Engineers Only: ♟️🎄 Chess Hackathon: Train AI Chess Bots on GPUs
For Engineers/AI Researchers who are comfortable with PyTorch. Our goal is the best platform to build and train models and we want you to have a blast and give us feedback. Nontechnical/Recruiters etc. need not apply.
Spend 2 days training AI Chess bots on GPUs in SF.
Mega Chess Hackathon Overview:
Get hands-on with rapid neural network training using Strong Compute’s Instant SuperComputer (ISC) in our Mega Chess Hackathon!
Compete over two days to build the best chess-playing AI with access to 48 GPU clusters and explore models, datasets, and hyperparameters.
Details:
Prize: $10k-$100k compute grant for open-source AI research.
Challenge: Train a deep neural network to evaluate chess moves based on game history and board states.
Resources: StockFish-evaluated board states, historic game PGNs, and code examples.
Compute: Dedicated GPU access via the ISC platform.
Judging: Tournament-style model face-off.
Accepted participants will get the full task, dataset, and model specifics a week before. Register today to get a head start!
Participant Requirements:
Experience with PyTorch and cluster training is preferred but not mandatory.
Skills in large-scale clusters (64+ GPUs) are highly valued.
Teams of 1 to 3 members are allowed. Include your team members’ names when registering. Approved participants will receive a link to our Discord competition channel.
Locations:
San Francisco, USA: Venue details will be shared upon successful application. 🇺🇸
🗓️ Event Schedule:
Friday:
6:00 pm: Drinks, snacks + networking
6:30 pm: Set-up, onboarding, test training run + inference
7:30 pm: Competition begins 🎉
8:30 pm: Dinner
Late: hacking
Saturday:
9:00 am: Day two start, breakfast
1:00 pm: Lunch
4:30 pm: Final submissions 📝
6:00 pm: Dinner
6:30 pm: Competition begins ♟️
7:30pm: Christmas Party 🎉🎄
Strong Compute
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P.S. We're hiring and this is a great way for us to get to know each other https://strongcompute.com/jobs
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