By Srihitha Sunkara
In the expanding new landscape of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands as a beacon of innovation and opportunity. AI competitions offer an excellent platform for high school students exploring this exciting field. This blog will explore five AI competitions catered specifically to high schoolers. We’ll delve into what each competition is, how participation can benefit young minds, the steps to get involved, the potential awards, and any other details. Here are five AI competitions for high school students.
AIStars – AIClub
- What is it? AIStars is a worldwide competition aimed at middle school and high school students. It focuses on developing socially impactful applications using Artificial Intelligence. Students can create mobile applications or websites that utilize AI technologies.
- Who qualifies? Teams of one to four students aged 10-18 are eligible to participate.
- Deadline: Registration is typically in July, and the event begins in August.
- How to Participate: You can visit the AIStars website during registration and follow the provided instructions.
- Potential Awards: The competition usually offers awards and recognition for outstanding projects.
Technovation Girls
- What is it? Technovation Girls is a social good and innovation competition open to girls worldwide. Teams of girls work on creating an app or website that addresses a critical issue within their communities. The competition emphasizes app development, AI, social good, and entrepreneurship.
- Who qualifies? Teams of girls, comprising one to four members from middle school or high school, can participate.
- Deadline: Registration and submission deadlines typically fall between March and May.
- How to Participate: You can visit the Technovation Girls website during registration and follow the provided guidelines.
- Potential Awards: Participants have the opportunity to win various awards and gain recognition for their innovative solutions.
Kaggle Competitions
- What is it? Kaggle is a popular platform that hosts a wide range of data science and machine learning competitions. These competitions cover diverse domains and problem types, providing an excellent opportunity for high school students to apply AI and data analysis skills.
- Who qualifies? High school students interested in data science and AI can participate in Kaggle competitions individually or in teams.
- How to Participate: Create an account on Kaggle and browse the available competitions. Choose a competition that aligns with your interests and capabilities and follow the competition guidelines.
- Potential Awards: Kaggle competitions offer prizes, recognition, and a chance to collaborate with professionals and researchers in AI.
Bitgrit
- What is it? Bitgrit is a platform that hosts AI and data science competitions where participants can engage with real-world problems and datasets. Competitions cover a range of topics within AI and machine learning.
- Who qualifies? High school students interested in AI and data science can participate individually or in teams.
- How to Participate: Create an account on the Bitgrit platform and browse the available competitions. Choose a competition that aligns with your interests and capabilities and follow the competition guidelines.
- Potential Awards: Bitgrit competitions offer prizes, recognition, and opportunities to collaborate with professionals and researchers in the AI community.
Numerai
- What is it? Numerai is a hedge fund that hosts a data science competition where participants build machine learning models to predict financial markets. It’s an exciting opportunity for students interested in finance and machine learning.
- Who qualifies? High school students interested in finance, data science, and machine learning can participate individually.
- How to Participate: To participate, create an account on the Numerai platform, follow the instructions to join the competition, and submit your predictions.
- Potential Awards: Numerai offers payouts in cryptocurrency (Numeraire) for successful models and accurate predictions, providing a unique incentive for participants.
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