First Ever AI Hackathon
April 05 - 11, 2024
Start Time:
Friday, April 5th at 4:00 PM
Thursday, April 11th at 11:59 PM
(limited to Ollion employees only - this time)
Cracking the Code
Embark on a coding journey as we present a stimulating hackathon challenge! Tackle real-world problems that demand innovative solutions.
Innovate to elevate
Address issues that benefit our clients and our client's customer. The most innovative solutions not only stand a chance to reshape the way we work but also to win exciting prizes.
Prizes Await the Pioneers
Whether you're a coding virtuoso or a rising star, your inventive solutions could earn you recognition, valuable experiences, and the chance to win a bounty.
About Hackathon
Welcome to the Ollion Remote Hackathon, a 6-dayr internal-only virtual event that promotes creativity, diversity and inclusion. This event embodies our commitment to fostering innovation and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
Join us to code, collaborate, and celebrate the spirit of innovation. This unique event encourages the development of creative applications or solutions to address current client needs, tools that will benefit Ollion, or to create something truly unique and differentiated that ultimately benefits humanity. Let the coding commence!
The Tracks
Participants will have the opportunity to create projects based on their choice of two tracks!
Just a bit more detail
AI Ascend - Snakes and Ladders
At re:Invent, we created a physical snakes and ladders game for attendees to play to gain insight into the complexities of AI. We want you to bring this to life on our website. The initial code has been written, so you have a head start.
AI Hack - Free Style Hacking
Participants are encouraged to create something unique, differentiated and interesting based on your experience working with clients. The examples below are just that examples. Let your creativity flow.
Data Insights
Participants will explore how AI can enhance decision-making, automate processes, and unlock the full potential of data-driven strategies.
Cloud Solutions
Find ways to accelerate our work and increase our margin. One example is a MAP Assess Accelerator to standardize and speed up how we do the initial assessment of new workloads.
Engineering Services
Build AI systems to reduce effort when handling tickets, such as looking up error codes or asking AI for remediation options before a human sees them.
Who can participate
Whether you're a coding wizard, a design maestro, or someone passionate about innovative solutions, this event is for you. There are no skill or technology requirements. Everyone is welcome to participate, add their perspective, and flex their AI prompt writing skills.
Individual
Whether you're a coding virtuoso or a solo innovator, we've got you covered! Join us, and we'll either create a team that aligns with your skills and passion or seamlessly add you to an existing one. It's your chance to shine solo while being part of a collaborative and innovative journey.
Team
Embark on this thrilling coding journey with your dream team! Team participation in the hackathon offers a dynamic and collaborative experience. Rally your colleagues, bring together diverse skills, and form a team that can tackle the challenges head-on. Extra points for a cross-practice and global teams!
Participation Rules
Eligibility
- Participants must be from Ollion and should have Ollion org email ID.
Team Composition
- Teams can have a maximum of five members.
- We encourage (strongly) that at least one member be of a different geography and/or practice. Special judging consideration will be given to a team that has been able to collaborate across geographical and practice areas.
- Each participant can be a member of only one team.
Project Guidelines
- Projects must be original and developed during the remote hackathon.
- While participants can come with ideas, working on existing projects is not allowed.
- Project code must be submitted via the supplied Git Repo
- Ensure your code is placed within the specified folder.
- Name the folder following the format: "hkt-ollion-<teamname>"
Submission Deadline
- All projects must be submitted on GitHub by 12 PM on Thursday, April 11th even if they are incomplete.
Hacking Environment
For those that want it, we'll provide access to a sandbox subscription through their hackathon resource groups. You will be able to create an Azure Open AI resource/key. Since that is the case we will leave creating OpenAI keys from within Azure to the participants for practice. Please see link here for documentation.
Join us in this virtual coding adventure and unleash your creativity!
Teams to Date - More forthcoming
- Team EngServBestServ: Klockenkemper, Matson, Banks, Swain, Dibiaso
- Team Aiseh: Lim, Soh, Dadlaney, Chua, Lee
- Team Infinite Loopers: Lewis, Morton, Hartman, Hubert, Schneider
- Team Byte Bots: Akash, Yadav, Jain, Sudhanshu
- Team Odd Squad: Kalyani, Patel, Sagar
Lone Wolf Team
- Team NeuroStorm
- Team Pranay
- Team Alexander
- Team Amar
- Team Cosmo Kramer
- Team Chandrashekhar
- Team Sunglazezzz
- Team Solo Scriptwalker
- Team Byte Bots
- Team CodeSprint-Automators
- Team Ollibot
Judge Panel
Get an opportunity to get feedback from the best and brightest minds in the industry.
Michael Elliott
Marketing Executive
Philip Howard
Director, Data Applications - Data Insights
Vishal Parpia
Chief Digital Officer
Andre Sirimanne
Head of Solutions
Summer Meczkowski
Manager, MCS Client Services
Ute Braasch
Chief People & Culture Officer
Judging Criteria
AI Ascend game
- Evolution of existing code or creation of new / better code
- Game flow - how well does the game flow
- Front end view - does the visual representation match the physical representation
- Ability to be ported to Ollion.com
- Completeness of project - demonstrate code
- Team composition - did you include different geographical and/or practice members
AI Hack - Free Style Hacking
- Overview of project - what are you attempting to solve, what did you build
- Completeness of project - demonstrate code
- Team composition - did you include different geographical and/or practice members
- Perceived value to Ollion and our clients (current or future)