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<h1>Deep Learning Hackathon</h1>

The Analytics Club, CFI IIT-M presents the annual <b>Deep Learning Hackathon</b> to recognize top Machine Learning enthusiasts within the institute to solve challenging problems. 
The competition is split into two tracks:
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    <li><a href="track1">Track - 1</a> (Computer Vision): Deepfake Detection</li>
    <li><a href="track2">Track - 2</a> (Natural Language Processing): Abstract Generation using Research Paper Titles</li>
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Please visit the corresponding tabs for more information. For queries please visit the <a href="faq">FAQ</a> or you could contact us via email - <a href="mailto:analyticsclubcfi.iitm@gmail.com">analyticsclubcfi.iitm@gmail.com</a>.
If interested, please make sure to register for this hackathon <a href="register">here</a>

<h3>Prizes</h3>

Top 2 winners from each track will each be awarded <b>$5000</b> of AWS credits + cash prizes, along with certificates.

<h3>Deadline</h3>

The competition closes on <b>April 30th at 11:59 PM</b><br>

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        <b>[19 April 2021 06:00:33 PM IST]</b> <i>For the sake of clarification, in Track 1 you are <b>NOT</b> allowed to use pretrained models. However, pretrained language models <b>CAN</b> be used in Track 2</i>
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        <b>[16 April 2021 02:55:22 PM IST]</b> <i>If using collab, we strongly recommend the participants to directly download the datasets onto their drive via collab (due to faster download speeds > 100MBPS) instead of manually downloading it and then uploading it to drive.
        Instructions regarding how to do the same is provided in the dataset information for each track.</i>
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