InterSystems AI Programming Contest: Vector Search, GenAI and AI Agents

Hey Community,

It's time for the first programming contest of the year, and there's a surprise so read on! Please welcome:

🏆 InterSystems AI Programming Contest: Vector Search, GenAI, and AI Agents 🏆

Duration: March 17 - April 6, 2025

Prize pool: $12,000 + a chance to be invited to the Global Summit 2025!

The topic

Develop any solution on InterSystems IRIS, InterSystems IRIS for Health, or IRIS Cloud SQL that uses AI (IntegratedML included).

General Requirements:

1. An application or library must be fully functional. It should not be an import or a direct interface for an already existing library in another language (except for C++, where you really need to do a lot of work to create an interface for IRIS). It should not be a copy-paste of an existing application or library.
2. Accepted applications: new to Open Exchange apps or existing ones, but with a significant improvement. Our team will review all applications before approving them for the contest.
3. The application should work on either IRIS, IRIS for Health or IRIS Cloud SQL. The first two could be downloaded as host (Mac, Windows) versions from Evaluation site, or can be used in the form of containers pulled from InterSystems Container Registry or Community Containers: intersystemsdc/iris-community:latest or intersystemsdc/irishealth-community:latest .  
4. The application should be Open Source and published on GitHub or GitLab. 
5. The README file to the application should be in English, contain the installation steps, and either the video demo or/and a description of how the application works.
6. No more than 3 submissions from one developer are allowed.

NB. Our experts will have the final say in whether the application is approved for the contest based on the criteria of complexity and usefulness. Their decision is final and not subject to appeal.

Prizes

❗The authors of the most interesting projects showcasing the use of AI agents will be invited to the Global Summit 2025 (provided the event tickets and accommodation).

1. Experts Nomination - a specially selected jury will determine winners:

🥇 1st place - $5,000 

🥈 2nd place - $2,500 

🥉 3rd place - $1,000

🏅 4th place - $500

🏅 5th place - $300

🌟 6-10th places - $100

2. Community winners - applications that will receive the most votes in total:

🥇 1st place - $1,000 

🥈 2nd place - $600 

🥉 3rd place - $300

🏅 4th place - $200

🏅 5th place - $100

If several participants score the same number of votes, they are all considered winners, and the prize money is shared among the winners.  

Who can participate?

Any Developer Community member, except InterSystems employees (ISC contractors allowed). Create an account!

Developers can team up to create a collaborative application. 2 to 5 developers are allowed in one team.

Do not forget to highlight your team members in the README of your application – DC user profiles.

Important Deadlines:

🛠 Application development and registration phase:

• March 17, 2025 (00:00 EST): Contest begins.
• March 30, 2025 (23:59 EST): Deadline for submissions.

✅ Voting period:

• March 31, 2025 (00:00 EST): Voting begins.
• April 6, 2025 (23:59 EST): Voting ends.

Note: Developers can improve their apps throughout the entire registration and voting period.

Helpful Resources:

✓ Documentation:

• InterSystems IRIS Vector Search documentation
• InterSystems IntegratedML documentation
• Boosting Facial Recognition Vector Search

✓ Example applications and libraries:

• IRIS Vector Search
• llamaindex-iris
• langchain-iris
• workshop-vector-face
• IRIS FHIR SQL Builder DBT IntegratedML
• integratedml-demo-template
• integratedml-demo - Embedded Python demo suite
• iris-local-ml - Hugging Face and python usage with IRIS
• iris-fine-tune-ml - training and tuning ml models with python and InterSystems IRIS
• QuinielaML - soccer match predictions with IntegratedML
• workshop-integratedml-csv
• iris-rag-demo - RAG demo implementation

✓ Online courses:

• Using Vector Search for Generative AI
• IntegratedML Interactive Intro Course 
• Hands-on with IntegratedML

✓ Videos:

• Using Vector Search for Generative AI
• Adding AI into Interoperability Production
• Building Models with integratedML in the cloud
• Generative AI Use Cases in Healthcare

✓ For beginners with IRIS:

• Build a Server-Side Application with InterSystems IRIS
• Learning Path for beginners

✓ For beginners with ObjectScript Package Manager (IPM):

• How to Build, Test and Publish IPM Package with REST Application for InterSystems IRIS
• Package First Development Approach with InterSystems IRIS and IPM

✓ How to submit your app to the contest:

• How to publish an application on Open Exchange 
• How to submit an application for the contest

Need Help?

Join the contest channel on InterSystems' Discord server or talk with us in the comments section of this post. 

We're waiting for YOUR project – join our coding marathon to win! 

By participating in this contest, you agree to the competition terms laid out here. Please read them carefully before proceeding.