List of hackathons in Somerville, United States in 2017

Hackers and makes in the Boston area! If you're interested in connected car technologies, then Artisan's Asylum invites you to participate in General Motors "Makers Hustle Harder" Hackathon. At this week-long hackathon, you and your team will be challenged to build an awesome connected car experience using GM’s Next Generation Infotainment SDK. If you don't have a team, then join one at the event and compete for great prizes.

Please join Code for Boston for a day of civic hacking at our fifth annual National Day of Civic Hacking event on Sept 23. Taking place on Saturday at the iZotope offices in Cambridge, this year’s event will feature a community-focused hackathon to kick off a new set of Code for Boston projects with our government and community partners. We can't wait to see you all for a couple days of collaboration, problem solving, and civic hacking! Should I come to National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH)? Yes! NDoCH is for urbanists, civic hackers, government staff, developers, designers, community organizers, technologists, data scientists, engaged citizens, and anyone with the passion to make their city better. We invite you to join us as we work together to make positive change in our community! What will we be doing at National Day of Civic Hacking? Our goal at NDoCH is to bring together government folks, technologists, and regular citizens to start working on local problems in their communities, facilitated by open data. The Code for Boston team will be working with local government, non-profit, and community partners to help generate project ideas, but we'll also have open pitches as well. At the event, attendees will get to pitch ideas and form teams to work on those ideas. After forming groups, teams will spend the rest of the day developing their idea together. We expect that outputs will take many forms: one team may develop a map-based data visualization, another may create a set of wireframes, and a third may come up with a business plan for a new non-profit or civic startup. After the event, we'll invite all attendees to come to our weekly Code for Boston hack nights to continue working on their projects. We want all the good ideas you can come up with, no matter what the format! I have an idea to work on at National Day of Civic Hacking! Awesome! Tell us about it on this Google Form (instructions included). We'll also have an open pitch session at the event itself. Schedule 9:30 - 10:00 - Doors open. Light breakfast will be served, courtesy of Pivotal!10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome presentation from Code for Boston team10:15 - 10:45 - Project pitches10:45 - 12:00 - Open hacking12:00 - Lunch is served, courtesy of Chipotle!12:00 - 3:30 - Open hacking3:30 - 4:30 - Outputs and next steps4:30 - 5:00 - Event closing (edited) A logistical note… All Code for Boston events are on the record by default. Participants should be made aware that they may be quoted, photographed, videotaped and otherwise recorded. Exceptions must be agreed to by all parties present in a conversation in order for the conversation to be off the record. Additionally, all Code for Boston events are governed by our Code of Conduct. I have other questions, ideas, or partnership opportunities for National Day of Civic Hacking! Awesome! Here's how we can hook up: If you are a government or community group and would like to submit an open-source project for work at NDoCH, tell us about it here. If you are interested in making a financial contribution, donating a meal, or other forms of sponsorship: Contact Harlan (hweber@codeforamerica.org) or Becky (becky@codeforboston.org) If you have a general question not covered here: Contact hello@codeforboston.org Our Thanks National Day of Civic Hacking Boston 2017 would not be possible without support from the following organizations: About National Day of Civic Hacking National Day of Civic Hacking is a nationwide day of action where developers, government employees, designers, journalists, data scientists, non-profit employees, UX designers, and residents who care about their communities come together to host civic tech events leveraging their skills to help their community. This annual event provides citizens an opportunity to do what is most quintessentially American: roll up our sleeves, get involved and work together to improve our society.  Read more about National Day of Civic Hacking at Code for America   About Code for Boston Part of the Code for America Brigade network, Code for Boston is a volunteer group of developers, designers, data geeks, and citizen activists who use creative technology to solve civic and social problems in the Greater Boston area. Part mission-driven non-profit, part technology meetup, part advocacy group, part social club, we provide a way for citizens to give back to their communities by building civic applications, opening public data sources, and generally helping to leverage technology for use in the public sphere. Read more about Code for Boston A brief diclaimer from our venue partner, iZotope By my participation at this event, held at iZotope’s offices at 60 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, I hereby waive, release and discharge iZotope, its landlord, and/or their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, representatives, and agents, and the activity holders, sponsors, and volunteers from any and all liability, including but not limited to, liability arising from the negligence or fault of the entities or persons released, for my death, disability, personal injury, property damage, property theft, or actions of any kind which may hereafter occur to me including my traveling to, attending and participating this activity.  I understand while participating in this activity, I may be photographed. I agree to allow my photo, video, or film likeness to be used for any legitimate purpose by the activity holders, producers, sponsors, organizers, and assigns. I am aware that this is a contract regarding release of liability and use of likeness, and I am 18 years or older, and sign it of my own free will.

