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Hello developers!

Last year, for the first time, we held the Technical Article Contest on Japan's InterSystems Developer Community, and 📣 we are holding it again this year!📣

The topics are the same as last year, and you can submit any content related to InterSystems IRIS／InterSystems IRIS for Health.

🖋 InterSystems Japan Technical Article Contest – 2024: Articles related to IRIS 🖋

🎁 Participation prize：Everyone who submits a post will receive our👚Developer Community’s original T-shirt👕!！

🏆 Special Prize：Authors of three selected works will receive special prizes.

Updated on 30/8: Prize information added!Please check it out!👇

Entering the contest is easy!During the period from Monday,September 2to Friday, October 18, 2024）you are welcome to post an article related to IRIS on the developer community, (for details, please refer to the "Entry Requirements""Bonus Points" below).

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome to participate （(all you need to do is: create an account with the InterSystems Developer Community).

Contest schedule

📝 Application period

• Monday, September 2, 2024, 0:0:0: Start date for application
• Friday, October 18, 2024, 23:59:59: Closing date for application

✅ Voting period

• Monday, September 2, 2024, 0:0:0 : Start date for voting
• Thursday, 31 October 2024, 23:59:59: Closing date for voting

* Developer community members vote by clicking 'Like!👍'on published articles.
*The sooner you post an article, the longer it will take to collect ‘Likes!👍'.

Submission Requirements

❗️ You can automatically enter the contest with articles written during the contest period if they meet the following requirements.

• Please submit your articles related to InterSystems IRIS or InterSystems IRIS for Health, inJapanese language.
• Please submit articles of 800 characters or more. (Please check the character count displayed in the bottom right hand corner of the editor before submitting)
• When posting an article, please be sure to set the ‘Contest’ tag.(If you forget to do this, the article posted by you will not be recognised as a contest article)
• Articles by different authors on the same or similar topics are also eligible.
• You can submit multiple articles (for details, please refer to 'Bonus Points'
• Please note that articles that have been translated and published in communities in other countries are not eligible for this contest.
• Please note that the content of your submission will be reviewed by the community team.  

The method for submitting articles and for using the editor is unchanged from last year. For details, please refer to 👉'How to submit articles: 1st Technical Writing Contest’

Prize information🎁

Winners will be chosen based on the total number of votes cast by the judges and the number of ‘likes’ given by community members. The first, second and third place winners will be able to choose one prize from those listed for their respective places (First-place winners can choose one of the prizes listed for first to third places, second-place winners can choose one of the prizes listed for second to third places).

Prizes will be selected at the award ceremony.

🥇 First place

• Apple Watch SE (2nd generation, 2023)
• SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 External 2TB
• Apple AirPods (3rd generation)

🥈 Second place

• SodaStream Genesis Deluxe v2 starter kit
• Moonka 10.1-inch wifi Digital Photo Frame, Motion Sensor, 1280 x 800 high resolution touch panel, built-in 32GB storage
• Moonmoon Totnoelite light alarm clock (Totnoelite plain)

🥉 Third place 

• [Heat&Pressure]Hot eye mask
• Starbucks gift card ( ¥5,000)
• Panasonic Scalp Aesthetics EH-HM7A-S Sebum Cleaning Type Silver

Selection process

The following total scores will be used to determine the winners.

• Number of ‘likes’ received from developer community members (1 like = 1 point)
• Bonus points (see details below)
• Judges' votes (first place: 5 points, second place: 3 points, third place: 2 points)
  • The judges will be selected by the community team.

About the award ceremony

(Added 18 Sep 2024) This year's contest award ceremony will be held during the Developer Community Meetup in Tokyo on Friday, November 8!

For more information on the meetup, please refer to this article👉"InterSystems Japan Developer Community Meetup in Tokyo"

Please consider attending the meetup!

Bonus points

🎯 Earn bonus points for submitting articles that meet the following criteria:

Articles related to Embedded Python: 4 points

Any content related to Embedded Python is eligible. For example, please share your experiences, impressions and ideas.

Reference article:#Embedded Python

Articles related to Generative AI: 4 points

Any content related to Generative AI using InterSystems IRIS InterSystems IRIS for Health is eligible. Please share examples of using Generative AI in combination with IRIS, and your impressions.

Reference article (in English):#Generative AI

Translated article about the work awarded first place in the Python Contest 2024: Text to IRIS SQL with LangChain: Introduction to the Python Programming Contest Winning Work!

Articles related to FHIR: 3 points.

