PyTorch Dendritic Optimization Hackathon
Do you work with PyTorch? Would you like to have smarter, smaller, cheaper ML models? Would you like to have them today rather than next year? Then join us for Perforated AI's second Dendritic Optimization Hackathon as a part of Open Source Week!
Neuroscience has come a long way since the artificial neuron was first invented in 1943. In 2012 researchers discovered that this original design was missing something important, the additional computation happening within biological dendrites. This hackathon is an opportunity to use Perforated AI's open source repository to add artificial dendrites to your own PyTorch projects. Empowering them to be even more powerful on the same datasets. We additionally will be offering our proprietary software to all hackers which grants subsequent boosts and can be accessed here.
Mandatory for Participation: Bring a project with you! This is not a typical hackathon where you build something from scratch. You will be applying Dendritic Optimization. When you walk in the door you should already have a functional PyTorch project you want to improve.
Case Studies Track:
1st place - $3000 + One-year W&B pro membership
2nd place - $2000 + One-year W&B pro membership
3rd place - $1000
This track is for those who just want to share their story with us. Apply this method to any project you’re working on and let us tell the world what you built! Winners will be chosen based on accuracy and compression improvements achieved and prevalence of the model and dataset.
Hackathon Inception:
$500 - Unlimited winners!
Are you participating because you love hackathons? Well, why not use our tech to participate in a second hackathon? Get top three in any other qualifying hackathon with Dendritic Optimization and we’ll top off your prize with an extra bonus.
Schedule:
October 23rd
October 24rd - January 4th
Experiments! The kick-off day is just to get the initial system implemented. You shouldn’t have to do any more coding at this point, but you do have to actually run the sweeps.
January 5th
Final due date for project submissions
January 8th
The hackathon wrap-up will be entirely online to support everyone coming in from out of town for the PyTorch conference. This will be a one hour session to discuss top projects and award prizes for the winners.
Judges:
Rorry Brenner - Perforated AI
Mohammad Bakir - Weights and Biases
Ryan Green - Alpha Intelligence Capital
Arisa Chelsea Ueno - DraperU Ventures
Karthik Jayaprakash - AMD
Rakesh Pullayikodi - Palo Alto Networks
Individuals, register on Luma. Startups, register on F6S.
Additional details here.