Connectionists: Deep Learning and Robotics Challenge in Munich

[Patrick van der Smagt]

Volkswagen Group AI Research---a part of the Data:Lab in Munich---invites students to join the 2017 Deep Learning and Robotics Challenge.

The challenge is scheduled to take place from September 11 to October 13, 2017.  You will collaborate with your peers in small groups to solve a robotics challenge while developing and using deep-learning methodologies in a Python-environment with TensorFlow.

All groups will compete to have their robot solve the set task as efficiently as possible. The challenge will be crowned with a ceremony at GTC Europe (Oct. 10--12 in Munich) for the winning team. All code that you will develop within this challenge will be open-sourced.  Your major input will be related to machine learning, and less so to robotics.

The DLRC is set up in collaboration with NVIDIA. In this collaboration, we will provide you with a compute infrastructure based on DGX-1, 1080s and Jetsons.

Further information and application through http://argmax.ai/#dlrc.  Application deadline: July 31, 2017.