about 3 years ago
Thanks for Taking Part!
Thank you for building such incredible submissions!
While you wait for the results, take a moment to share your PyTorch feedback with the product team.
Make sure you also check out the Facebook Hackathons page on Devpost to stay up-to-date on all the Facebook hackathons happening this year!
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.
about 3 years ago
Final call: Submissions close Monday (March 16)!
Just a final shout-out this is the last weekend to work on your project and submit to the Facebook Hackathon: AI.
Final checklist:
- Are you submitting a machine learning model or application that touches on all of the judging criteria?
- Does your solution creatively use PyTorch?
- Have you created a submission video? Does your video clearly demonstrate how your app works? Is it about 2 minutes long? (See these video-making tips)
- Have you included at least one screenshot of your project?
- Have you provided a publicly accessible link to your project for judging and testing?
You are almost…
about 3 years ago
One week left to deadline - keep going!
There’s only one week left to enter your submission to the Facebook Hackathon: AI. Don’t wait until the last minute! Submissions are due March 16 before 5pm ET. (Find out what time that is in your city)
Start your submission now
Starting a submission is a good way to make sure that your project meets the requirements. There’s nothing worse than getting to the deadline, only to realize that you’re missing a key component. Remember: once you submit a project, you can keep editing it as needed at any time prior to the submission deadline. Need a…
over 3 years ago
Join us for a Q&A session w/ Facebook partner engineer on 3/11
Join us for a 30-minute session with Brad Heintz on Wednesday, March 11 @ 10:15am PT. Brad will cover some useful material on PyTorch and answer your questions. Please feel free to post questions on the event ahead of time.
Brad Heintz is a partner engineer at Facebook working with PyTorch, the open source framework for Deep Learning in research and enterprise production. He's been building software, professionally and for fun, for forty years.
To tune into the session and ask questions, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/959521250838697/.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please…
over 3 years ago
Two weeks to go – submit early!
There are two weeks left to enter your submission to the Facebook Hackathon: AI
Submissions are due March 16 before 5pm EDT. (Find out what time that is in your city)
If you haven't started a submission yet, please do so now. (We’ll walk you through our submission form process if you need help.) And if you've just recently joined the challenge, explore the Facebook Hackathon Group, the Resources page and your “to-do” list for more info to help you get started.
Submission checklist
Run through this list before you sit back from your project:
- Are…
over 3 years ago
NOTICE: Changes made to 1st Place Prizes in 2020 Facebook online Hackathon Series
2020 F8 Developer Cancellation / Facebook Online Hackathon Series First Place Prize Substitution:
As you may have seen, Facebook recently announced its cancellation of the 2020 F8 Developer Conference in-person component given growing concerns around the coronavirus or COVID-19. Accordingly, we will not be awarding any 2020 F8 Hackathon invitations or related hotel and flight accommodation as part of First Place prizing for any Contest in the 2020 Facebook Online Hackathon Series. We are substituting this First Place prize component with an invitation and tickets (up to 4 max., including hotel and flights) to instead attend the 2021 F8…
over 3 years ago
Bonus Tech Tip: PyTorch 1.4 Released
At this point, you may be well on your way with your project for the Facebook Hackathon: AI, however, for those using PyTorch for their solution, we wanted to make sure to let you know about the PyTorch 1.4 release!
The 1.4 release of PyTorch adds new capabilities, including the ability to do fine grain build level customization for PyTorch Mobile, and new experimental features including support for model parallel training and Java language bindings. In addition, PyTorch domain libraries like torchvision, torchtext, and torchaudio also have new releases along side the PyTorch 1.4 core release.
To learn more…
over 3 years ago
Three weeks to go + tip from your fellow dev
There are three weeks remaining in the Facebook Online Hackathon! Submissions are due March 16 before 5pm EDT. (Find out what time that is in your city)
Tip from your fellow dev
Mark Foster took home the second place prize for the North American Region in the 2019 Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge for his submission, Photobooth AI. He wanted to share these brief tips with his fellow devs to help you make a winning submission!
Hackathons are a great way to expand your horizons and try something experimental. Are you still hunting for that great…
over 3 years ago
Connect with the Dev Community
Whether or not you have started building your project, the Facebook Hackathon Group is the perfect place to connect with other participants!
Not only can this group be a great place to help you connect with other developers who are potential teammates (you can also search the challenge Participants Page to message other participants), but also bounce ideas off other developers and Facebook Developer evangelists.
Check out the announcements to find threads pertaining to each hackathon track: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3695249657182316/announcements/
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.