Overview
Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems with the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
Machine Learning is a science that determines patterns in data. These patterns provide deeper meaning to problems and help you to first understand problems better and then solve the same with elegance.
Here is the new HackerEarth’s monthly Machine Learning challenge- On the plague trail.
This challenge is designed to help you improve your machine learning skills by competing and learning from fellow participants.
Problem statement
A group of senior scientists misplaced a package containing fatal plague bacteria during one of their trips. With no means of tracking where the package is, scientists are now trying to come up with a solution to stop the plague. This plague has 7 different strains that are unique for each continent. This strain is expanding rapidly in each continent.
The vaccine of this plague is available in a limited quantity. This vaccine is effective if it is used within a specific time frame and on the fixed population sample size. This problem is based on disaster management. You are required to build an algorithm to minimize the damage caused by this plague.
Data set
The dataset contains escalations of the plague for all the seven strains. The dataset is a time series in which the training set contains the number of individuals that are infected by the plague over a defined period of time.
The benefits of practicing this problem by using Machine Learning techniques are as follows:
This challenge encourages you to apply your Machine Learning skills to build models that can assess how many people are infected by this plague. In simpler words, this problem is based on the constraint optimization process.
This challenge helps you to actively enhance your knowledge in regression. Regression is one of the basic building blocks of Machine Learning.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to defend the world against this plague by building an algorithm that can minimize the damage
Why should you participate?
To learn and use the latest open-source libraries and packages such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, pandas, scikit-learn, etc.
To analyze and implement multiple algorithms and determine which is more appropriate for a problem.
To get hands-on experience in Machine Learning problems
Who should participate?
Working professionals
Data science or Machine Learning enthusiasts
College students (if you understand the basics of predictive modelling)
Tutorials
Note:
There are great prizes to be won
1st Prize
USD 250
2nd Prize
USD 150
How is the leaderboard rank calculated?
Your rank will be calculated in real-time by evaluating 50% of your output while the contest is live. Once the contest has ended,...
moreHow is the leaderboard rank calculated?
Your rank will be calculated in real-time by evaluating 50% of your output while the contest is live. Once the contest has ended, your output will be evaluated on the remaining 50% of test data and the new leaderboard will be updated in the next few hours.
Where is the challenge happening?
The challenge is completely online. After the start date/time, you can open this same page and start participating in the challenge.
How do I participate in the challenge?
To participate in the challenge, visit this page after start date/time and click on 'Participate in Challenge' button.