A 'challenge' needs to have several characteristics to be successful:
1) It must be narrowly focused
2) It shouldn’t be something that a Corporate sponsor would devote a team to with the idea of creating a commercial product
3) It should educate the membership on new technology
In a recent issue of the ASA monitor, Steven Shafer discussed the issue of “Weaponized reporting systems”. While other articles in the issue explored the problems that have lead to such reporting systems, it is clear that no one would want to be on the receiving end of any of the reports of which Steve presents. For lack of a better term, “them’s fightin’ words”.
The 2024 Challenge is to use a large language model (GPT4 is an example) to develop a score for what Steve calls a SAFE report.
Some reading to get you started:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=gpt4+Hate+Speech+Detection&btnG=
1) At least one member of the team should be a trainee – student, resident, fellow, etc.
2) Presentations may be in person or remote. A member of the team must contact Dr. Mandel prior to the start of the meeting to confirm intent to present
3) The developed score should be trained on the examples in Steve’s article. It is acceptable to mine the OPPE files of STA members with their consent.
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $250
For questions on the challenge specifications contact:
Jeff E. Mandel, MD, MS
Chair, STA Engineering Challenge
jemandel@verizon.net
2020 Engineering Challenge Participants
Christopher Connor, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Austin Culp, Pennsylvania State University
Eileen Petros, Case Western Reserve University
Kevin Wang, MD, MSc
2019 Engineering Challenge Participants
Deepak Agarwal, DO, MPH, Cleveland Clinic
Michael Burns, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Christopher Connor, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Angad Kalra, BSc, MSc, University of Toronto
David Robinowitz, MD, MHS, MS, University of California San Francisco
2018 Engineering Challenge Participants:
Priya Ramaswamy, MD, M Eng, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Deepak Agarwal, DO, MPH, Cleveland Clinic
Mark Korenke, MD, University of Michigan
Giuseppe Grossi, B Eng, Sickkids Hospital
2017 Engineering Challenge Participants:
Rami Saab, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Nirav Bhasar, MD, University of Miami
Elie Sarraf, MDCM, B Eng, University of Vermont
Ryan Durk, MD, Washington University, Saint Louis
Krithika Anand, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2016 Engineering Challenge Winner:
Ali Jalali, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2015 Engineering Challenge Winner:
Hassanpour Ali, MD, Temple University
2014 Engineering Challenge Winners: