NVIDIA and Cogeco Peer 1 Sponsor 24-Hour
Programming Event.
JANUARY 24, 2017, TORONTO ON –
Daisy Intelligence Corporation, an artificial
intelligence software-as-a-service company,
announced today the inaugural “Daisy AI challenge
24-hour Hackathon,” to be held January 28-29,
2017, at the University of University of Toronto’s
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, St.
George Campus. Sponsored by NVIDIA and Cogeco Peer
1, the Daisy AI Hackathon event is open to all
engineering and computer science students at the
University of Toronto.
The competition will start at 10:00am EST on
January 28, and contestants will have 24 hours to
design and build their programming projects.
Several Daisy Intelligence engineers and Daisy
founder and CEO Gary Saarenvirta will be onsite
offering help and expertise where needed. At the
end of the coding period, teams will go
head-to-head for a chance to win monetary prizes
and an opportunity for an internship at Daisy
Intelligence.
A total of 56 student teams have registered for
the competition. They will be tasked to solve
highly complex parallel computing problems by
utilizing artificial intelligence and machine
learning methods. Participation is open to all
skill levels: the competition is designed to be
completed by participants with a range of
programming skills and experience levels.
“We’re thrilled to work with our partners at
NVIDIA, Cogeco Peer 1 and the University of
Toronto on this event,” said Saarenvirta. “We’re
honoured to host our first hackathon with the
support of the best hardware and technology
providers in the industry at the world renowned
engineering school at the University of Toronto.
There’s a lot of great talent in our city and we
can’t wait to see what they have in store for us.”
“A.I. is driving the next industrial revolution,
and GPU deep learning is powering it,” said
Kimberly Powell, Senior Director of AI Business
Development at NVIDIA. “We’re supporting the
Canadian computer engineering community to
encourage students to get familiar with
state-of-the-art AI computing platforms and
transform their ideas into cool applications.”
“While winning a prize is always nice, the point
is to bring students together so they can learn
from each other and provide a practical
environment where they can apply their skills,”
said Saarenvirta. “Through this hackathon, we’re
helping train the next generation of A.I.
scientists and engineers in the most exciting area
of emerging technology, artificial intelligence,
which is critical to fostering Canadian innovation
and global competitiveness.”
About Daisy Intelligence
Daisy Intelligence is an artificial intelligence
software-as-a-service company that analyzes very
large quantities of our clients’ transaction and
operational data in order to make automated
operational decision recommendations which our
clients can immediately action to improve their
business. Using our proprietary mathematical
solutions and the Daisy A.I. based simulation
platform, Daisy Intelligence analyzes 100% of the
tradeoffs inherent in any complex business
question and provides weekly, specific
recommendations to help our corporate clients grow
total sales, improve margins, reduce fraud and
delight customers.
www.daisyintelligence.com
About Cogeco Peer 1
Cogeco
Peer 1 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco
Communications Inc. (TSX: CCA) and is a global
provider of essential business-to-business
products and services, such as colocation, network
connectivity, hosting, cloud and managed services
that allow customers across Canada, Mexico, the
United States and Western Europe to focus on their
core business. With 16 data centres, extensive
FastFiber Network® and more than 50
points of presence in North America and Europe
combined, Cogeco Peer 1 is a trusted partner to
businesses small, medium and large, providing the
ability to access, move, manage and store
mission-critical data worldwide, backed by
superior customer support. To learn more visit
www.cogecopeer1.com.
About University of Toronto Faculty of Applied
Science & Engineering
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied
Science & Engineering is Canada’s premier
engineering school and among best in the world.
Our diverse community includes more than 5,400
undergraduates, 2,300 graduate students, 260
academic staff and nearly 50,000 alumni. Through
innovations in engineering education, we prepare
the next generation of global engineering leaders
with strong technical foundations and professional
competencies in multidisciplinary research,
teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurship. Our
faculty members are international leaders in
research who collaborate across disciplines to
address key global challenges, from new
diagnostics and treatments for human diseases to
wearable technology, smart cities and renewable
energy.
For more information, contact:
Gary Saarenvirta
CEO, Daisy Intelligence
Corporation
gsaarenvirta@daisyintel.com
905.642.2629 ext. 221
Shawna Gee
Director, Communications, Cogeco
Peer 1
shawna.gee@cogecopeer1.com
Christina Heidorn
External Relations Officer,
Division of Engineering Science
Faculty of
Applied Science and Engineering, University of
Toronto
engsci@ecf.utoronto.ca
416.978.8634
