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Project Build-A-Thon

Build Practical Skills through Hands-on Projects

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About Project Build-A-Thon

“Project Buil-A-Thon is a tech building initiative by SmartInternz & VIT Chennai to enable students with practical skills of emerging technologies. This program will provide project based learning & development experience through smartInternz Platform"

Students can enrich their skills, gain project experience and earn exciting benefits from this Project Build-A-Thon

Program Structure

Hands-on Learning followed by project building.

5 Days Hands-on Training

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Internet of Things (IoT)

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10 Days Mentor Guided Project Development

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Build-A-Thon

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What's Exciting?

Earn IBM Skill Badges

Free Access to IBM Cloud

Tech Mentor & Industry Leader Connect

Internship Opportunities for Top 3 Best Projects.

Participation Certificate & Project completion Certificate for Valid Submissions

5 Days Hands-on Training

Day-1 : Cognitive Computing, Visual Recognition & Image Classification

    Concepts

  • Introduction to Cognitive Computing
  • IBM’s Cognitive Point of View – Solving Real-Life Problems
  • Building Cognitive Applications
  • IBM Watson AI Services
  • Computer Vision & Image Recognition
  • Introduction to IBM Visual Recognition
  • Introduction to IBM Watson Studio
  • Explore IBM Visual Recognition Service
  • Work on Pre-Trained models
  • Create and Deploy Custom Visual Recognition Models
  • Build an Image Recognition Application with Node-RED

    Usecase

  • Building custom Image Classification using Visual Recognition service
Day-2 : Conversation AI Platforms, Business Bots, Speech Recognition & Analysis

    Concepts

  • Conversation & Speech Recognition
  • Conversation AI Platforms
  • Introduction to IBM Watson Assistant
  • Dialog Skill and Search Skill
  • Create your first assistant – powered chatbot
  • Introduction to STT & TTS Services
  • Building Custom Speech Recognition Models
  • Getting Started with Text-to-Speech Service
  • Understanding Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)
  • Introduction to Language Translator
  • Introduction to Tone Analyzer

    Usecase

  • Build a web based chatbot with Voice input & Output
Day-3 : Data Insights, Text Analytics, Smart Applications

    Concepts

  • Introduction to Natural Language Processing
  • Watson Natural Language Understanding
  • Explore Knowledge Catalog & NLU Services
  • Introduction to Watson Discovery
  • Create a Cognitive News Search Application
  • Bring your Own data to Watson Discovery
  • Integrate Watson Discovery with Chatbot

    Usecase

  • Build a Customer Help Desk powered by Watson Discovery Service
Day-4 : Machine Learning, Auto AI and IBM Watson Studio

    Concepts

  • Introduction to Machine Learning
  • Getting Started with Watson Studio
  • Explore Various services in Watson Studio
  • Explore Watson Machine Learning Service
  • Develop a Machine Learning Model using Auto AI
  • Deploy Machine Learning Model as a Web Service

    Usecase

  • Build & Deploy Machine Learning Models with Watson Studio
Day-5 : Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud App Development

    Concepts

  • Internet of Things (IoT), IoT Platforms
  • Introduction to Watson IoT Platform
  • Work with IoT Sensor Simulator
  • Data Streaming and Visualization
  • Data Storage in Cloudant DB (NoSQL DB)
  • Introduction to Serverless Applications
  • Explore IBM Cloud Functions
  • Build an IoT Application with Serverless Computing

    Usecase

  • Build an IoT Application with Serverless Computing

Important Dates

15

NOV

Last Date of Registration

16

NOV

5 Days Training Program Starts

20

NOV

5 Days Training Program Ends

21

NOV

Project Build-a-Thon Starts

30

NOV

Project Build-a-Thon Ends

30

NOV

Winner Announcement, Certificate Distribution etc.

Pre-requisites

Pre-requisites
  • Must have Laptop with Good Internet connectivity as it is a Virtual Hands-on Session
  • Must have basic understanding of Python Programming & DataScience concepts
  • Must register for IBM Cloud account https://cloud.ibm.com/registration

Frequently Asked Questions


1. What is the Eligibility Criteria to Participate

Current UG / PG students of engineering in any branch can enroll

2. I dont have coding knowledge but i am interested to participate. Can I ?

No. This program is for individual eligible students only, team participation is not acceptable

3. Can i participate as a Team ?

The training program will be organized online via WebEx every day between 4:00pm to 8:00pm. You will receive an email with WebEx meeting links once the registration is successful.

4. Can i get mentor support to clarify my technical queries ?

Yes. You must join the slack / telegram channel to interact or clarify your queries with mentor.

5. Can i work on project before completing the 5 days training?

Yes. You can work on project in parallel but it is suggested to attend live training to gain enough knowledge to complete project

6. Can I enroll for more than 1 project?

Yes. A student can enroll for more than 1 project but Mentor support will be provided for only 1 Project.