December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6 (Via indonesia 23, Rome)

HackParty W21
AI Challenge With OpenAI

Play with GPT-3, network with smart engineers, and meet fast-growing startups

December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6 (Via indonesia 23, Rome)

HackParty W21
AI Challenge

Play with GPT-3, network with smart engineers, and meet fast-growing startups

the challenge

Prove Your Skills in AI
In a Knockout Competition
Where Creativity Wins

We will provide participants with 3 ready-to-use APIs in computer vision and NLP,
including a permanent GPT-3 key that attendees will retain after the event.

Rules

Participation is individual

We will select a limited number of participants. Green Pass and mask are mandatory.

Use your own tools

Bring your own laptop and use the programming languages you prefer. Code must be hosted on Github.

Write beautiful working code

Jurors will test the programs written by the participants looking for beautiful working code to pick the winner.

HackParty W21, AI Challenge with OpenAI

Rewards

All the participants will get a permanent OpenAI API access key to use GPT-3.

The winner of the challenge will get a pair of Bose Frames Bluetooth audio sunglasses.

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December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6 (Via indonesia 23, Rome)

About the hackparty

Come to Code
& Have Fun

HackParty is organized by Pi Campus, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage AI startups. These are growing companies always looking for AI researchers and smart coders to work on state-of-the-art technologies. To support them, twice a year Pi Campus hosts a coding competition during a party in order to meet talents while having some fun.

Speaker

Boris Power

Applied Research Engineer at OpenAI.

Boris advises companies from startups to large enterprises on how the world's largest deep learning models offered through OpenAI API can improve and transform their business.

He will offer insights about GPT-3 and Codex, an AI which can code and understand language, exposing the technologies and showing some practical examples of how these endpoints can be used to create innovative products.

Mentors and Jurors

Marco Trombetti

Pi Campus Co-Founder and CEO

Sébastien Bratières

Pi School AI Director

Davide Caroselli

ModernMT VP of Product

Simone di Somma​​

Askdata CEO​​

Cristiano De Nobili

Pi School Lead AI Scientist

Simone Scardapane

La Sapienza University Professor

Disheng Qiu

Translated Head of AI

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December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6 (Via indonesia 23, Rome)

Former WInners voices

Why the Hack Party is so Amazing

"The challenge was really fun, but the most interesting part was the people I met. With some of them I am still in contact after almost five years"
Davide Caroselli
ModernMT VP
"I was surprised how much I found myself involved in the challenge. It seems easy at beginning, but suddenly it's really challanging"
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"During the HackNight, I met a lot of talented coders like those I met at the School of AI and when I was working in Pi Campus' startups"
alberto massidda
Alberto Massidda
Facebook Production Engineer

Event Agenda

December 10th – 6:30 PM CET – Pi 6 (via Indonesia 23, Rome)

6:30 PM WELCOME

A welcome by Pi Campus founder Marco Trombetti
followed by challenge details.

6:45 PM practical applications of gpt-3 and codex

A talk by our guest Boris Power, OpenAI staff member, about practical applications of GPT-3 and Codex.

7:45 PM HACK party

We will have 4 challenges of about 40 minutes each.
A standing dinner is scheduled in the middle.

11:00 PM Networking

Time for chats and a couple of beers.

FAQ

Do I need to be an AI expert to take part in the challenge?

Well, it’s an AI challenge 🙂 We will provide ready-to-use APIs in advance. This means you won’t have to write them, but you will have to understand how they work. 

I am new to GPT-3, can I take part in the challenge?

You can find documentation online. We will provide you with Open AI documentation and an API license a few days in advance so you will be able to experiment before the challenge.

Can I attend as a guest?

We are always open to new friends, but due to Covid-19 limitations we will have to restrict the number of attendees. That said, we have a guest quota, reserved for those able to support participants. Please, apply.

How the challenge works?

It’s a tournament in 4 challenges. Participants will be matched randomly for 1:1 matches. We will present a challenge and ask to solve it in 40 minutes. Who solves the challenge advance to the next stage.

How do you pick challenges winners?

Our jurors will pick the winner of each match. Criteria are: challenge solved, best solution, and less time used. If no one solves the challenge, jurors will evaluate who arrived nearest to the solution.

Why do you organize this event?

Pi Campus invests in fast-growing AI startups that regularly look for smart researchers and coders. By creating connections with talents we support our startups both in networking and in hiring.

What will you use the code I write for?

You will be NOT writing code to solve a problem for a company. Challenges are funny and, well, challenging. We ask to host code on Github to simplify jurors reviews.

I live outside Rome, can you cover traveling?

Usually, we don’t. If you have a very interesting profile and traveling cost is something that will stop you from attending the event, please let us know.

Other questions?

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December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6 (Via indonesia 23, Rome)

Ready to Hack?

December 10th, 2021 - 6:30 PM CET - Pi 6, Rome

Participation in the AI Challenge is limited and by selection. Apply with your LinkedIn or Github profile to get invited.

Please, note: Green Pass and mask are mandatory.