IIT Madras Launches Coding, Cricket Competition For Data Science Enthusiasts, Others

IIT Madras Cricket Hackathon 2021: The participants need to submit a code that predicts the score at the end of the sixth over for each innings of the upcoming T20 matches. Registration is free of charge and commences on April 13, 2021.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is organising the ‘Cricket Hackathon 2021’ and invites registrations from students, professionals, and Data Science enthusiasts. Those interested can participate individually or as a team with a maximum of four members. There is no registration fee to enter the contest and participation is free. Registrations for the competition will begin on April 13, 2021, at onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in. This competition is structured as an academic activity where participants will try to predict the score at the end of six overs in every innings for a set of matches. As part of this competition, all participants will be provided with data from past T20 matches which can be used to train the code for the contest. The contest is expected to run for about 50 innings of the T20 matches.