Ignition Hacks 2021 is a virtual hackathon supported by iAscend, designed to introduce participants to artificial intelligence and its various applications through a series of workshops and seminars featuring guest speakers.

 

Ignition Hacks 2021 will be a three day hackathon that focuses on hands-on applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning through a variety of workshops, including an introduction to TensorFlow, Git, and Python. Furthermore, we plan to have guest speakers give talks on emerging technologies and research in their field. We are striving to introduce more than 600 participants to the world of machine learning, while also aiming to make ground in 25 countries.

 

 

Compete at a Canadian-Federal Government Backed Hackathon and meet likeminded individuals for over $6000+ of prizes! Sign up today!

Requirements

DIVISION SIGMA:

- In Division Sigma, there is 4 "Proofs", leading to a guided project for submission

- Each Proof is followed by a 6 hour submission window, where you will complete the guided task, these will be submitted via Google Forms

- The final project in Division Sigma will be submitted via DevPost

 

DIVISION DELTA:

- Choose between Healthcare, Education, or Environment and create a solution to a real-world 

- Submit the completed project alongside a video to DevPost

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$13,050 in prizes

Division Delta Winners (2)

Top Delta Submissions will receive:

1st Place: $35 Amazon Gift Card + Swag, One Year Wolfram Subscription
2nd place: $15 Amazon Gift Card + Pins and Stickers

Division Sigma Winners (2)

Top Sigma Submissions will receive:

1st Place: $35 Amazon Gift Card + Swag, One Year Wolfram Subscription
2nd place: $15 Amazon Gift Card + Pins and Stickers

Best Healthcare Hack(Delta)

Best Healthcare Hack will receive:

- Fitbit
- Swag Bag

Best Environment Hack(Delta)

Best Environmental Hack will receive:

- Amazon Echo Dot
- Swag Bag

Best Education Hack(Delta)

Best Education Hack will receive:

- Robotics Education Kit
- Swag Bag

Radia Perlman Award!

All Young Women on the winning team will receive:

- $15 Amazon Gift Card
- Swag Bag
- One Year Wolfram One
- One Year ClickUp Subscription
- One Year Sketch Licenses

TOConnect - CockroachDB Challenge (4)

Use CockroachDB in your Bootcamp project for this challenge.

The team with the best use of CockroachDB will win Amazon or DoorDash gift cards worth $100 CAD (up top 4) for each team member and an opportunity to be featured on their Twitch channel.

TOConnect - 1st Place

**1st Place:**

$150 CAD in Amazon gift cards

$75 CAD donation towards any organization of your choice.

TOConnect 2nd Place

**2nd Place:**

$100 CAD in Amazon gift cards

$50 CAD donation towards any organization of your choice.

TOConnect - 3rd Place

$50 CAD in Amazon gift cards

$25 CAD donation towards any organization of your choice.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Andrew Shao

Andrew Shao
CEO of ShaoBotics, Co-President of Ignition Hacks

Alex Lu

Alex Lu
Sponsorship Director

Eugene Zhang

Eugene Zhang
Co-President of Ignition Hacks

Jason Chu

Jason Chu
Head of Marketing

Alexey Shepelev

Alexey Shepelev

Vitalii Honcharuk

Vitalii Honcharuk

Cathy Qiu

Cathy Qiu

Sergey Golitsyn

Sergey Golitsyn

Roman Blinov

Roman Blinov

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    How innovative is your solution?
  • Execution
    How well did you execute the project?
  • Potential
    Does this project have potential to go forward and be applied even after the hackathon?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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