Any content related to FHIR is eligible. For example, please share your impressions of trying out the IRIS for Health FHIR repository, challenges you have faced, or thoughts, code examples and innovations you have made when trying out the Facade for a specific resource.

Reference article:#FHIR 

Articles containing code descriptions: 2 points.

Two points are awarded for including a tried and tested code example in the article.

Publishing working code samples to a Git repository: 5 points

You can get 5 points by publishing code samples to your own Git repository and including the URL of the repository in your article. 

Screenshots or diagrams related to the article content: 1 point

You can earn 1 point for each article containing a screenshot or diagram to supplement the article when testing the operation.

Contest participants who write questions in response to other participants‘ articles: 1 point per article

Contest participants who write questions in response to other participants’ articles will earn 1 point per article.

Contest participants who write answers to questions posted in the community: 1 point for each answer

Contest participants who write answers to questions posted in the community will earn 1 point for each answer.

We will continue to post the latest information about the contest. 👀Don't miss it!

We look forward for your applications!

Hi Community!

We are excited to announce the first French technical article writing contest!

✍️ Technical Article Contest ✍️

This is the perfect opportunity for all InterSystems technology enthusiasts to share their knowledge and showcase their writing skills. No matter your experience level, everyone is welcome to participate. Articles can cover a wide range of technical topics related to InterSystems products or services. So, let your creativity and expertise run wild!

📅 Contest period: September 2-29, 2024

🎁 Gifts for all: a special gift is prepared for each participant!

🏅 Prizes for the authors of the best articles

Hi Community,

We are pleased to invite you to the next InterSystems online programming contest, which is focused on Python!

🏆 InterSystems Python Contest 🏆

Duration: July 15 - August 4, 2024

Prize pool: $14,000

Hello Community,

We're super excited to invite all our Developer Community members (both InterSystems employees and not) to participate in our next contest!

💡 The 3rd InterSystems Ideas Contest 💡

We're looking for your innovative ideas to enhance InterSystems IRIS and related products and services. We encourage suggestions based on real-life use cases, highlighting the tangible benefits your idea will bring to other users and how it will enhance developers' experiences with InterSystems technology.

📅 Duration: June 10 - July 7, 2024

🏆 Prizes for the best ideas!

🎁 Gifts for everyone: A special gift will be given to each author whose idea is accepted in the contest.

>> VOTE FOR THE BEST IDEAS HERE <<

Hi Community,

We're happy to announce that registration for the event of the year — InterSystems Global Summit 2024 — is now open!

➡️ InterSystems Global Summit 2024

🗓 Dates: June 9-12, 2024

📍 Location: Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD, USA

Hello community!

As you know, InterSystems will be one more year at the J On The Beach conference, which will take place from May 8 to May 10 in Torremolinos, Málaga.

And we're especially looking forward to seeing you because we know you're going to love what we have in store:

Hello Community!

A new challenge has arrived for you: The Third InterSystems Technical Article writing contest in Spanish is here!

🏆 3rd Technical Articles Contest in Spanish 🏆

Description of the contest: Write an article in Spanish in the Developer Community, on any topic related to InterSystems technology.

Duration: from May 6 to June 2, 2024.

Prizes for all participants: Everyone who publishes an article in Spanish (In the Spanish Community) during the contest period will receive a prize.

Main prize: LEGO Ferrari Daytona SP3 / Magic Gringotts™ Bank - Collector's Edition.

Hey Community,

We have more exciting news! The new InterSystems online programming contest dedicated to Generative AI, Vector Search and Machine Learning is starting very soon! 

🏆 InterSystems Vector Search, GenAI and ML Contest 🏆

Duration: April 22 - May 19, 2024

Prize pool: $14,000

InterSystems' team is heading to the MIT Hacking Medicine GrandHack 2024, taking place from April 19-21 2024!

MIT GrandHack is a premier event that brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, and healthcare professionals from around the world to collaborate on solving some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare through technology and innovation.

InterSystems is pleased to sponsor and support this event, offering our technology to hackers and presenting the "The GenAI in Healthcare" challenge.

We're excited to see the innovative projects that will arise from this event!

Hi Community,

We have some exciting news! It's time for the next InterSystems technical article writing competition!

✍️ Technical Article Contest: InterSystems IRIS Tutorials ✍️

Write an article that can be considered a tutorial for InterSystems IRIS  programmers of any level: beginner / middle / senior from February 19th to March 17th. We've extended the submission deadline till the 24th of March!

🎁 Prizes for everyone: A special prize for each author participating in the competition!