IoT & AI Hackathon Presented by MATRIX Labs and Visa

The challenge of the IoT and AI Hackathon is to re-imagine the retail and consumer payments expereince by building on MATRIX Creators and integrating Visa APIs.

Each group will receive a kit with two (2) of the following items:

• MATRIX Creator
• Raspberry Pi 3
• Raspberry Pi Camera V2
• 32GB Micro SD Card
• 5V 2.5A Power Supply

Staff from Visa and MATRIX Labs will be present throughout the day for answering questions. They will also lead morning and afternoon training sessions on how to work with the Visa API and the MATRIX Creator.

Schedule

Saturday, October 21st

08:00AM :: Registration Opens and Breakfast
08:30AM - 09:00AM :: Visa API Presentation
09:00AM - 09:30AM :: MATRIX Creator Presentation
09:00AM - 10:00AM :: Welcome Message
10:00AM :: Hackathon Kickoff
12:00PM :: Lunch
01:00PM - 01:30PM :: Visa API Presentation
01:30 - 02:00PM :: MATRIX Creator Presentation
06:00PM :: Dinner

Sunday, October 22nd

12:00AM :: Midnight Snack
08:00AM :: Breakfast
10:00AM :: Hackathon Ends
10:15AM :: Round 1 of Judging
12:00PM :: Round 2 of Judging
12:45PM :: Final Judging and Prize Ceremony

Judging

Round One:

Judges will walk around the room and do a one on one judging of each groups project. The judging sheet will be released closer to the date of the hackathon. The six (6) highest rated groups will move on to round two.

Round Two:

Judges will perform a code inspection prior to the final judging which will count towards the groups score. At the final judging the groups will present their projects in front of the panel of judges and all the attendees of the hackathon. The judges will then deliberate and announce the winners.

Prizes

1st Place: $5,000

2nd Place: $3,000

3rd Place: $2,000

*Prizes will be awarded to the group to be split between its individual members as the group sees fit.

Registration Information

As a participant, you can register for the IoT and AI Hackathon as an individual, group, or company group!

Individuals

Don’t have a group or company group? No problem! You can signup as an individual and make your own group with other individuals or join a group or company group that has space. If you can not find a group we will be making a Slack team for the Hackathon where you will be able to discuss and team up with people who are also not in a group.

Although prompted, you do not need to use your company information to register as an individual.

Groups

To create a group you need a minimum of two (2) members and no more than five (5) members can form a group for the hackathon. You can join a group by

1. Registering using the "Group" ticket, creating a new group, creating a new password, and inviting up to four (4) additional members to the group
2. Joining a group via an invitation from a member
3. Joining a group by searching for a group name

Company Groups

To create a company group you need a minimum of two (2) employees and no more than five (5) employees of a single company can form a group for the hackathon. You can join a company group by

1. Registering using the "Company" ticket, creating a new group, creating a new password, and inviting up to four (4) additional coworkers to the group
2. Joining a group via an invitation from a coworker
3. Joining a group by searching for a company group name

All company group members must use their company emails in order to register for a company group.