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Hacking for Refugees
15 Nov - 09:00 AM
Online
Girls and boys in 4th through 8th grades! Random Hacks of Kindness, Jr. invites you to participate in Hacking for Refugees—a 3-hour virtual coding program.
Participants will hear from Divine Mahoundi, a refugee from the Republic of the Congo, who arrived in the U.S. in 2016. She will share her story of resilience and her decision to be an agent for social change. Participating students will then work in pairs with mentors over Zoom to create a prototype smartphone app that addresses the refugee crisis. Students will use the online APP LAB programming language to create their app prototype.
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Virtual Plogging in Rye with Xylem Ignite
11 Nov - 10:00 AM
Rye, United States
Xylem Ignite's focus is to engage young water leaders who want to develop their leadership skills and drive a movement in the water industry
Hacking for the Arts
10 Oct - 09:00 AM
Online
Girls and boys (4-8th grade) in Connecticut and beyond! Random Hacks of Kindness Junior invites you to take part in Hacking for the Arts -- a 3-hour virtual hackathon that uses Code.org App Lab and Zoom. RHoK Jr has decided to take the Kids Coding for a Cause Hackathons virtual. The same objective and collaboration that you have come to depend on at RHoK Jr hackathons with a new twist – Zoom Breakout Rooms. Participants will work in groups with a mentor (via a break out room) to create a gaming app using Code.org’s App Lab to address a need of a community nonprofit. All of the work will be done virtually via Zoom. Minimal participation is necessary for a successful event. If you register and then are unable to attend please let Random Hacks of Kindness Jr. know.
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Solveathon with Firefly Innovations at CUNY School of Public Health
01 May - 10:00 AM
New York, United States
Solveathon Workshops are highly interactive design workshops aimed at developing and refining solutions to Solve's Global Challenges.
Girls Coding for A Cause @ Westover School 2020
26 Apr - 08:30 AM
Middlebury, United States
GIRLS in 4-8th grade are invited to join RHoK Jr at a special one day hackathon at Westover School where they will be working with computer science mentors to create technology for social good by helping local charities including:
Android devices will be provided for building and testing apps, but you are welcome to bring your own. Participants may also bring their own laptops to work on.
Please complete the following forms and bring them with you to the event:
Liability Release Form
Photo Release Form (Under 18)
Photo Release Form (Adults)
STEM C^2 Research Summit
17 Apr - 08:00 AM
Paramus, United States
Showcase your talented STEM Research Project. Participate in this multidisciplinary Poster Competition for a chance to win Cash prizes!
ShareVentures Retail 2.0 NYC Summit
22 Mar - 06:00 PM
Englewood Cliffs, United States
Join us as an investor to meet our startups who are revolutionizing the future of retail, e-commerce in CPG business.
Fruit Fly Brain Hackathon 2020
18 Mar - 09:00 AM
New York, United States
Overview
The 5th Fruit Fly brain Hackathon (FFBH 2020) will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The goal of the hackathon is to bring together researchers interested in developing executable models of the fruit fly brain. The hackathon is aimed at three main groups of participants: neurobiologists, modelers and software engineers. We welcome researchers working on the fruit fly brain as well as those working on other model organisms to participate and broaden the discussion in the hackathon.
The Fruit Fly Brain Hackathon 2020 is organized in conjunction with the Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuit, Memory and Computation on March 16-17, 2020. Participants of the hackathon are welcome to attend the workshop.
Organizers
Tingkai Liu, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia UniversityMehmet Kerem Turkcan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia UniversityYiyin Zhou, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
Detailed schedule, will be posted here
Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2020 (BCMC 2020)
16 Mar - 09:00 AM
New York, United States
Overview
The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in developing executable models of neural computation/processing of the brain of model organisms. Of interest are models of computation that consist of elementary units of processing using brain circuits and memory elements. Elementary units of computation/processing include population encoding/decoding circuits with biophysically-grounded neuron models, non-linear dendritic processors for motion detection/direction selectivity, spike processing and pattern recognition neural circuits, movement control and decision-making circuits, etc. Memory units include models of spatio-temporal memory circuits, circuit models for memory access and storage, etc. A major aim of the workshop is to explore the integration of various sensory and control circuits in higher brain centers.
A Fruit Fly Brain Hackathon is being conducted in conjunction with the workshop. Workshop participants are welcome to attend the hackathon.
Organizer and Program Chair
Aurel A. Lazar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University.
Registration
Registration is free but all participants have to register. Thank you!
Lodging and Directions to Venue
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Program Overview (Confirmed Speakers)
Sophie Caron, Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Dmitri ‘Mitya’ Chklovskii, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation.
Ronald L. Davis, Scripps Research Florida, Jupiter, FL.
Monica Dus, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Nathan Gouwens, Allen Institute of Brain Science, Seattle, WA.
Ilona Grunwald Kadow, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich.
Frank Hirth, Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College, London.
Viren Jain, Google AI, Mountain View, CA.
Vivek Jayaraman, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
Mikko Juusola, Centre for Cognition in Small Brains, The University of Sheffield.
Gaby Maimon, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function, The Rockefeller University.
Alexey A. Polilov, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Michael B. Reiser, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.
H. Sebastian Seung, Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Computer Science Department, Princeton University.
Charles F. Stevens, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA.
John Tuthill, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle.
Emre Yaksi, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Detailed schedule, will be posted here
2020 RHoK Jr & Girl Scouts at Holberton School
29 Feb - 08:30 AM
New Haven, United States
Aspiring techie girls in the 4th to 8th grades in Connecticut! Random Hacks of Kindness Jr invites you to a special one-day hackathon at Holberton School in New Haven. At this event, you will be working with computer science mentors and local nonprofits to design, build, and test an amazing app that helps local charities. You will be provided with an Android device, although you may prefer tobring your own.
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