Apply AI: Generative AI Competition

UTC has a responsibility to help shape a future in Chattanooga of AI innovation that is broadly beneficial and elegantly engineered — and to do that, we need a lot of great ideas.  This is where “Apply AI: Generative AI Competition” comes into play!

The entrepreneurial mindset and design-thinking are valuable tools for competitors. 

Date of Competition: April 19, 2024

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Students

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1. Form teams of 2-4 students.
2. Create proposal that utilizes generative artificial intelligence technologies to develop solutions to an existing challenge within one or more of these fields:
   1. disease prevention and treatment
   2. climate change/environment
   3. automotives/aerospace
   4. clean energy
   5. workforce development
3. Present the proposal and showcase proposed technology. Pitch decks should be high on images and infographics. Students may use note cards for confidence but are expected to be fluent in all aspects of the proposal, delivering the pitch in a fluid, narrative style. 

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Details

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Teams of 2-4 students (can be a mix of UG/GR across any discipline):

1. Present proposal and showcase proposed technology (either fully or conceptualized) before a friendly audience & panel of judges.  Each pitch should be unique. Pitches should be no longer than five minutes. Students should be prepared for up to 10 minutes of detailed Q & A from the judges following product presentation.
2. Include the following:
   1. Cover slide. State students’ names and proposal name. Include branding such as logos and tag lines.
   2. Define the problem. Address why.  Why is this solution necessary, why is it better than other proposals?  
   3. Identify constraints. Time?  Materials?  Money?
   4. Teamwork. Did you work together, and how?  Did you brainstorm to find promising solutions?
   5. Prototype.  Do you have a prototype, or a mock-up of a prototype?  Has it been evaluated/tested?
   6. Improvements. Have you considered improvements to your prototype during iterative testing?
   7. Future vision. How would you communicate/market results?

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How Teams are Judged

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• proposal’s innovative applications of generative AI
• feasibility/ability to craft a workable future execution plan
• potential for real-world impact
• the quality of presentation, including sound engineering/computer science principals as well as communication precision

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Registration

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Please take a moment to fill out the form to register your team for the Generative AI Competition.