List of hackathons in Skykomish, United States in 2018

Hearing the buzzwords “blockchain”, “exponential technologies”, and “AI” recently?  We invite you to an interactive class about these rapid growing technologies! With a weighted focus on blockchain, our guest Asier Jimenez will discuss how these technologies are becoming substantial disruptors in multiple industries and business methodologies. Join us to understand this current climate and pick up on what is to come. We will be showing live working demos about blockchain, virtual reality and artificial intelligence!  Please note the location will be confirmed upon registration.  About The Speaker Asier Arranz Jimenez is the Director of the Technology Lab at IE Business School. Asier is an expert in blockchain and decentralized technologies based on Ethereum smart contracts, NEM, Waves and others. His accolades range from winning Techcrunch’s Disrupt San Francisco to tech-hackathons by Google and Intel and all the way to Twitter’s Top 25 must-follow tech accounts in Spain.   In his free time, Asier created the IE Token to teach the concept of creating and transferring value to the students. He also founded Beluga Trends, an artificial intelligence based tool that analyzes in real-time the cryptocurrency market and users’ behavior in social networks to make automatic investment decisions. 

If you're a student in the Seattle area, join us at the DefHacks Seattle hackathon on March 24 - 25 at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Sign up online at http://defhacks.io/seattle.html! Get ready for a weekend dedicated to exploring technology, coding the next top app, and a lot of free food! No experience necessary, all high school and college students are welcome. We will have swag, free food, prizes, late night snacks, and professional mentors to guide students. It's totally free - just bring the tech you want to work with. Sign ups are limited, so register ASAP! If you aren't a high school or college student, but still want to get involved with DefHacks Seattle, contact us at http://defhacks.io/seattle.html#contactto be a mentor!

What does the future of finance look like? Our world and our tech is changing every day, and the way we interact with finances is no different. We are looking towards the future, so we are opening up our API’s across the country to you - the best U.S. developers, entrepreneurs, and designers to create innovative products using our APIs. PRIZES Grand Prize: $1,000 per team member in Tech & Gadgets Runner Up: $250 per team member in Tech & Gadgets Partner Prize(s): Cortana (Provided by Microsoft) Post Hackathon Survey Prize: Amazon Echo Social Media Prizes: Five individual will receive a $100.00 Gift Card CHALLENGES Capital One DevExchange Challenge: Create the most innovative product that provides value to the company producing the app, the customer, and/or Capital One by utilizing one or more of the below APIs. Featured API: Money MovementAPIs: Bank Account Starter, Credit Offers, Rewards Sponsor Challenges: Cortana: Best Use of Cortana Skills TECHNOLOGIES  Featured API: Money Movement Transfer money between Capital One bank accounts and externally linked accounts. Features: Retrieve Eligible Accounts Request Transfer of Money Retrieve All Transfer Details Retrieve Single Transfer Details Update Transfer Request Learn More Here APIs: Bank Account Starter Securely open a Capital One 360 Savings, 360 Money Market or 360 CD account from your app. Features: Offer Account applications Enable Initial Account Funding Increase Successful Applications Learn More Here Credit Offers Returns a personalized list of Capital One credit card offers in under 60 seconds based on just a few pieces of personal information. Features: Quick Customized Response Secure and Fast Up-to-date Credit Card Details Learn More Here Rewards Get information on the miles, points or cash rewards your customers have earned with their Capital One accounts. Features: Access Balance Show Their Power Easy Integration Learn More Here Sponsor API: Cortana API Features: Have conversations with you users Launch client code on devices Chain skills to solve complex problems Create customized skills with Cortana’s profile Stream audio to your users Use existing resources to jumpstart skill building Learn More Here SCHEDULE  Day 1: Friday Evening* 6:00 pm 6:30 pm - Intro to the weekend, logistics & instructions                                - Capital One Welcome                                - Nonprofit Talk & Welcome                                - Technology intro                                - Partner talks                                - Rules & Reminders 6:30 pm 7:30 pm - Team Building 7:30 pm 9:00 pm - Ideation Work 9:00 pm 9:30 pm - Q&A 9:30 pm - Event Closes & Coding Begins *To be recorded & placed within the Capital One Hackathon Series Slack Channel Day 2: Saturday 08:00 am 09:30 am - Doors Open & Breakfast Served 09:30 am 10:00 am - Opening Remarks & Outline of Day 10:00 am 12:30 pm - Science Fair Pitches w/ Mentor Feedback 12:30 pm 1:00 pm - Lunch 1:00 pm 1:30 pm - Pitch Workshop 1:30 pm 2:00 pm - Teams refine their products & pitches w/ AH team circulating 3:00 pm 4:30 pm - Demos begin 4:30 pm 5:30 pm - Judge Deliberation / Keynote Speaker 5:30 pm 6:00 pm - Winners’ Announced 6:00 pm - Event Closes JUDGING CRITERIA  Each submission will be scored in each round based on the following criteria with a minimum score of 0 and maximum score of 24 points, with the final score being the average of the judges’ scores: Featured APIs (4 points):  Per Featured API used Simplicity (5 points): Is the application simple to use and can the team explain it clearly in three sentences or less? Creativity (5 points): How creative was the team in developing an innovative solution for the challenge? Impact (5 points): Did the team create an application that can have a real and valuable impact? Design (5 points): Was the UX/UI intuitive and appealing? RULES  Teams of up to 5 participants are allowed. All team members must have completed the participation agreement to compete. You may not begin your project until the competition officially begins. Please don’t come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win. Teams have full ownership of everything they build and are free to do with it as they wish whether they win or not. Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before the competition ends.

