Background

For the first time, the 2023 Tencent AI Arena Artificial Intelligence National Open Competition is open to applications from students enrolled in higher education institutions across the country. The competition integrates scientific research resources, professional training, innovative events, and industry resources, aiming to promote learning through the competition and assist in the cultivation of AI professionals in universities nationwide. It seeks to establish a new ecosystem of industry-academia-research collaboration and promote the development of artificial intelligence research.

The competition is held on the Tencent AI Arena AI Open Research Platform ("Tencent AI Arena Platform"), where participants can access research resources, computing platforms, evaluation tools, and other research support services provided by Honor of Kings, Tencent AI Platform Department, and Tencent Neo-Culture Creativity Headquarters. Competitors have the opportunity to explore and enhance AI technology applications within the gaming scenario of Honor of Kings.

Benefits

Cash Reward

The competition offers substantial prize money. Refer to each track's introduction for details.

Compute Support

A significant amount of arithmetic resources will be provided for each participating team in the rematch and final stages.

Study Resources

The platform will supply intensive learning materials and facilitate internal exchanges between participants and renowned teachers from universities and Tencent experts.

Intern Opportunity

Outstanding participants stand a chance to secure internship opportunities in Tencent AI Arena.

Format Intro

Rewards

The prize money available for teams successfully submitting models and participating in the open qualifiers, semi-finals, and finals rankings for each track is set as follows. The amount is in RMB (pre-tax).

Gaming Algorithm Track (Total Prize Money: 700,000 RMB)

Intermediate (Total Prize Money: 200,000 RMB)

Champion: 60,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Runner-up: 30,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Third Place: 20,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Excellence Award (4th-8th place): 10,000 RMB + Competition Certificate

Merit Award (9th - 16th place): 5,000 RMB + Competition Certificate

Advanced (Total Prize Money: 500,000 RMB)

Champion: 200,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Runner-up: 100,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Third Place: 60,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Excellence Award (4th-8th place): 20,000 RMB + Competition Certificate

Merit Award (9th - 16th place): 5,000 RMB + Competition Certificate

Algorithm Engineering Track (Total Prize Money: 230,000 RMB)

Champion: 100,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Runner-up: 50,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Third Place: 30,000 RMB + Competition Certificate + Trophy

Excellence Award (4th-8th place): 10,000 RMB + Competition Certificate

Other Rewards

In addition to prize money, participating teams will receive:

1.Official participation certificates for completing the competition (successful model submission and validation).

2.Outstanding participants may receive internship opportunities with the Tencent AI Arena project, as well as eligibility for Tencent Group's campus recruitment and internship recruitment fast track. Specific details will be notified separately.

3.Outstanding teams will be invited to share at the Tencent STAC.

Schedule

May-June

Open registration

July

Pre-competition study

August

Launch of the event

November

Competition completion

December

Offline Awards

Tracks

This year's Open Competition offers multiple tracks. Players can choose the corresponding track to register based on their situation. For specific information on each track, please click "Learn more".

Gaming Algorithm - Intermediate Track

Track Prize Money ¥ 200000

This track is open to full-time students from higher education institutions, including those in junior college and undergraduate programs. It is primarily aimed at students who are new to the field of reinforcement learning or have an interest in this area. Participants in this track are required to independently train their models and complete challenge tasks set in the 'Honor of Kings' scenario. Key areas of focus include: fundamental game AI development skills, solutions for single and multiple agents, model structure design, reinforcement learning algorithm design, and exploration of training methodologies

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Gaming Algorithm - Advanced Track

Track Prize Money ¥ 500000

This track is open to full-time students from higher education institutions, including those in junior college, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs, primarily targeting students with experience in reinforcement learning competitions and projects. Participants in this track are required to independently train their models and complete challenge tasks set in the 'Honor of Kings' scenario. The advanced track employs a gaming environment with a larger state space, necessitating more complex model structures and training strategies. Additionally, participants must consider the design of reward functions and explore agent collaboration. Key areas of focus include: solutions for single and multiple agents, and the exploration of model generalizability and versatility.

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Algorithm Engineering Track

Track Prize Money ¥ 230000

This track is exclusively open to teams from invited universities and research institutes. The competition theme for this track is derived from simulated business scenarios, primarily focusing on the adaptation, optimization, and deployment of AI agent models at the edge. Participants can approach from two dimensions: model compression algorithms and edge computing implementation. They are expected to modify the baseline model and optimize its computational implementation. The objective is to maximize the overall performance of local inference on specified mobile devices, while ensuring the model deployment meets the required standards.

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Partners

FAQ

Q: For other registration inquiries, how can I reach out to the organizing committee?

A: Feel free to join the official QQ group of the organizing committee: 732115106 to connect with us.

Q: Which specific groups of people are eligible to participate in the competition?

Q: Are there any specific requirements regarding the contestants' majors?

Q: If I wish to participate in the competition, what are the steps to register?

Q: As the team leader, what should I do if a team member cannot provide a photo of their student ID during the registration period?

Q: As the team leader, after my registration is approved, can I still add or replace team members?

Q: For any additional cooperation inquiries, how can I get in touch with Tencent AI Arena Platform?