ML4SCI Hackathon

ML4SCI Hackathon 2020

We are pleased to announce the Machine Learning for Science (ML4SCI) Hackathon Competition that will take place virtually from October 26-30, 2020. The competition is sponsored by the University of Alabama Cyber Initiative and the Brown Data Science Initiative and is open to anyone interested. The hackathon will focus on applying machine learning techniques to scientific challenges, including those from the fields of physics, astronomy, planetary science and geoscience.

The agenda for the hackathon can be found here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/966872/

Anyone interested in learning more about machine learning techniques and trying their hand at the competition is welcome. The kickoff Zoom meeting is on Monday, 26 October at 4 PM US Central Time (5PM EDT). There will also be an introductory machine learning lecture by Prof. Harrison Prosper (FSU) on Tuesday, 27 October at 1:30 PM Central.

Interested participants can register via Slack at https://bit.ly/3noij1V.

There are six main challenges:

Please find more details and example Jupyter notebooks inside each challenge folder.

Solutions are due on Friday, Oct 30 at 7pm EDT/6pm Central time. Winners will receive certificates and prizes. For any questions about the ML4SCI Hackathon please contact Prof. Sergei Gleyzer sgleyzer@ua.edu

Agenda

Monday, 26 October

17:00-17:15 EST: Welcome remarks Speakers: Jeffrey Carver (UACI), Meenakshi Narain (Brown University (US)), Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US))
17:15-18:30 EST: Kick-off session Speaker: Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US)) Slides Recording

Tuesday, 27 October

14:30-15:30 EST: Introduction to Machine Learning Speaker: Harry Prosper (Florida State University (US)) Recording
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - CosmicRayChallenge Speaker: Patrick Peplowski (JHUAPL (US))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - General Questions Speaker: Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - GoogleEarthEngine Speaker: Brad Peter (University of Alabama (US))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - HiggsChallenge Speaker: Ali Hariri (American University of Beirut (LB))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - NMR Speaker: Stephen Carr (Brown University (US))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - Particle Images Speaker: Emanuele Usai (Brown University (US))
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours - StrongLensing Speaker: Michael Toomey (Brown University (US))

Wednesday, 28 October

12:00-13:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours

Thursday, 29 October

12:00-13:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours
17:00-18:00 EST: Hackathon Office Hours

Friday, 30 October

Solutions/Submissions Due

Monday, 16 November

Results Announced

Monday, 30 November

18:00-19:00 EST: Challenge Winners - Going Over Solutions, Wrap up Speaker: Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US)) Slides

Contacts

ML4SCI Admins ml4-sci@cern.ch