Amdocs GenAI Hackathon
<p id="isPasted" style="text-align: left;"><strong><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140); font-size: 36px; --darkreader-inline-color: #ff27a7;">Hackathon Overview</span></strong></p><p><br id="isPasted">Welcome to the Amdocs GenAI Hackathon, where innovation meets opportunity! Our hackathon is poised to unleash the creative potential of GenAI, aligning with Amdocs' mission to drive business differentiation through cutting-edge solutions. </p><p>We invite participants from around the globe to join us in this exhilarating journey, where ideas converge with technical prowess to shape the future of our operations. </p><p>With a focus on Time-to-Market and cost efficiencies, we challenge teams to push the boundaries of what's possible and deliver impactful solutions that resonate with our strategic goals. </p><p>Join us for an electrifying two-phased event, beginning with an online hackathon on March 19-20, 2024, followed by the grand finale Demo Day. Embrace the opportunity to showcase your talent, tackle Strategic challenges chosen to answer Amdocs' needs or bring your own, and be part of a transformative experience that drives innovation forward.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(236, 0, 140);"><strong>Objectives<br></strong></span></p><p id="isPasted">The hackathon seeks to achieve this Main objective - To develop a Minimum Viable Solution (MVS) using GenAI demonstrated through a working prototype that is:</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_1200/v1/id-amdocs-gen-ai-5b471e/tj9dsdfriiob5hlg2hc7.png" style="width: 644px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);">"Two-stream” Hackathon Approach<br></span></strong></span></p><p>You can choose 1 of 5 challenges that were chosen for the Hackathon and were predefined as valuable challenges to Amdocs or bring your own - any challenge that you want to solve during the hackathon.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_1200/v1/id-amdocs-gen-ai-5b471e/fp9ycrpft20bzvgrmuvo.png" style="width: 875px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> </p><p id="isPasted"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stream A – Strategic challenges</span><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);"> </span></strong>– 6 challenges that were chosen for the Hackathon and were predefined as valuable challenges to Amdocs.</p><ol><li>Universal language translation for GUIs</li><li>Mastering quality control - audio events detection</li><li>‘PrefBot’ performance issue log analysis</li><li>Knowledge-based creation for inferencing and other activities</li><li>Amdocs GenAI Use Case Repository</li><li>RecovAIzer – Build the next Generation of Revenue Recovery Engine</li></ol><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stream B – ‘Bring your own challenge’</span></strong> – any challenge that employees want to solve during the hackathon.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can get the learning kits, register to join a session to learn more about the different challenges and more on the <a href="https://jam4.sapjam.com/groups/YNuju8YcutHn0FntbK5Hem/overview_page/j4yveFQzISSsyninrxKHZ3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>GenAI Hackathon site</u></a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(236, 0, 140);"><strong>How can I join?</strong></span></p><p>We encourage multidisciplinary teams for a diversity of perspectives and skill sets. </p><p>Form a team of 1 to 6 participants from anywhere in the world.</p><p>Your team can be:</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;margin-left:autoundefined;"><li><strong>An organic team</strong> (from the same unit or department).</li><li><strong>A group of colleagues</strong> (from different units within Amdocs).</li><li><strong>Individuals </strong>- If you're on your own, don't worry! You can find partners to team up with.</li><li><strong>Working alone</strong> - this is an option, but we highly recommend teamwork, as there's 'Strength in numbers.' Collaborating with others enhances your potential for success compared to working alone.</li></ul><p>Any employee with coding skills is welcome to contribute to the development of the prototype. Adding additional roles such as a tester ensuring product quality or a solution architect helping with the overall design and scalability of the solution could enhance a team’s performance. Adding employees that have a high-level perspective of the organization will bring a comprehensive MVS, so consider also corporate unit employees for added value.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);"><strong>Hackathon </strong></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);">Timeline</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p><strong><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_1200/v1/id-amdocs-gen-ai-5b471e/wf0n3aoyje6wkbvaiuzq.png" style="width: 890px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></strong><br></p><p><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);">What comes next?</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Simply click on "REGISTER" to begin exploring the platform. Registration ends on March 17, midnight (GMT+2). </p><p id="isPasted">You can also read the <a href="https://amdocs-genai.hackathon.com/#/news"><u>various articles</u></a>, Subscribe to different channels in the<a href="https://amdocs-genai.hackathon.com/#/lobby/65155f313687413619e90a1f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <u>Lobby tab</u></a> and <a href="https://amdocs-genai.hackathon.com/#/talks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>access recordings</u></a><a href="https://amdocs-genai.hackathon.com/#/talks"></a> and Participate in the demystification session on Feb 26th. </p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>On Feb 26, we will launch the "project page creation" section, allowing you to prepare your page in advance. Projects Submissions ends on: March 20 at midnight, Mexico TZ (local time). .</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><br></strong></span></p><p id="isPasted" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(236, 0, 140);">Guidelines for Idea Submissions</span></strong></span></p><p id="isPasted">We invite participants to submit innovative solutions that align with Amdocs’ strategic objectives, emphasizing the potential of GenAI to transform our business landscape. To ensure your ideas resonate with our goals and have the impact we seek, consider the following principles that directly reflect our judging criteria: Potential Value, Technical excellence, Time-to-market/Implementation, Fit to Use Case, Leveraging GenAI. To see the full description you can read <a href="https://amdocs-genai.hackathon.com/#/news/6516d14bbbc162d627d6eade" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>"Judgment Criteria Guidelines"</u></a> article.</p>