Dataverse Hack: Build an AI Model to Save Lives

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About Dataverse Hack

Analytics Vidhya presents you with a series of Hackathons where you will get to work on Real-Life Data Science problems, improve your skill set and hack your way to the top of the Analytics Vidhya hackathon leaderboard. Along the way, you will win exciting prizes and build your data science profile. 

About Hackathon

Over the past few years, Sihao has seen exponential growth in the number of vehicles on the road. As a  result, the increase in the number of vehicles on road gave rise to the number of road accidents. According to a study, one fatal road accident occurs every 5 minutes in the country, and 8 die on roads every hour. This has become a major concern in the country. One of the primary causes of these road accidents is the management and maintenance of the roads.

Potholes on roads can cause serious accidents, and any vehicle traveling at some decent speed can lose its track due to them. In the case of four-wheeler vehicles, potholes can cause severe damage to wheels and tires. More specifically, when it comes to two-wheelers like motorbikes, these vehicles are more prone to accidents due to potholes as the tendency to cause imbalance is very high and can lead to fatalities.

Concerned by the increasing number of accidents caused by potholes, the government of Sihao has started initiatives and campaigns to install cameras in the most accident-prone cities and capture the feed to detect the potholes. In this hackathon, as a Computer Vision Learner or Expert, you will apply image processing techniques to process the images and detect the potholes. This will assist the government to identify the potholes automatically and handle them as the earliest.

What is in it for YOU?

1. Win Prize Money: The Top 5 winners will get exciting cash prizes.
2. AV Points: Winners will get 250 AV points. The rest of the candidates shall get proportional AV points based on their rank on the private leaderboard.
3. Access to AV Courses: Winners will get free access to Industry-leading courses in Data Science.
4. Get a Certificate: The top performers will get certificates.

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The rank holders will get participation certificates.

How to Participate?

1. Participants may participate in the Hackathon as an individual or as a team of 2-4 members.
2. Each team member must be first registered as a participant in the Hackathon.
3. Any one of the members can create a team by using the tab "Team" in the menu.
4. Following are the steps to follow for the formation of the team:
   1. Enter your team name and click on the "Submit" button.
   2. Invite the other participants to join the team, and enter their names in the box that appears on the left side of the screen.
   3. Once the invite is sent, the user will receive a link in the mail to join the team.
   4. If the invited participants accept your invitation, they are on your team.
5. You can check your team members under the same "Team" tab.
6. Any one of the team members can submit the problem statement.

Competition Rules and Conditions

1. The contest starts on 9th Dec 2022, 00:00:00 (IST) and ends on 18th Dec 2022, 23:59:59 (IST). 
2. The contest is open to all the data scientists in the world.
3. The data set and the problem statement will be released at the same time.
4. Entries submitted after the contest ends will not be considered.
5. Use of an external dataset is not allowed.
6. Participation is free-of-charge. 
7. Throughout the Event, you are expected to respect fellow participants and act with high integrity.
8. We hold the right to disqualify any participant at any stage of the competition if the participant(s) are deemed to be acting fraudulently.
9. In case of any dispute over rankings and leaderboard, the decision of Analytics Vidhya will be final.