Georgia Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor

Srijan Kumar, Ph.D.

Jacob Abernethy, Ph.D.

Intel

Machine Learning Architect

Rahul Nair

The Home Depot

Head of Recommendation and Personalization Data Science

Xiquan Cui, Ph.D.

Archetype AI

Founder and COO

Brandon Barbello

Headstarter

Co-Founder and CEO

Yasin Ehsan

Interim VP for IT, Chief Information Officer

Leo Howell

Microsoft

Principal Cloud Architect

Alfredo Deza

Cash App

Senior Software Engineer

Deepita Pai

UX Designer

Ansh Mehra

LTIMindtree

Industrial IoT Specialist Lead

Deep Dave

Senior Technical Product Manager

Poornima Muthukumar

Google

Field CTO

Ankit Virmani

Charles River Associates

Associate, Financial Markets

Gautham Mohandas

Senior Software Engineer Lead

Vinay Gupta

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Manager

Shivendra Srivatsava

Salesforce

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Venkata Karthik Penikalapati

Barclays

Research Data Scientist

Saloni Thakkar

Dell

Product Manager

Namratha Peddisetty

UMass Amherst

Product Management - Global Engagement & Data Analytics

Krishna Chaitanya Rao Kathala

SunPower

Senior Data Scientist

Karan Gupta

BNY Mellon

VP, Data Scientist

Ranjeeta Bhattacharya

Boomi

Principal Data Scientist

Swagata Ashwani

Joshua Richard

Deloitte

Jonathan Stegall

Major League Hacking

Coach

Kari Groszweska

Data Science Manager

Anuradha Bulusu

Data Engineer

Premchand Purushothaman

Assurant

AVP Infrastructure Products

Amer Uttamchandani

Cornelius Alfred

Harshitha Shabad

IT Resident

Justin Bull

Associate Software Engineer

Quinton Mills

Shaunak Bangale

Director of AI & Data Science

Yingying Kang

Riesling Walker

Senior Director of Data Science

Raji Balasubramaniyan, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Gabrielle Amoranto

David Dirring

United States Department of Transportation

Data Science Consultant

Bharath Kumar Mittapally

National Security Agency (NSA)

Cyber Security Analyst

Judge from NSA

Devfolio

Preet Parekh

Professor

Nisha Chandramoorthy

Netflix

Senior Big Data Engineer

Vipul Bharat Marlecha

Data Scientist

Nina Plotko

Hacklytics 2024

From historical data and fundamental scorekeeping to algorithmic performance and player statistics, data analytics is an integral part of sports. In this track, you will be working on sports analytics challenges that will take your data science and machine learning skills to the next level.

Sports

Health data science is a growing field that incorporates health informatics, data science, analytics, and computational modeling to assess large volumes of data from healthcare-related sources. In this track, you will be analyzing some of these datasets to help solve crucial, real-world problems in public health or the biomedical sciences.

Health

The financial industry, which includes both traditional financial institutions as well as fintech companies, deals with large volumes of unique types of data and comes with some peculiarities that other industries don’t share. In this track, you will be working on data science challenges that touch almost every area of finance and banking, such as trading decisions, market forecasting, customer sentiment, and more.

Finance

This challenge seeks to recognize and reward innovative applications or solutions that effectively leverage the capabilities of the Intel Developer Cloud platform.

Participants are required to utilize Intel Developer Cloud to design, develop, and deploy solutions that demonstrate:
- Efficient utilization of Intel's cloud infrastructure, emphasizing scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Integration of Intel-specific tools, APIs, or technologies to enhance application functionality and performance.
- Innovative approaches that leverage Intel's hardware capabilities, such as optimizations for Intel processors, accelerators, or specialized computing resources available on the cloud platform.
- Consideration for best practices in cloud-native application development, including containerization, orchestration, and microservices architecture.

Intel Developer Cloud Track

Intel Developer Cloud

Assurant Track

Elevance Healthcare Track

Carelon

Traversaal AI Track

traversaal.ai

NSA Track

National Security Agency

Select this track to be eligible for the Data Science x Ethereum prizes by Devfolio.

Data Science x Ethereum Track

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team!

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of JBL Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members!

Best Use of Taipy

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 instance deployment to object storage. You can even run machine learning models in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for you and your team!

Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare

Starknet is a general-purpose network where you can write and deploy your own smart contracts and interact with other contracts just like Ethereum. Build your application around Starknet using Rust or Python for your backend infrastructure, Starknet DSL for smart contract development, and React / JavaScript for your front end user interface. There are several SDKs available for you to choose from, making integrating Starknet into your hackathon project a breeze. Use Starknet in your project this weekend for a chance to win a Starknet care package, including a backpack, socks, water bottle, cushion pillow, and a ticket to a Starknet sponsored Web3 conference of your choice!

Best Use of Starknet

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Best Tech Domain Name

In this track, participants will delve into the exciting domain of Generative AI, exploring its potential applications. Whether you're interested in creating novel artworks, generating innovative solutions to complex problems, or pushing the boundaries of what AI can create, this track offers a unique opportunity to harness the power of Generative AI. Participants will work on projects with objectives ranging from designing generative models for creative endeavors to solving real-world challenges through innovative AI-powered solutions.