List of hackathons in Cedar Park, United States in 2020

*** The in-person component of this 2020 event is canceled due to the Coronavirus *** Developers, designers, researchers, journalists, political junkies -- professionals and students! If you're passionate about an informed electorate, then the International Symposium on Online Journalism invites you to participate in Code before the vote: A Texas Tribune/Knight Center Hackathon. Come with your own team, or join one at the event. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative bi-partisan tool that fosters voter engagement in an election year. Explicitly partisan projects are not allowed. Visit the tips page to be best prepared for your hackathon experience.

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We will be in Austin on March 17,2020 hosting a data science learnathon. What is a learnathon? It's between a hackathon and a workshop. It's like a workshop because we'll learn more about the data science cycle - data access, data blending, data preparation, model training, optimization, testing, and deployment. It's like a hackathon because we'll work in groups to hack a workflow-based solution to guided exercises. The tool of choice for this learnathon is KNIME Analytics Platform. KNIME Analytics Platform is an open, open-source, GUI driven, data analytics platform, that covers all your data needs from data import to final deployment. Being open, KNIME Analytics Platform offers a vast integration and IDE environment for R, Python, SQL, and Spark. After an initial introduction to the tool and to the data science cycle, we will split in groups. Each group will focus on one of three aspects of the data science cycle: Group 1. Working on the raw data. Data access and data preparation. Group 2. Machine Learning. Which model shall I use? Which parameters? Group 3. I have a great model. Now what? The model deployment phase. We will provide a few datasets, jump-start workflows and final solutions for the proposed tasks, and of course data science experts. Please bring your own laptop with KNIME Analytics Platform pre-installed. To install KNIME Analytics Platform, follow the instructions provided in these YouTube videos: Windows Mac Linux If you would like to get familiar with KNIME Analytics Platform, you can explore the content of our E-learning course. Please also download the workshop material (jump-start workflows and instructions) from here. We will import this material during the learnathon. Agenda 6:00 PM - Reception 6:15 PM - Welcome 6:30 PM - Introduction to KNIME Analytics Platform 6:50 PM - The Data Science Cycle: From Raw Data to Deployment 7:10 PM  - Let's Work and Learn! 9:15 PM - Networking

Are you planning to attend South By Southwest 2020? Because SXSW is not going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mutual Mobile invites you to take part in their Hack Coronavirus: Hackathon. You'll be challenged to collaborate to develop an intelligent way to detect the risk of exposure to the coronavirus that can be used during SXSW by attendees. Prepare yourself with the best hackathon advice!

Members of the innovation community from healthcare, technology, public policy, and other disciplines in and around Austin Texas! The Austin Tech Alliance invites you to participate in Hack Coronavirus: Ideation -- a collaborative event to identify best practices and proactive measures that will help prepare Austin for the threat of the Coronavirus during SXSW and beyond. You'll begin with a State of the Virus briefing from health experts and then be challenged to develop and demo your technology solution to a panel of judges. The hackathon tips can help maximize your event experience!

Come down to Capital Factory to learn new skills and come up with creative solutions using technology during this 12 hour hackathon!

Founders Stories is a monthly series open to all entrepreneurs. From idea to exit or somewhere in the middle, we'll talk with startup founders about what it takes to start a successful company! In celebration of Black History Month, we are hosting a featured Founders Stories with a Black founder and a special happy hour before programming. Also, join us on April 14th for our second annual Black In Tech Summit. This month we are featuring Jamie Catanach, Venture Associate at Capital Factory, and Marcus Carey, CEO at Threatcare.  Jamie Catanach is a Venture Associate at Capital Factory where he sources companies for the Accelerator and Fund. A self proclaimed networking-nerd, he loves getting out into the community and meeting passionate entrepreneurs solving great challenges. Jamie's previous experience includes working for an early stage startup, called VisibleThread, and Oracle. Originally from Pennsylvania, he enjoys skiing, camping, and trying different tequila's. Marcus Carey is renowned in the cybersecurity industry and has spent his more than 20-year career working in penetration testing, incident response, and digital forensics with federal agencies such as NSA, DC3, DIA, and DARPA. He started his career in cryptography in the U.S. Navy and holds a Master’s degree in Network security from Capitol College.  Marcus is currently the founder and CEO of Threatcare, a venture-backed cybersecurity and software services company based in Austin, Texas. He is the co-author of the widely acclaimed, Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World. He regularly speaks at security conferences across the country. Marcus is passionate about giving back to the community through things like mentorship, hackathons, and speaking engagements, and is a voracious reader in his spare time.  WHAT TO EXPECT Tour of Capital Factory & Happy Hour Introduction Questions & Answers INTERESTED IN A GENERAL CAPITAL FACTORY OVERVIEW?  This session won't be for you. Check out one of our monthly AMA events or reach out to our Sales & Community Manager, Melissa Schwartz, at MelissaSchwartz@capitalfactory.com to learn more about getting a membership.

