The Society for Technology in Anesthesia is pleased to announce it's 4th Annual Engineering Challenge to be held in conjunction with the 2012 Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, FL.
The competition is open to engineering student groups (BS, MS, or PhD level) from accredited university engineering departments. Groups may have faculty mentorship, but the work should be that of the students. The work may be part of an engineering design course.
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The problem is to use readily available data (R) to detect a physiologic condition that normally requires intrusive measures (I) to detect. Two datasets will be provided. The first is a training data set, with both R & I present and the detection threshold for I indicated. The second dataset will have only R, with I retained by the judges. The challenge is to develop a useful system for predicting I from R. This can be assessed in two ways - cross correlation of the prediction of I and I, and receiver operating characteristic of the detection problem.
The training data set: AVAILABLE! An outline of the implementation and results for cross correlation or ROC are due on December 1, 2011. All entries received by December 1ST will be provided with the second data set. Groups will be able to submit predicted I or the detection state for scoring up to three times. This restriction is to avoid groups tuning the algorithm to the second data set, but still allow for some flexibility.
Computation time will be the wall time required to complete the analysis of data set 2 divided by the LINPACK benchmark for the computer used. The intent is to recognize that these systems must be implemented on real hardware. The system should not require Watson to achieve real-time performance.
Implementation will be scored by the judges during the presentation. Factors will include use of parallel architecture, portability to embedded systems, use of open standards, and ability of the presenters to clearly explain their approach. Decisions of the judges will be final.
Presentation:
Registration fee for the meeting will be waived for entrants. Prize money will be available. Video presentations are acceptable, but attendance is encouraged, as the meeting is heavily attended by both academic and industry members, the very people with whom you would want to network.
Scoring:
1) Accuracy - 50 points
2) Computation time - 25 points
3) Implementation -25 points