BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260530T111410Z UID:EBAB8A97-C517-4FF9-B1AA-3F29CCB898AF DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260625T000100 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260825T100000 DESCRIPTION:The SmartAIthon - IEEE Smart Cities AI Hackathon 2026 is a mult i-stage innovation challenge designed to bring together students\, develop ers\, and innovators to solve real-world urban problems using Artificial I ntelligence and emerging technologies.\n\nParticipants will identify press ing challenges in areas such as traffic management\, pollution monitoring\ , waste management\, and urban safety\, and build scalable AI-driven solut ions.\n\nThe hackathon focuses on creativity\, technical implementation\, and real-world impact\, encouraging participants to move from idea to work ing prototype.\n\nThis is an opportunity to showcase your skills\, gain re cognition\, and compete with some of the brightest minds.\n\nThemes\nParti cipants can choose one of the following themes or propose their own innova tive idea:\n\n- Smart Traffic Management using AI\n- Air Quality Predictio n and Monitoring\n- Smart Waste Management Systems\n- Disaster Prediction and Alert Systems\n- Open Innovation (Any AI-based solution for urban chal lenges)\n\nSmartAIthon Round -1 PPT Template\nhttps://shorturl.at/RQlnX\n\ nSmartAIthon Round -1 PPT Submission link\nhttps://bit.lt/smartaithon-1\n\ nEligibility & Team Rules\n- Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate st udents\n- Team size: 1 to 4 members\n- Cross-college teams are allowed\n- A participant cannot be part of multiple teams\n\nJudging Criteria\nInnova tion - 25%\nTechnical Implementation - 25%\nImpact - 20%\nFeasibility - 15 %\nPresentation - 15%\n\nRules & Regulations\n- Plagiarism will lead to im mediate disqualification\n- Teams must submit original work\n- Late submis sions will not be accepted\n- Judges' decision will be final\n- Teams must adhere to deadlines strictly\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Smart Cities Initia tive\n\nSpeaker(s): Abhijit Kale\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee .org/m/561793 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/561793 ORGANIZER:saravanavel.e@ieee.org SEQUENCE:34 SUMMARY:SmartAIthon 2026 – IEEE Smart Cities AI Hackathon URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/561793 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The&nbsp\;<strong>SmartAIthon</strong>&nbs p\;- IEEE Smart Cities AI&nbsp\; Hackathon 2026 is a multi-stage innovatio n challenge designed to bring together students\, developers\, and innovat ors to solve real-world urban problems using Artificial Intelligence and e merging technologies.</p>\n<p>Participants will identify pressing challeng es in areas such as traffic management\, pollution monitoring\, waste mana gement\, and urban safety\, and build scalable AI-driven solutions.</p>\n< p>The hackathon focuses on creativity\, technical implementation\, and rea l-world impact\, encouraging participants to move from idea to working pro totype.</p>\n<p>This is an opportunity to showcase your skills\, gain reco gnition\, and compete with some of the brightest minds.</p>\n<p><strong>Th emes<br></strong>Participants can choose one of the following themes or pr opose their own innovative idea:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Smart Traffic Management u sing AI</li>\n<li>Air Quality Prediction and Monitoring</li>\n<li>Smart Wa ste Management Systems</li>\n<li>Disaster Prediction and Alert Systems</li >\n<li>Open Innovation (Any AI-based solution for urban challenges)</li>\n </ol>\n<p><strong>SmartAIthon Round -1 PPT Template<br></strong>https://sh orturl.at/RQlnX</p>\n<p><strong>SmartAIthon Round -1 PPT Submission link<b r></strong>https://bit.lt/smartaithon-1</p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility &amp\; Team Rules<br></strong>- Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate stude nts<br>- Team size: 1 to 4 members<br>- Cross-college teams are allowed<br >- A participant cannot be part of multiple teams</p>\n<p><strong>Judging Criteria<br></strong>Innovation&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;25%<br>Technical Implementat ion&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;25%<br>Impact&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;20%<br>Feasibility&nbsp\;-&n bsp\;15%<br>Presentation&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;15%</p>\n<p><strong>Rules &amp\; Re gulations<br></strong>- Plagiarism will lead to immediate disqualification <br>- Teams must submit original work<br>- Late submissions will not be ac cepted<br>- Judges' decision will be final<br>- Teams must adhere to deadl ines strictly</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR