AI Competition
Design an AI-powered solution that solves a real challenge faced by students in their daily academic or personal lives.
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Prepared Competition
This competition requires thorough advanced preparation. While the actual judging and live performance will take place onsite on the day of the event, participants must design, practice, and finalize their entries beforehand according to the provided guidelines.
AI for Student Life: Making High School Smarter, Healthier, and More Connected.
The goal of this competition is to challenge high school students to design and build an AI-powered solution that addresses a real problem faced by high school students in their daily academic or personal lives.
Teams are encouraged to identify a specific student-life challenge and develop an innovative AI solution that can help students make better use of their time, manage responsibilities, access information, communicate, stay organized, or improve their overall school experience. The solution should focus on a realistic and clearly defined student need, rather than simply adding AI to an existing application.
Guidelines
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Eligibility
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Competition Objective
Each team must develop a functioning AI-based solution that addresses a specific problem faced by high school students.
Identify a Problem
Identify a specific problem affecting high school students.
Define the User
Define a clear target user who would benefit from the solution.
Design an AI Solution
Design an AI-based solution that directly addresses the identified problem.
Build a Prototype
Build a functioning prototype that demonstrates the proposed solution.
Test with Realistic Scenarios
Test the solution using realistic scenarios based on student needs.
Improve the Prototype
Refine and improve the prototype based on testing and feedback.
Use AI Responsibly
Demonstrate responsible, inclusive, and thoughtful use of AI.
The Challenge
“What problem do high school students face, and how can AI help solve it?”
AI Requirement
The project must contain a meaningful AI component. AI should contribute directly to solving the identified problem rather than simply being used as a decorative or superficial feature.
An ordinary calendar application would not satisfy the competition requirements simply because it contains a calendar.
An application that analyzes a student's classes, assignments, deadlines, available time, and previous behavior, then generates and continuously adjusts a personalized schedule, would demonstrate meaningful AI functionality.
Key principle: AI should play a meaningful role in how the solution understands the problem, makes decisions, generates outputs, or adapts to the user.
Specifications
Platform
Programming Languages
AI Integration
The project must include AI-based functionality. Examples include:
Create personalized timetables based on subject load, exam dates, and student input.
Forecast how much time different subjects or tasks may take based on historical patterns.
Suggest breaks, revision cycles, and study sessions based on performance and progress.
Data Requirements
User Interface
Showcase
Maximum Presentation Time
Teams must present and demonstrate their solution within the allotted time.
Your presentation should cover
Problem
Clearly explain the problem being addressed.
Target Users
Identify who the solution is designed to help.
Solution
Explain how the proposed solution addresses the problem.
AI Component
Show how AI contributes meaningfully to the solution.
Working Prototype
Present the functioning prototype.
Main User Journey
Demonstrate the key steps a user takes through the solution.
Testing & Improvement
Explain what was tested and how the solution was improved.
Responsible AI
Identify a key limitation or responsible-AI consideration.
Team Participation
Every team member should be prepared to explain their contribution and answer questions about the project.
Testing Process
Evaluation Process
How Projects Will Be Evaluated
Submission Review
Judges will review the submitted materials:
The submission will be checked for completeness and basic functionality.
Problem and User Evaluation
Judges will ask teams:
What specific problem are you solving?
Who is your target user?
How did you identify this problem?
Why would a student use your solution?
How did the user's needs influence your design?
Prototype Testing
Judges will perform a realistic user scenario appropriate to the project.
Example Scenario
“A student has three assignments due this week, two upcoming exams, two extracurricular activities, and only two hours available for studying each day.”
The team should demonstrate how its system responds.
For other projects, judges may create an appropriate scenario based on the team's stated problem.
Evaluation will consider
AI Testing
Judges may provide different inputs or scenarios to determine whether the AI system can appropriately respond.
Judges will evaluate whether the system produces reasonable results and whether the students understand the limitations of those results.
Testing and Improvement
Teams should demonstrate at least one example of how testing led to an improvement.
Be prepared to answer
“What was one thing that did not work during development, and what did you change because of it?”
Teams should also identify what still needs improvement.
Evaluation
Scoring Framework