Join us for a public happy hour as we dive into the new Azure Databricks and learn more about this new Apache Spark-based analytics platform. Guest speakers will be announced shortly. For those attending the Blueprint + Databricks + Microsoft Hackathon on March 23, our Blueprint Principal Architects will be available to give you a head start on what you need to prepare for in the hackathon. Agenda: 5-5:30 PM Networking 5:30-6:30 Lightning Round Talks: Garren Staubli, Blueprint Sr. Data Engineer: Using Databricks and Spark 2.3 on Azure Kyung Hyuk Kim, Blueprint Senior Data Scientist: Spark Machine Learning Pipeline for Modeling Training and Productionization Steve Hastings, Blueprint Principal Architect: Integrating Azure Databricks with the rest of Azure 6:30- 7 PM Guest Presentation: Marc Lobree, Databricks Solution Architect  7- 8 PM Networking  We look forward to seeing you there!

Our third installment of #NetworkandChill from 6pm-9pm will immediately follow #HackSeattle2018, our business-building hackathon for 10 entrepreneurs. Event registration includes a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

Hack the Now & Next Hackathon: AI Edition How can we hack today’s biggest problems- like- how do we make driving safer? How can doctors better treat their patients? Or perhaps, how do we save our planet from global warming? The answer is- we can- with Artificial Intelligence. AI is no longer ‘coming soon’- it’s here now – allowing us to innovate and change the world. Come learn, innovate and get inspired with us! We’ll have several people from Globant including members of our Innovation Team on deck throughout the event. Friday, February 2nd- Kickoff Party Food & Beverage  provided 7-7:30pm- Registration//Pizza & Drinks 7:30-8pm- Welcome//Rules, Restraints, FAQs 8-9pm- Pitch ideas, assemble teams & get started 9-10pm- Finish up the beer & pizza! Saturday, February 3rd- The Hackathon Food and refreshments provided 8am- Open for hacking 12pm- Lunch 5pm- Demos 7pm- Dinner while judges convene 7:30pm- Winners announced//prizes FAQs: Does it cost anything? $10 per participant to cover food & drinks Teams or Individuals? Team size 1 to 5 Which AI services will we be using for the Hackathon? Microsoft Cognitive Services Do I need to know have previous experience developing for AI? Excitement, passion, enthusiasm; these are the primary ingredients to bring; but each team will need development know-how. What equipment do I need? Just your laptop. For more in depth information on the Hackathon, check out our AI Hackathon brief here.

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