List of hackathons in Columbia, United States in 2018

For participant ticket registration, plese go to the event listing here: hckrn.st/FH04-WDC - Attendee tickets are free - remember to use this free ticket code: DCUSCPFH04 (Apply code AFTER filling out info) Fishackathon Washington D.C. is part of an epic partnership between the U.S. Department of State and HackerNest in dozens of cities around the world that seeks to make Earth's waters, aquaculture, and fisheries more sustainable and equitable. Click on your city link above to participate. SPONSOR FISHACKATHON » This is a rare and unique opportunity to support a great cause on a global, regional, or local level! Please email sponsor@hackernest.com for more info. CHALLENGE SETS » Our work-in-progress challenges (listed here: http://hckrn.st/2lHsVd0) are real-world problems sourced from industry and government: solve them and you'll help millions. They are guidelines; participants may work on any project that fits one of our 3 themes: »» Sustainability: Overfishing, pollution, and other hazards threaten the extinction of marine species and throw off our ecological balance. »» Enforcement: Agencies often lack resources to effectively enforce regulations. This results in environmental damage and significant inequity. »» Marketplace: Poor data access puts small players at a disadvantage and hinders firms from making smart, socially responsible decisions. Please go to the Fishackathon event listing for more details on demos, judging, global prizing, and more! ABOUT: HackerNest is the Managing Partner for Fishackathon, a global hackathon series launched in 2014 by the U.S. Department of State, the federal executive department of the United States that advises the president and leads the country in foreign policy issues. http://fishackathon.hackernest.com/

Nintex Hackathon!McLean, VA • Monday, February 5, 2018Presented by Protiviti & Nintex Protiviti is hosting a Nintex Hackathon at our McLean VA office on February 5, 2018 from 3pm  - 7pm. Attendees will be divided into teams of 4 or 5 and work on a real life Business Process for a local DC Non-Profit. Teams will have 3 hours to design and build a Nintex workflow to solve the business challenge. Who wins? Everyone – our NFP will get your solutions, you can export and take your workflow home, and most importantly – you will gain experience in working with others on the Nintex Platform. Each team will have a Protiviti Nintex expert. We will be serving drinks and a light dinner during the event. So come join us for an afternoon of Nintex workflow collaboration. Any experience welcome! Please bring a laptop computer. Questions? Contact us at ECM@Protiviti.com.

AFCEA-TECHNOLOGY OVER BAGELS PRESENTS: Data Science and Amazon Web Services Presented by: Jim Cannaliato / Director of Science and Technology, Engineering Solutions Inc.  Technology Over Bagels (TOB) is a free event and you do not have to be an AFCEA member to attend.  Continental breakfast will be provided. RSVPs are not required but are strongly encourage.  Summary: Data Science and machine learning are receiving a great deal of attention today, and cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services are adding support to their platforms to support these types of applications. In this talk, Jim will discuss various algorithms and techniques used in data science and machine learning and how these algorithms relate to the services provided by Amazon Web Services, such as Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Machine Learning, and Amazon Polly to name a few. Included in the talk will be a few demonstrations and an overview of some of the new services recently announced at AWS Re:Invent held November, 2017. Speaker Bio: Mr. Cannaliato is a certified AWS Solutions Architect, technologist, and SCRUM master. His thirty years of experience has encompassed a wide range of topics, such as, real time embedded systems, PC and web applications, and big data systems. He has over seven years of experience working on AWS, and recently won the IITSEC Data Science Futures Hackathon using AWS services. In his spare time, he tinkers with electronics, robotics, and spends time mentoring middle and high school students.

HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING Designing Solutions for Health Challenges in Crises Course, Hackathon, Field Work and Beyond JOIN US THIS JANUARY!  First ever JOINT US-MIDDLE EAST Design Teams, Focused on Health Needs in Humanitarian Settings, with students, faculty, and experts in Baltimore and Beirut. PART ONE January 8 - 16:  Listen and participate in live and recorded lectures, to help you understand the design process and tools, and to understand healthcare needs in humanitarian crises.  Participants in Baltimore, on the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) campus, and Beirut on the Campus of American University of Beirut (AUB) will hear the same lectures, and share questions and discussion on the issues with experts.  Details on topics covered below.  Participants at AUB will have the opportunity to visit refugee camps and facilities in Lebanon and speak directly with care workers and residents, to better understand the needs and context.  Participants in Baltimore at JHU will hear from their co-participants in Lebanon on their observations. WHERE: Most lectures can be heard online at a location of your choice.  Working space will also be available on both campuses. PART TWO January 17 - 21:  An intense week of joint teamwork.  Teams will be formed combining participants in both locations, who will meet and work together using a first-time ever Virtual Design Team Room, based on the successful Shared_Studio Portals.  Teams will also use other online tools, shared documents and folders, shared whiteboards, and video-conferencing.  Teams will be mentored during this week by faculty and other expert mentors who will guide the team through the process.  Prototyping supplies will be available on both campuses.  At the end of week 2, each team will report to the larger group on the needs they have chosen to address, and on their solution concepts.  WHERE: Participants on the AUB campus will be in the Irani Oxy Engineering Complex (IOEC) Building (Rooms TBD) and participants on the JHU campus will be in Clark Hall, second-floor Design Studio, on the Homewood Campus.  PART THREE January 22 - 26: Taking the feedback from week 2, teams will meet jointly 1-2 times per day to refine and further develop their solutions.  Experts and mentors will continue to be available as needed.  WHERE: Space on both campuses will be available for working, meeting, and building, including the Virtual Design Team Room. Teams can also meet virtually. BEYOND WEEK THREE: For the 3 weeks after the event, teams will continue to work together on an ad hoc basis, meeting on average 1 time per day, and receiving guidance from faculty.  For the top teams and ideas, additional support will be provided throughout 2018. WHO MAY ATTEND:  Students, fellows, faculty or staff from AUB, JHU and BU, practitioners, and entrepreneurs, can apply. Students at the UG and Graduate levels, in all related fields, including Engineering, Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine are welcome.  Please feel free to email the contact person for your campus with any questions.  Participants should commit to full participation, including watching lectures and participating in discussions, full-time participation in PART TWO, and additional work with your team in week THREE and beyond. Skillsets that we are looking to include (but not limited to): ·    Public Health students and professionals from all disciplines ·    Engineers and computer scientists of all backgrounds ·    Industrial Design & Human Factors Engineers ·    Materials Scientists ·    Highly creative and inventive people of all backgrounds ORGANIZERS AND SUPPORT: This unique event builds on the success of the first Summer School on Humanitarian Engineering offered in June at AUB, by faculty in the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID), and the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University.  Partial support provided by the Aspen Institute  Stevens Initiative, with additional support from AUB, Global Health Institute (GHI) at AUB, JHU-CBID, and Boston University BME.  COURSE RECOGNITION AND CREDIT:  All participants who complete the three-week program will receive a Certificate of Completion for the "HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING Designing Solutions for Health Challenges in Crises Course".  Contact your local university (JHU, AUB, or BU) about the possibility of formal university course credit.  Rules differ per institution. Please note that AUB students wishing to receive credit for this course (3cr.) must register through AUB SIS, and settle standard university fees during the drop and add period of the Winter Term (January 2018). COURSE OUTCOMES:  At completion, participants should be able to: Identify and define public health problems and needs in a specific domain for design purposes. Understand and engage with stakeholders in humanitarian settings to understand needs, constraints, and context, using appropriate research and design tools Apply formal design processes from different disciplines for the design of solutions and interventions given a set of constraints Apply relevant and appropriate technologies and tools to prototype their designs Present their problems and designs to a diverse audience effectively Function effectively in a team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives Articulate a deeper understanding of perspectives and concerns of students in the Middle East and the United States. IP RULES:  By registering, participants agree that all concepts contained in the idea submission forms will be the property or deemed assigned by the participants to their respective institution (JHU or AUB, based on the location), and will be managed according to the established IP rules of their institution.  Some ideas submitted may be selected to include in proposals by the program organizers for funding for further development of these solutions. If your idea (based on the forms submitted) is included in one of these proposals and funding for development is obtained, you will be invited to participate in the further development efforts via your institutional partner. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS CONTACTS: At AUB:  Imad H. Elhajj,  imad.elhajj@aub.edu.lb At JHU: Meg Glancey, mglancey@jhu.edu or Youseph Yazdi yy@jhu.edu At BU: Mohamad Zaman, zaman@bu.edu