List of hackathons in Geseke, Germany in 2019

The safety days 2019 will take place for the first time from 22 to 24 March at the University of Paderborn under the motto "Information technology meets civil safety". The days are interdisciplinary and aimed at decision-makers and first responders as well as IT professionals and amateurs, researchers, students and other interested parties. The aim is to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by IT in civil safety. The specialist congress and fair will be transformed into a "48-hour hackathon" in which teams will work concretely on these opportunities and challenges.

Registration extended until the 24th of January! What is "Android @RUB Hackathon"? Come and show off your Android developing skills, maybe learn some new tricks and meet likeminded people in a full-day programming challenge, where the winners take home the big prize. You will be developing Android apps under the general theme: Games & Audio with Android. Just register until the 24th of January, using the button to the right and that's it, you're in! When and where? The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 26.01.2019 from 09:00 to 21:00 in the ID building of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, at level 2, room 2/201.  You can also find more details on how to get there using this link: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ika/kontakt.html Who can participate? Everyone is welcomed to the event, from coders to graphical designers, from project managers to creative people, in general, anyone who is interested in helping create an Adroid App. You don't necesarily need any previous Android development experience, our main idea is to form teams where everybody cand fit in, and bring their own contribution. Should I prepare? This hackathon is aimed at begginer developers, so if you want to be the coder in your team but you haven't started with Android yet or you just want to refresh you knowledge, you can follow the tutorials bellow and you will have enough skills to enter our event: https://goo.gl/ULSkuz (info about setting up the SDK and the IDE) https://goo.gl/d1pjGS(build your first app) https://goo.gl/cMZ8MN (speech to text) https://goo.gl/BPJ7qS(speech to text - video tutorial) https://goo.gl/gMLusk (maze game) https://github.com/tiko2012/ModifiedBallDroid/ (modified maze game) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rDETzaiYoUS0egMDBuI_0Z0n1-4K094C (tutorials and code) How does this work? You first have to register for the event, using the register button to the upper right. You must show up to the event, preferably on time, as we start no later than 09:00. On the morning of the event, you will group yourselves into teams of your choosing. For those of you without a pre-planned team, random teams will be created. We recommend that each team is no larger than three members and we also encourage gender diversity. You will then get specific details about the Android app that you will develop. Developing starts at 10:00. You can choose any programming language and environment you like. You can use any means available for developing. Developing ends at 19:00. Teams present their apps, and the judges designate the winners. Award ceremony and party. Did someone say prizes The best performing teams will receive prizes from the ones listed bellow. We have planned three items for each team considering the recommended three members per team. We will also be offering prizes for gender equality within teams! BOSE Quietcomfort 25 Over Ear Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones JBL GO Schwarz Ultraportabler Bluetooth Speaker Raspberry Pi 3B+ TIMEBOX-Evo Elegoo Arduino Robot, Penguin Vocuhers for https://notebooksbilliger.de other goodies Who are the current sponsors? Institute of Communication Acoustics  appcom interactive GmbH Bochumer Institut für Technologie gGmbH Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH 9elements GmbH Kemper GmbH VDE Rhein-Ruhr Impact Hub Ruhr Brace Enterprise GmbH What should I bring? A computer, preferably with preinstalled development tools (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-k5gwz_91o). Android smartphone or tablet (at least one for each team) to deploy the project on. The charging cable of the smartphone or tablet, so that you can connect it to the computer. A HDMI cable if you want to connect your laptop to the external monitors that we will provide. What can I find there? WiFi and LAN Internet. Coffee, water and soft drinks. Snacks and pizza. A panel of judges from industry and academia. Was last time fun? Have a look at the video from our previous Android @RUB Hackathon from 2017 and judge for yourself: https://vimeo.com/224753617 Want to contact us? You can do so by using the Contact button at the bottom of this page, or by directly e-mail to alexandru.nelus@rub.de or lea.schoenherr@rub.de. We're happy to answer any question that you might have.