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Engineers Only: β™ŸοΈπŸŽ„ Chess Hackathon: Train AI Chess Bots on GPUs

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​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. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

β€‹πŸ—“οΈ Event Schedule:

​Friday:

  • ​6:00 pm: Drinks, snacks + networking

  • ​6:30 pm: Set-up, onboarding, test training run + inference

  • ​7:30 pm: Competition begins πŸŽ‰

  • ​8:30 pm: Dinner

  • ​Late: hacking

​Saturday:

  • ​9:00 am: Day two start, breakfast

  • ​1:00 pm: Lunch

  • ​5:30 pm: Final submissions πŸ“

  • ​6:00 pm: Dinner

  • ​6:30 pm: Competition begins β™ŸοΈ

  • ​7:30pm: Christmas Party πŸŽ‰πŸŽ„

​Strong Compute

​Strong Compute provides infrastructure management capability for rapid artificial intelligence development.

​P.S. We're hiring and this is a great way for us to get to know each other https://strongcompute.com/jobs

​Supported by community partner:
Build Club: the home for top AI engineers in APAC

​*Refer to our research grants for requirements.

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San Francisco, California
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