Hi all,
Information regarding the supplementary exam:
If the student has a supplementary exam that was approved through Special Consideration, they would have been informed by the Special Consideration team to check their exam timetable in myUNSW. This should be available 7 days before the exam, and includes the exam time and location.
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Please confirm the exam timetable for your supp exam, if relevant.
Regards,
Aditya
Dear all,
For those of you who participated in the industry project, here are the winners:
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Technical Solution Winner: NLP_Team
NLP_Team demonstrated exceptional technical expertise with their comprehensive exploration of fine-tuning techniques. They implemented multiple innovative approaches including single-task and multi-task LoRA fine-tuning on modern models like Llama 3.2 3B and Gemma 3 4B, as well as partial layer fine-tuning and extending models with trainable heads. Their detailed experimentation and clear communication of results, accompanied by a working demo, showcased best practices in modern NLP implementation and evaluation.
Honorable Mentions:
Seek for $500, NetFineTuna, Coolest Team
Business Solution Winner: MA4
MA4 impressed with their thoughtful analysis of the business implications of various NLP solutions. Their submission featured an outstanding video presentation, clear articulation of the price-accuracy-speed tradeoffs, and meaningful fairness analysis. What particularly set them apart was their concrete recommendation for SEEK based on a thorough consideration of various business factors including control, customization, and data privacy needs—exactly the kind of actionable insights needed in real-world business contexts.
Honourable Mentions:
SeekDeeper, Data
(Note: the blurbs are AI-generated based on our evaluation notes.)
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Congrats to all the teams mentioned above!
I will be in touch regarding the next steps. Please note that the requirement to receive the cash prize is to share your code with SEEK. All decisions regarding the winners above have been provided by SEEK.
Regards,
Aditya
Dear all,
If you have been approved for a supplementary exam, please read along:
- You are allowed to carry 1 A4 sheet handwritten on both sides. Calculators are neither required nor expected.
- The supplementary exam will be on Inspera as well.
- There will be a mix of multiple-choice questions and short-answer questions. There will be 8 multiple-choice questions (with sub-questions), and 4 short-answer questions. Negative marking applies to multiple-choice questions.
- Please read the instruction sheet carefully at the start of the exam.
The Exams team will get in touch with you regarding the exact date/time.
Best wishes!
Regards,
Aditya
P.S.: I expect to hear from the industry partner regarding project prizes by early next week. I will make an announcement in that regard.
P.S.2: All queries regarding marking have been addressed, as applicable.
P.S.3: We are not monitoring forum posts regularly any more. Please send an email to me with your queries.