IIIT Delhi joins hands with IBM, Federal Bank to announce interactive online hackathon
NEW DELHI: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi in collaboration with IBM and Federal Bank has announced an interactive online hackathon, The 'IBM Challenge'. This offers students an opportunity to learn new cognitive computing skills and solve real-life business problems using IBM Watson API's on the IBM Cloud platform.
According to a release, the hackathon is a part of Research Showcase 2017, an annual event exhibiting the research and development work from premier educational institutions in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) region. In 2016, this event attracted over 500 students.
"The IBM Challenge is designed to blend hands-on learning with relevant market skill development. The participants will be asked to solve a real-world banking industry business problem and develop relevant technology solutions as part of the challenge," said A.V. Subramanyam, Chair, Research Showcase 2017, IIIT-Delhi.
The theme of the IBM Challenge is online customer engagement where students will be tested to create a solution that would help banks provide their customers with a superior banking experience.
Students will have the unique opportunity to learn how to build an application using a range of Watson Artificial Intelligence technologies such as Watson Conversation, Speech to Text and Text to Speech and more with access to tools via the IBM Cloud platform.
"Our association with IIIT-Delhi and Federal Bank will help arm the developers of tomorrowwith the latest capabilities and foster the necessary skills to join the workforce and create enterprise-class applications at consumer scale." said Devkant Aggarwal, Manager, University Relations, IBM India.
The participants will be mentored by IIIT-Delhi and IBM and the winner will be adjudged jointly by IIIT-Delhi, Federal Bank and IBM.
According to a release, the hackathon is a part of Research Showcase 2017, an annual event exhibiting the research and development work from premier educational institutions in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) region. In 2016, this event attracted over 500 students.
"The IBM Challenge is designed to blend hands-on learning with relevant market skill development. The participants will be asked to solve a real-world banking industry business problem and develop relevant technology solutions as part of the challenge," said A.V. Subramanyam, Chair, Research Showcase 2017, IIIT-Delhi.
The theme of the IBM Challenge is online customer engagement where students will be tested to create a solution that would help banks provide their customers with a superior banking experience.
Students will have the unique opportunity to learn how to build an application using a range of Watson Artificial Intelligence technologies such as Watson Conversation, Speech to Text and Text to Speech and more with access to tools via the IBM Cloud platform.
"Our association with IIIT-Delhi and Federal Bank will help arm the developers of tomorrowwith the latest capabilities and foster the necessary skills to join the workforce and create enterprise-class applications at consumer scale." said Devkant Aggarwal, Manager, University Relations, IBM India.
The participants will be mentored by IIIT-Delhi and IBM and the winner will be adjudged jointly by IIIT-Delhi, Federal Bank and IBM.
