Technology is changing rapidly, and it has significantly influenced the way we preserve the world. As a result, the words used to describe – particularly technical blogging – have noticeably become integral parts of the product life cycle, research and development, and building competitive advantage. 

In a bid to encourage more and more people towards technical blogging/writing, Intel®, in association with MachineHack, is set to launch a two-month-long oneAPI Blogathon Contest from March 16 to May 15, 2022. This is a purely technical blogathon, where Intel® is encouraging participants to create meaningful content, with utmost brevity, on given topics, such as oneAPI, Migrating from CUDA* to oneAPI Data Parallel C++ (DPC++), Intel® AI Analytics Toolkit etc. 

The blogathon will be a great opportunity for participants to not only showcase their skills and expertise on Intel® oneAPI tools but also advance their knowledge about Intel® oneAPI products and services, as the participant will have to research the subject to gain a deeper understanding. In addition, the entries will be a gateway for new contributors to become productive members of the Intel® community. 

The best entries will stand a chance to win prizes worth INR 3 lakh, iPad mini, Amazon gift vouchers and more. Sounds exciting, right?

All you need to know about “oneAPI Blogathon Contest”

• Start Date: March 16, 2022, at 6:00 PM
• End Date: May 15, 2022, at 6:00 PM
• Winners Announcement: June 10th, 2022

Click here to participate in the blogathon.

• Participants need to upload the blogs (with a minimum of 1000 words and with #oneAPI hashtag) on the MachineHack platform and Medium and propose them on Intel®’s Stack Overflow channel for the Intel® team to review. 

• Participants will also be receiving likes & views on their blogs from various readers on the MachineHack platform, Intel®’s Stack Overflow channel & Medium.

• In addition, the candidates will have the chance to answer a few oneAPI related questions, as an advocate, on Intel®’s Stack Overflow channel to get additional points and improve their ranking.

Note: If you are relatively new to the story category, we recommend you attend bootcamp/tutorials in the ‘category’ section and the materials in the link to understand and learn more about oneAPI and on-demand recordings to upskill on Intel® AI toolkits offerings.

Topic categories

Technical writing on the following topics:

• oneAPI
• Migrating from CUDA* to oneAPI Data Parallel C++ (DPC++)
• Intel® AI Analytics Toolkit
• Intel® oneAPI HPC Toolkit
• Intel® FPGA Add-on for oneAPI Base Toolkit
• Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit

Evaluation

• The entry should be original (unique, not plagiarised) and material (not a republication) published between March 16, 2022, to May 15, 2022 (both dates inclusive).
• The blog must have in-depth technical content containing examples, technical details, and useful & working source code.
• The blog must contain relevant scenarios and use cases on the Intel® oneAPI topics.
• Do not submit more than one entry per category.
• The entry should be in English.
• oneAPI Blogathon contest is open only to South Asia Countries [India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka] Australia, New Zealand,  and Southeast Asia Countries [Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand]
• The entry should not have multiple authors.
• A combined editor panel from Analytics India Magazine and Intel® Team will assess the entries.
• The cumulative score will factor in the number of likes and views the entries received on the MH platform and the evaluation by the Intel® and Analytics India Magazine team.

Note: MachineHack, Analytics India Magazine and Intel® reserve the right to publish and share the content on Intel® online resources, newsletters, and social media. 

Disqualification

• Submissions from multiple accounts will lead to disqualification. Judges will only entertain submissions from one account per participant. 
• No ghostwriting. Discrepancies will lead to disqualification. 
• More than 5% plagiarism leads to disqualification.

Click here to participate in the blogathon.

Rules 

• The minimum word limit is 1,000.
• Participants must use the hashtag #oneAPI while publishing the blog on MachineHack, Medium and Intel®’s Stack Overflow channel.
• The article must contain code examples and explanations with screenshots.
• Participants can submit as many entries within the competition timeframe (one entry per category – in total of 6 entries).
• Only use Intel® oneAPI, oneAPI Data Parallel C++ (DPC++), its toolkits & components.
• The articles must be reshared in Intel®’s Stack Overflow channel: https://stackoverflow.com/collectives/intel and Medium, Github, dev.to OR any other blogging platform.
• Write a technical blog or article on one of the categories while covering instances, scenarios or case studies of oneAPI, Migrating from CUDA* to oneAPI Data Parallel C++ (DPC++), Intel® AI Analytics Toolkit, Intel® oneAPI HPC Toolkit, Intel® FPGA Add-on for oneAPI Base Toolkit, and Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit.
• Employees from Intel®, Intel® subsidiary and its partner, MachineHack and Analytics India Magazine cannot participate in the blogathon.
• Submit your story with your blog details on or before May 15 2022.
• The expert panel (from Intel® & MachineHack) will review the content and rate the submissions. The winners will be announced in June 10th, 2022.

Prizes

• Top 3 entries will get iPad mini (64 GB)
• The next 25 entries will get Amazon vouchers worth 5000 INR.

oneAPI Blogathon Contest by Intel® & MachineHack has been designed to provide a lot of exposure and experience to participants on Intel® oneAPI products and services and help them become productive members of the growing Intel® community, which in turn will help participants in their future career endeavours.

So, what are you waiting for? If you are a tech blogger or just good at expressing your technical knowledge with words, then register now for this blogathon contest here.