​Metabuild Initiates Idea Hackathon Using Vocal Data

A hackathon will be held to develop artificial intelligence (AI) services and business models using music characteristics data such as gender, age, genre, and tone. Music majors and experts, as well as the public, can participate and the prize money is 3 million won. Opportunities to materialize ideas through mentoring by experts are also provided.

Metabuild, Chilloen, and the Federation of Korean Music Performers will launch "AI Service and Business Model Idea Hackathon using the multi-tonal vocal guide data." Hackathon is part of a project to build data for artificial intelligence learning organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT and supported by the National Information Society Agency.

The multi-tonal vocal data is data that expresses 16 characteristics of singing, including gender, age, and genre, and expresses pitch and beat for the development of vocal guide technology. The results will be used in various music fields such as data-based start-ups, AI vocal guidance, and vocal training.

Applicants who wish to participate in the hackathon will download the application form, plan, pledge of participation, and consent form for collecting and using personal information, and submit it by e-mail after completing the contents. Details can be found on the ETEDU website.

After a document review as the first preliminary round, the first successful candidate will be announced on the 13th. In the first document review, the differentiation and creativity of the idea plan, subject suitability, feasibility, effectiveness, and idea logic are evaluated. An evaluation committee is formed and evaluated with experts in the voice and data fields.

Afterwards, the company will conduct online and non-face-to-face hackathon for two days from July 16 to 17. The second round of presentation reviews assess creativity, business feasibility, impact, technology and completeness. The final announcement will be made on July 17. The award ceremony will be held on the online platform "Zoom" on July 21. A total of three pieces will be selected and awarded 1.5 million won for the grand prize, 1 million won for the excellence prize, and 500,000 won for the incentive prize.​

Published: 07 Dec, 2021