GenAI Hackathon for Civil and Environmental Engineering - UTS Tech Festival 2024

GenAI Hackathon For Civil and Environmntal Engineering Students

This hackathon is designed for civil and environmental engineering students to learn how they can reach an optimum result based on generative AI in engineering issues/challenges. Additionally, students can have some fun during this hackathon.

Participants, either in groups or individually, will receive three challenges/questions at the beginning of the event. Among them, one is a visual-based challenge in which students need to create a photo based on the provided description. All challenges must be solved using free generative AI tools (the names of tools will be provided later).

Students need to produce effective and optimum prompts to solve the issues. There will be some restrictions for the prompts required for each challenge. The best solutions and optimised prompts will be evaluated by academics and industry experts, and there are prizes for best contributions (details will be provided later). 

This hackathon will be conducted over 2 days, allowing students enough time to gather information and create the best prompts that are effective and informative enough to solve the problems.

***Hackathon Details***

Date: Wednesday 26 - Thursday 27 June 2024
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: UTS Building 7, Level 03, Room 10B 10G

Additional Info: The above location is the primary meeting point for the hackathon. The location will be open from the time period above for both days and organising staff will be present during these times.  

Important times for the hackathon days:

Wednesday, 26 June:

• 10am-10:30 am: Arrivals, welcome and networking
• 10:30 am-12 pm: Briefing the challenges and answering questions (Critical Session as Challenge Questions and instructions will be distributed)
• 12 pm-1pm: Light refreshment
• 1pm-5pm: Students working, researching, and focusing on the challenges (can use the room or work somewhere else)

 Thursday, 27 June:

• 10am-11am: Q&A session with moderator
• 11am-12:30 pm: Students working, researching, and focusing on the challenges (can use the room or work somewhere else)
• 12:30 pm- 1 pm: Submitting the final prompts  
• 12 pm-1pm: Light refreshment
• 1 pm- 3 pm: Organisers collecting the responses
• 3pm-4.30pm: Evaluating and judging process
• 4:30pm-5 pm: Winners announced, and hackathon concludes

Who is invited: All UTS civil engineering students. There are only 80 spots though so make sure you register quick! (and please only register if you are certain you will come on the day)

Event Organisers: UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT.

Prizes: Awards and prizes will be awarded in these categories: 

• AECOM GenAI Innovator Award - $300 gift card
• JKGeotechnics Trailblazer in GenAI Award - $300 gift card
• Faculty Award

Winners will also be invited to attend the Tech Fest Awards Night to acknowledge their achievements and receive a certificate.

Food: Light refreshments will be provided on both days during lunch, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own food and plenty of water.

Please register your attendance by Friday 21 June 2024.


This event is hosted with:

If you have question about this event, please contact Danial.JahedArmaghani@uts.edu.au

To enable a safe, comfortable and enjoyable experience for all attendees, security measures are in place to ensure the smooth running of our events.

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