Hackathon Experience with Team 4 (Robot Overlords) at Hack MT '19


Hackathon MC lays out the schedule and rules at kick-off
Team 4 (Robot Overlords) settled in and reviewing some ML (machine learning) ideas. Goal was to build a suite of web-based ML applications using Python & Tensorflow
Food, food, hours of hacking
More food
After 35 straight hrs of hacking code, event wraps up with science fair format where teams present their products
Science fair from balcony of Science Bldg
Awards ceremony where winning teams are announced
Dr. Sidney McPhee addresses participants after reviewing projects at Science Fair
Team 4 (Robot Overlords) from left - Zack Toupe, Aiden Murphy, Braiden King, Robert Smith, Abdinadib Ali, Luis Chunga, Harrison Welch, Tim Choate. Not pictured: Ethan Basham, Jerimiah Jayne, "Jimmy"
Top level menu to web-based ML (machine learning) apps produced by team.
Read Digits - trains neural network to recognize hand-written digits
Shakespeare - reads the plays of Shakespeare and learns to emulate the writing style, phrasing.
Flappy Bird - ML application learns to survive in simulation of this classic phone app.