WHAT SHOULD I HACK?

Put your skills to the test and apply Azure AI, Power Platform, Cybersecurity and Data Services to a solve one or more of the following problem statements. This is an individual hackathon and no teams are required. Projects may use Azure services, open source technologies (including but not limited to frameworks, libraries, and APIs) and physical hardware of your choice. 

To get access to the required tools, Makers must sign up for the Azure free trial, Power Platforms use an existing Azure account. New accounts will automatically receive $200 in Azure credits to use towards building submission applications. If you previously created an Azure free trial account, please register again using a new email address.

Partner Problem Statements

BAE Systems

Prize - 12 months mentorship with 1-on-1 monthly meetings per winners interest.

1. Generate a definitive threat actor database/dossier by sorting out all namings (aliases), relationships, attribution confidence, etc., using public threat research blogs and articles, and using text analytics (entity extraction), Cosmos DB, and knowledge graph to guide further research and effective maintenance of the database/dossier.

2. Given a threat research report/article, generate a list of MITRE ATT&CK techniques described in the article using AI methods, and make the techniques searchable.

Hint: Text analytics (entity extraction), Cosmos DB, knowledge graph, Cognitive Search

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37294-bae-systems 

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

Carsome

Prize - Internship for Fresh Graduate & Working Adult in Malaysia

1. Develop a pricing algorithm that accurately predicts the selling price range of a car based on auction data, brand, and mileage.
2. Develop a data-driven sourcing strategy to identify which set of cars to source and list by analyzing dealer search preferences and car segmentation. Hint Azure ML

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37295-carsome

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

GITHUB

Prize - 3 winners of $125 worth of GITHUB swag vouchers

1. AI Chat bot that can teach you Git and GitHub. Specialized service trained on the open source git-scm book and open source GitHub Docs data sets along with a recent stackoverflow archive to help you learn how to contribute to an open source project and how to use all elements of GitHub.
   Hint: Bot Framework
2. Markdown alt text suggestor - GitHub Action that can be enabled by a maintainers to scan markdown documents looking for inline images missing alt text and suggesting them. This can be run as part of a PR pre-merge check or periodically on the codebase to help improve the accessibility of a project documentation set
   Hint: Computer Vision

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37296-github 

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

HCLTech

Prize - TBA

1. Influenza outbreak event prediction Participants are expected to predict whether or not there is an influenza outbreak on the following week in each region using the Twitter Dataset or  Influenza Surveillance Dataset Hint: Azure ML

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37297-hcltech

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

Johnson & Johnson

Prize - Internship for Fresh Graduate, Working Adult & Undergraduate in Singapore

1. Predicting Length of Stay in ICU using MIMIC-III Dataset: Develop models that predict the length of stay of ICU patients using the MIMIC-III dataset to improve resource allocation and patient outcomes. Hint Azure Machine Learning
2. Mall Analytics for Commercial Success: Develop a model to identify popular malls likely to receive high foot traffic from the public and deduce customer profiles and demographics using attributes such as distance to malls and MRTs, footfall traffic, and amenities in the surrounding area. Hint Azure Machine Learning

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37298-johnson-johnson

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

PALO IT

Prize - Internship for Undergraduate & Fresh Graduate in Singapore

1. Predict hospital waiting times based on patient's medical history and severity of conditions and allocate patients to hospitals with optimal waiting times. Using Azure ML

2. Monitor at-home/community sourced vitals to autonomously schedule GP visits and generate generic care plans for diabetes patients. Using Azure ML and Power Apps

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37299-palo-it 

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

PETRONAS

Prize - Apprenticeship for Fresh Graduate and Working Adults based in Malaysia

1. Develop a solution using Microsoft AI services to automatically extract and organize information from PETRONAS reports, including a landing page with search bar utilizing Natural Language Understanding, relevant document search results, and a visual knowledge-graph to help users quickly find and understand key topics of interest. Hint: Cognitive Services. Resources: https://www.petronas.com/media/reports 

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37300-petronas

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

PTP 

Prize - Internship opportunity for fresh graduates in Malaysia (visa can be provided for foreigners)

1. PTP needs a modern Fuel Management System (FMS) that can accurately track fuel consumption for its equipment, and is seeking solutions from skilled developers and data scientists to create a new FMS equipped with advanced features such as Power Apps and AI Vision to allow for analytics on trend, consumption, and other potential related analysis. Hint: Cognitive Services, Power Apps, Power BI, SQL

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37301-ptp

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

She Loves Tech

Prize - 6 month paid internship for undergraduates, fresh graduates and working adults in Singapore. 

1. Develop an automated solution to update and fact-check data of 13,000 women-led and women impact startups from 100+ countries on the She Loves Tech platform.
2. Build an automated solution to curate a matching list of gender lens startups for investors based on their interests and requirements, replacing the current manual process of matching one startup with one individual based on industry, region/country, and company stage.

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37309-she-loves-tech 

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

Barclays

Prize - Informational interview opportunity with the CIO and lunch with CIO + senior management team.

1. Explore Airfoil Self Noise Dataset
2. Data Visualization and Exploration
3. Data Pre-processing and Cleaning
4. Model Building
5. Performance Evaluation

Access the full Problem Statement at: https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37394-barclays 

General Problem Statements

Prize - Vertex Ventures Internship for Working Adult, Fresh Graduate & Undergraduate in Singapore

1. The challenge is to build a scalable, cost-effective, and secure cloud-based solution that can consolidate multiple years of school data and provide dashboards showcasing trends and insights for better policy making, while ensuring low-code options, CI/CD adaptability, good compression of data, and a cost-effective and scalable serving layer. Hint: Azure Synapse, Power BI

Access the full Problem Statement at https://cwb2023.devpost.com/forum_topics/37302-general-problem-statement

Watch the recording of the sharing session here

What to Submit:

Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing. If your repo is private, it must be shared with elizabete.kalnozola@girlsintech.org before the deadline.

All of the following items must be included in your submission:

1. Submission form

• Submit your project to the Devpost before the deadline and complete the submission form questionnaire. Submissions (including video/code links) are editable until the deadline.
• What to include: Problem Statement Partner. Introduction. Purpose & Motivation. How does the application work? How was the application developed? How to use the application? Difficulties & Challenges faced during the design and/or development process? Go-to-Market (How will the application be available to the public, and is it scalable?)

2. Video

• Upload a 3-5 min video including the following: Problem Statement Partner. Pitch Deck Presentation. Demo of your product, including an explanation of the solution and function of your application. 
• This video can be submitted as a Youtube link on your Devpost page for your project. Make sure the video is set to public. Note: Any video longer than 5 mins will be automatically disqualified

3. GitHub or other code repo link

• Please ensure that this link is publicly shareable so judges can access your project

 4. Provide images, screenshots, & wireframes of your project

***Important: By submitting your project to the Code; Without Barriers Hackathon Devpost, you acknowledge that these materials may be used to promote this hackathon globally.