Best use of GenAI using InterSystems IRIS Vector Search

InterSystems Challenge for NUS Health Hack 2025

Regardless of the problem you're tackling this weekend, leverage Generative AI to enhance your project's functionality, efficiency, and intelligence.
Reach out to InterSystems team to explore how you can do so.

You can participate in InterSystems challenge in combination with other challenges at NUS Health Hack 2025.

Technology Provided

You will gain access to the InterSystems IRIS data platform, which now supports Vector Search. Use Python / SQL / Langchain / Llamaindex to easily search your data with the power of embedding models, and build RAG on your data.

Follow the steps from InterSystems IRIS Vector Search github repo to begin:

Quickstart (GitHub Repo)

InterSystems IRIS Vector Search is our new vector store feature within the IRIS Data Platform. But we're not a "vector database" just like we're not a "string database" or "integer database" -- embedding vectors are just another SQL datatype for us!

InterSystems IRIS data platform gives you the tools to seamlessly integrate GenAI, tabular AutoML, data interoperability, using simple SQL or Python LangChain/Llamaindex connectors.

Who Wins

The most innovative solution leveraging GenAI on InterSystems IRIS wins the challenge!

Prizes

To qualify for the prize, your solution needs to include  InterSystems IRIS Vector Search.

You can participate in this challenge in combination with other challenges at NUS Health Hack 2025.

1st place:
  • USD $2,000
  • For startups only: guaranteed spot in InterSystems’ exclusive healthtech incubator, Caelestinus (running from March 19 to June 25, 2025), bypassing the competition and selection process.
2nd place:
USD $1,500
3rd place:
USD $1,000

Learning Resources

Different types of AI
Different types of AI
Different types of AI simply explained (7 min)
What is RAG?
What is RAG?
RAG and Vector Search simply explained (10 min)
Use case: How to Use AI for Patient Portals
Use case: How to Use AI for Patient Portals
Use case: How to Use AI for Patient Portals (11 min)

Online Mentor Support

To request mentors' assistance, please use one of the channels:

1. NUS Health Hack official online event channel

2. InterSystems Discord Server for developers - Join now

3. InterSystems Developer Community forum - Link

Get Inspired

See projects from the past hackathons leveraging InterSystems IRIS Vector Search

A businessman checking stock charts on a mobile device. Technology and work on the go.
Flipside
Semantic search for news stories to counter opinion based sources
businessman showing data for a presentation
Kaleido
Comparative news analysis to offset bias and sentiment.
Female Physician Holding Patient's Hand
MemoryLane
Memory game and people connections for the elderly.

About InterSystems

Established in 1978, InterSystems Corporation is the leading provider of data technology for extremely critical data in healthcare, finance, and logistics. It’s cloud-first data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe.
InterSystems Corporation is ranked by Gartner, KLAs, Forrester and other industry analysts as the global leader in Data Access and Interoperability. InterSystems is the global market leader in Healthcare and Financial Services.

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