/24.
  • Each team needs to present their teamwork including the technical approach and submit the results to their own GitHub repository by the submission deadline.
  • Team final presentation, results, and technical approaches will be evaluated based on a technical committee (separated with the Hackathon organizing committee).

Hackathon Organizers

Prof. Binyang Song (Virginia Tech), binyangs@vt.edu
Dr. Anh Tran (Sandia National Laboratories) (chair), anhtran@sandia.gov
Prof. Zhenghui Sha (University of Texas – Austin), zsha@austin.utxas.edu
Prof. Hyunwoong Ko (Arizona State University), hyunwoong.ko@asu.edu
Dr. Zhuo Yang (Georgetown University, National Institute of Standards and Technologies), zy253@georgetown.edu
Dr. Laxmi Poudel (General Electric), Laxmi.Poudel@ge.com
Dr. Yan Lu (National Institute of Standards and Technologies), yan.lu@nist.gov