Join us on February 19 for a Tech Talk at Indeed’s Domain Tower office. We’ll feature three talks that explore how Indeed fosters a culture of innovation. Focused on cultivating creativity, Indeed employees and leadership practice and encourage innovation in every aspect of our work. Learn about the benefits of these values from people who live them every day.   Talks 30 Startups in 2 years If you want to build a team of innovators within a company, you need to become an expert at building quickly — and shuttering just as fast. Join Indeed Incubator's director of Engineering as he walks you through the process of creating a subculture of innovation in a multi-billion dollar company. Fostering innovation involves being open to learning from mistakes as well as successes, and this talk will cover both. Learn how to build an innovation team that can more than pay for itself and dramatically change the direction of your company.  Stretching Yourself With Hackathon Projects What can you do if you stretch beyond what you think your capabilities are? What does stretching do for your goals, your career and your team? Micah will share how he and his team stretched beyond what they thought they were capable of to innovate and reach a common goal at a recent Hackathon. Break Things Faster! (But Not in Prod) The Indeed Money teams work diligently to ensure that no major bugs escape to production, so rigorous QA practices are essential. If a team lacks a dedicated QA automation engineer, or new feature work outpaces automation coverage, then more work shifts to manual QA. This can slow a team down. Learn how automated regression testing helps our Money teams move faster, without breaking our financial systems. About the Speakers RC Johnson RC has been managing software engineering teams for 10+ years. Currently, RC is the director of engineering for Indeed Incubator. An internal program that researches and develops new product ideas Incubator operates like a venture capital environment. Presently, Incubator is growing over a dozen innovative products that help people find jobs. Before Indeed, RC was a manager at Bazaarvoice and built their NYC office from 0 to 60+ people. As director of engineering at WP Engine, he helped grow the team from 15 to 50+ and dramatically improved the reliability of 10k+ customers' WordPress sites. Personally, RC enjoys coffee and a good book, watching baseball or a movie, and spending time with his wife and four kids.  Micah Barwick Micah Barwick is a QA automation engineer at Indeed with 19 years of experience in software testing. He is passionate about improving the quality of software through advocacy, coding, and group think. He divides his free time between Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, traveling, reading, and cooking. Christine Mecklenborg Christine Mecklenborg is a senior QA automation engineer on the Indeed Payments team. When not working on automation for her own and adjacent product teams, she helps maintain Indeed’s automation infrastructure and beta tests new libraries and automation innovations. Christine also enjoys good books, bad movies, playing tabletop RPGs, and building epic lego structures with her two boys. Food and drinks provided. Doors at 5:30. Talk begins at 6:00. 10721 Domain Drive, Austin, TX 78758 We'll see you there!

Global Game Jam Registration IMPORTANT NOTE: All jammers are required to register on the official Global Game Jam site. This registration will be open up until the day of the jam. OFFICIAL SIGN UP IS HERE! *****************************************************************************What is Global Game Jam? The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity. Entering Games All games need be uploaded to the GGJ server before the jam is complete. All content needs to be on our server by 5 PM local time Sunday. Sharing and showing your work is a core GGJ philosophy, so we ask that not only game executables be uploaded, but also source code, assets, makefiles, and anything else needed to compile your game. Location This year the HOFT Institute & The University of Texas at Austin will both be providing their locations for the Austin Global Game Jam. Students of the University of Texas as well as any other participants are welcome to join up on campus at the Gates Dell Complex (GDC) [2317 SPEEDWAY] and make use of some of the facilities and resources there. HOFT Institute [2400 Pearl St] will be available for those who'd prefer to stay off-campus as well as for those jamming late into the night. IMPORTANT NOTE: More info will follow regarding the kickoff & keynote location on UT Campus, so be sure to check back for more details. Parking There is some parking available at HOFT, and street parking nearby. University of Texas parking is dependent on the guidelines and policies for parking on campus. Equipment We will not be able to provide computers or other equipment for jammers. If you are unable to bring your own device, please let us know and we'll see what we can do to help. Basic Schedule Each Global Game Jam 2020 location starts at 5 PM local time on Friday the 31st. It ends at 5 PM local time on Sunday afternoon. Most jams end on Sunday with presentations or play sessions where teams take turns showing the games they created. Actual development time for jammers is generally less than 48 hours but the whole GGJ20 experience spans the entire time. Our Schedule: TBA - STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS