SUTD Virtual Research Hackathon

10 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021 9.30AM to 5.00PM Online via Zoom (Details to be shared later)

A 2-day virtual research hackathon to improve traffic conditions after accounting for probabilities in a world of random variables.

Are you up for it?

*This Hackathon is open only to students in the final or penultimate year of high school studies.

The mission

Understanding and improving traffic conditions by randomly wandering around.

The Hackathon

In this volatile and uncertain world, it can be hard to predict what will come next. Yet, there are some individuals, businesses and governments who may emerge as winners, as they are able to model and manage their risks and uncertainties.

In this two-day online hackathon, you will:

be introduced to the Monte Carlo Simulation – a very powerful tool to model the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted due to the intervention of random variables. It has applications in virtually every field, including finance, engineering, supply chain, and social sciences
utilise the simulation to model traffic
work in groups to propose and test different solutions to improve traffic conditions

You will also get to learn more about one of our premier programmes – the SUTD Honours and Research Programme (SHARP) and stand to win attractive prizes!

Prizes for winners of the challenge

1st prize: eCapitaVouchers worth S$500
2nd prize: eCapitaVouchers worth S$300
3rd prize: eCapitaVouchers worth S$100

Programme

10 June, Thursday
9.30am	Welcome presentation: Introduction to SHARP and to the Hackathon Associate Professor Dario Poletti Programme Director for SHARP and Associate Head of Cluster for Graduate Programme and Research (Science, Mathematics and Technology)
10.00am	Basic notions of Monte Carlo simulations by Prof Dario Poletti
11.00am	Monte Carlo and Cryptography Associate Professor Bikramjit Das Engineering Systems and Design
11.45am	Start of Hackathon
12.30pm	Lunch break
2.00pm	Commence work on the Hackathon with the help of mentors
5.00pm	End of Day One

11 June, Friday
9.30am	Continue work on the Hackathon with the help of mentors
12.30pm	Lunch break
2.00pm	Group presentations and judging
4.30pm	Award ceremony
5.00pm	End of Day Two

Registration

Registration for this Hackathon is closed.

This Hackathon is open only to students in the final or penultimate year of high school studies.
Limited to 40 participants on a first-come-first-served basis.
You may form and register a team of 3 or 4 members with your friends, or join as an individual and be randomly assigned to a team.
If you are registering as a team, all team members will need to submit an online registration form separately.