Panel 1- Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystems and Multi-Hazards: Challenges & Approaches
Hackathon
Important Dates
- Hackathon Phase 1 Submission: 15th June 2021
Welcome to the ISIM Hackathon!
Our objective is to find impactful solutions to the key issues and problems that are being explored throughout the ISIM Symposium. The hackathon will progress in three stages:
- Problem Identification – will run concurrently with the ISIM Symposium.
- Solution Design
- Implementation
We invite you to form teams, and innovate with us!
Participants can register individually or form their own team (max 3 members) and register.
NOTE: Registration details will be uploaded soon.
Phase 1: Problem identification (June 5th to June 15th)
The ISIM symposium is an excellent place to learn about our natural ecosystem and key issues precipitated by climate change and multi-hazard situations. Key domain experts will provide inputs throughout the ISIM symposium on key issues, ecosystem dynamics, climate change trajectories, as well as emerging technologies and multi-modal responses being adopted to address the situation.
Hackathon teams are required to attend the Symposium sessions and also the post-symposium workshop where we will provide you with information on technologies, tools, platforms, and techniques that could help you develop your innovative solution. The workshop will give you an opportunity to get some hands-on experience on platforms we will make available for the Hackathon.
Hackathon Themes:
- Theme 1: Emerging Technologies for Ecosystem Restoration
- Theme 2: Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystem & Multi Hazards
- Theme 3: IoT and ML for Managing Ecosystem & Multi Hazards
- Theme 4: Climate Change Adaptation Techniques & Community Resilience
- Theme 5: Case Studies for Ecosystems Restoration & Multi-Hazard Resilience
- Theme 6: Open topic
Based on these broad themes, some EXAMPLE areas to explore are:
- Solutions for measuring and monitoring our natural ecosystem. May include, but not limited to, new sensing technologies, architectures for large scale, high-resolution real-time data gathering, long term sustainable and robust low-energy sensing networks, etc
- Solutions that analyze, detect, and predict critical ecosystem changes. May include, but not limited to, the development of AI/ML models to predict ecosystem changes, prediction and advanced detection of critical hazards, emergency response management solutions, etc.
- Solutions that Enhance community Resilience to Climate Change. May include, but not limited to, solutions that help boost agricultural efficiency in the face of climate change, solutions that generate water and nutrition security for communities, solutions that help maintain community health, enhance health-seeking behaviours, enhance environment-friendly behaviors, etc.
- Solutions that repair and restore ecosystems adversely affected by climate change or Multi-hazards
- You can suggest your own theme during the workshop. If enough participants are interested in that topic, we can work on it.
Participants need to submit a short proposal (max. number words:300) based on the chosen problem and proposed methods to solve it. All submissions should follow the template provided by the organizers. In this phase, candidates should clearly identify the tools/hardware/software that they require to solve the problem.
Eligibility for participation in phase 2 is based on the evaluation by the expert committee.
NOTE: Hackathon Submission Closed
Phase 2 Theoretical Design (June 21st to June 30th)
Each team will be assigned with a technical mentor and regular one to one meetings will be conducted with the team to support designing. A technical support person will also be available to support the teams with the tools/hardware/software they use.
Participants should design the proposed solution and present it before the panel
The panel will evaluate and grade each presentation. Only eligible teams based on their evaluation would be allowed to participate in the next phase
Phase 3: Complete Implementation (July 5th to July 15th)
Participants should implement the proposed solution in its entirety, and present the completed solution to the panel.
They will have discussions with mentors and take the necessary support.
Industry and Amrita will provide all required supports – hardware/software/tools.
The top 2 best projects in each theme will be selected and awarded.
Judging Panel
- Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh
- Dr. Gopal Krishna
- Dr. Alka Singh
- Dr. Dhanya M.
- Dr. Rahul Krishnan P.
- Dr. Sudesh K. Wadhawan
- Prof. Sethuraman N. Rao
- Mr. Rahul Vamanan
- Dr. Rekha P.
Selection Criteria
The project proposal will be evaluated based on the following criteria
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- The project that has high market needs and business viability will be selected.
- Functionality
- Novelty
- Technical Difficulty level
- Useful/Fits the theme
- Business value
- Quality of the Idea: Includes creativity and originality of the idea.
- Implementation of the Idea: Includes how well the idea was executed by the participant.
- Potential Value to Businesses: Includes the extent to which the proposed system can help businesses grow.
Prize
- Esri India will provide Rs. 50,000 cash prize and 1-year license to Esri Platform for 1 winning team. Two other winning teams will receive a 1-year license to the Esri platform
- Three winning teams of the hackathon will be mentored by Amrita TBI. The winning teams will avail of free incubation service for one year. During this period mentor support will be provided from the external mentor network of Amrita TBI.
- Complimentary Prize: Two more teams will get an internship opportunity at the Center for Wireless Networks & Applications
Workshop
Introduction to Python Programming
In this workshop, the participants will learn how to get started with python programming language. They will learn about the basic concepts such as variables, operators, conditions, functions and classes. The workshop also covers the usage of tools such as Jupyter Notebooks and Google Collab.
Tools used: Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks, Google Collab
Getting started with IoT Sensor data collection using database and Python
In this workshop, the participants will learn how to perform data acquisition from IoT-enabled sensors, transmit it to a remote server using MQTT and store data in a server using databases. They will also learn how to set up a MySQL database and use python to write data to the database.
Tools/Libraries used: pymysql, paho-mqtt
An Introduction to ML for Ecosystem Modelling
In this workshop, participants will have a unique opportunity to understand the fundamental principles of machine learning as well as experience a hands-on demo of using a simple machine learning technique to model the environment and ecosystems.
Tools used: Google Collab
Introduction to Geospatial Applications
Geographical information system (GIS) is an applied science and technology which uses the infrastructure of various disciplines to address the problems in the world. The workshop highlights the scope and opportunities in spatial thinking pertaining to its growing applications in various fields and sectors of society. The sessions are designed to involve students in exploring the applied aspects of Geospatial technology. They will be provided with details on methodologies, available resources, software, and other contents related to spatial data collection, analysis, modeling, and visualization with exciting hands-on experience.
Resource Persons
Industry
- Mr. Virupakshappa H K, Bosch Rexton
- Mr. Santhosh, Bosch Rexton
- Mr. Ravi Teja, Sentienz
Academia
- Dr. V. Susheela Devi, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Dr. Karthik Sankaranarayanan, Ontario Tech University, Canada & Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Dr. Reka P, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Dr. Ram Kumar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Dr. Rahul Krishnan P, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Mr. Sai Shibu N B, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Anjana M S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Durga P, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Liya M L, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Mr. Balmukund Singh, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Hari Chandana, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Mr. Arjun D, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Shereena Shaji, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Dr. Uma Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- Ms. Lakshmi S Gopal, Doctoral Student, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Important Dates
Hackathon
- Hackathon Phase 1 Submission: 15th June 2021
- Last date to register for the symposium: 5th June 2021 (01.00 PM IST)
Ph.D. Colloquium
- Last date for abstract submission: 30th May 2021 (11.59 PM IST)
- Acceptance notification date: 2nd June 2021
- Last date for PPT submission: 5th June 2021 (12 PM IST)
Poster Presentation
- Last date for abstract & poster submission: 30th May 2021 (11.59 PM IST)
- Acceptance notification date: 1st June 2021
- Last date for registering as Presenter: 3rd June 2021 (11.59 PM IST)
Symposium Dates
- Theme 1: 5th June 2021 (2PM to 8.30 PM IST)
- Theme 2: 6th June 2021 (2PM to 8.30 PM IST)
- Theme 3: 6th June 2021 (2PM to 8.30 PM IST)
- Theme 4: 7th June 2021 (2PM to 8.30 PM IST)
- Theme 5: 7th June 2021 (2PM to 8.30 PM IST)
Workshop Dates
- Introduction to Python: 8th June 2021
- Getting started with IoT sensor data collection and storage with Python: 8th June 2021
- An Introduction to ML for Ecosystem Modelling: 9th June 2021
- Introduction to Geospatial Applications: 9th June 2021
Poster Presentations
Important Dates
- Last date for abstract & poster submission: 30th May 2021 (11.59 PM IST)
- Acceptance notification date: 1st June 2021
- Last date for registering as Presenter: 3rd June 2021 (11.59 PM IST)
We invite you to present your research ideas and findings related to the thematic areas under ISIM 2021 during the poster sessions, organized under each theme. Students, faculty and researchers from academia and industry are welcome to present posters of their research work in this session and avail this opportunity to get exposure for your research, learn about the research happening globally and receive feedback from the peer group and experts. We encourage you to submit abstracts and posters which present innovative ideas, case study examples or ongoing research activities, pertaining to any of the thematic areas of the symposium
Interested candidates can upload their abstracts along with the poster when registering here, on or before 30th May 2021. BOTH the abstract and poster should mandatorily be submitted together for the review. Please note that if the submitted abstract and poster does not fully meet the requirements listed below, it will automatically be discarded without further notice. Final selection of the abstract will be done based on the technical relevance of the abstract to the symposium theme and the quality of work presented through the abstract and poster. The evaluation committee will notify you about your abstract selection status before 1st June 2021.
The presenting author must register here(General Registration) for the symposium as a PRESENTER before 3rd June 2021, once your abstract gets accepted for presentation.
For each accepted abstract, the candidates will receive confirmation about their session timing and presentation time slots two days prior to the event date. Each candidate will be allowed to present his or her research work within a strict time slot of 5 minutes, and our symposium assistant will display your poster on the screen during your talk. You will NOT be allowed to make any revisions to your poster once it is accepted by the committee. Please strictly follow the guidelines listed below for preparing the abstract and posters. For any queries related to the poster sessions, please email us at isim2021@amrita.edu(link sends e-mail).
Poster Presentation Schedule
Poster ID |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
PP2.01 |
Ms. Chaithanya Kapoor |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Network topology for connected cities |
PP2.02 |
Mr. R.V. Pankajavalli |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Connected smart cities |
PP2.03 |
Dr. R. Vaira Vignesh |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Composite paver block |
PP2.04 |
Mr. Vishal Menon |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Exploring IoT enabled multi-hazard warning system for disaster-prone areas |
PP2.05 |
Mr. Aneesh Rajendran |
College of Engineering, Trivandrum & Energy Management Centre Kerala, India |
Optimal placement of EV charging stations |