High school students, college students, and IT professionals in Massachusetts and throughout New England! Are you interested in technology and the sea? You're invited to participate in Hack for the Sea 2017. This year's theme is Longevity and Sustainability in Volatile Times. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative way to make maritime systems and data more sustainable and resilient! Come up with a great idea and compete for prizes.

Cycling fanatics and techies in and around Boston! You're invited to sign up to participate in CycleHack Boston and help improve biking for all residents of the Greater Boston area. At this event, which is part of the Global CycleHack Event, you'll team with other cyclist techies to come up with an innovative solution that will help overcome barriers that stop or discourage people from cycling.

NGS DATA SCIENCE Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis and Visualization July 15th-July 16th  Special projects to reveal your data skills. Interactive Pipeline BuilderVisual Comparison AnalysisNGS Pattern DiscoveryComplex Data Representation Life Scientists, Programmers, Vizualization People You have some experience in some of those:Python, Perl, Ruby, or any scripting language PHP, Django, Ruby on Rails, or any web development tool D3, React, or any graph JS library Cytoscape, Gephi, or any network representation tool  Join our Datathon '17 Check the details. http://hackaton.umassmed.edu

Boston area techies interested in the application of technology to physical infrastructures--roads, bridges, tunnels, utility structures, etc.! BIMobject invites you to participate in BIMscript® Hackathon 2017, 15th-16th August, Boston, MA. You'll learn how to use BIMscript to create BIM (building information modeling) objects. You'll also get to build your own limited access catalog that you can use for non-profit purposes, demonstration, test, and education.

We are looking for concepts that address emergency response in challenging environments such as disaster sites and  conflict zones.  Concepts should  incorporate functional fabrics as part of a system;  fabrics that have the ability to sense their surroundings; communicate; control temperature  and monitor physiological performance. What kind of break-through prototypes could you help build to solve real-life ‘emergency response’ problems in disaster areas and conflict zones? Developers. Engineers. Designers. Join us on Friday, July 28- Sunday, July 30 in Cambridge for a hackathon unlike others. Each day you’ll work with 100-150 other innovators from the DoD, MIT Innovation Initiative,  AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) and the MIT community to build product prototypes. Beside access to advanced fabric technologies as a hackathon participant you’ll get the opportunity to be mentored by a diverse group of experts: mentors who are experts in the hackathon “challenge” areas, technology mentors and pitch mentors. Winning team(s) to receive up to $15K to further develop their ideas. Registration is now open! Get your ticket today. If you are bringing a team with you to the hackathon, each team member will need to register separately for a ticket. (And if you are not part of a team yet, no worries, the hackathon facilitator will be helping teams to form at the start of the event.) For more info, visit md5.net/hackathonS17.   More updates coming soon  as we share information on “challenge” judges, mentor sessions, exclusive technologies, and a detailed agenda.

Coders, designers, hackers, techies in and around Boston! Do you have a yen to create something that's terrific, but has absolutely no value at all? You're invited to participate in the Boston Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon. So sign up today and build something awesomely valueless!

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Greater Boston! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Boston. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.

CONFIRMED LOCATION: June 15th: Boston Offices, Exchange Place, 53 State Street, Boston, MA 02109. Room name: Tower BR 53 State. 5th Floor. June 16th: Boston Offices, One Boston Place, 201 Washington Street. Room name: Interior BR One Boston Place. 26th Floor.  NOTE: Due to the room availability, Friday session will be hosted in a different building, but the buildings are close to each other. The venue is very close to the Financial District.  NOTE: Photo ID is required at the door. You will show your ID to lobby security and will be directed to the correct elevator bank. You can ask for Boston Offices or the corresponding floor when you check in. Once you’re on the floor, the staff will be there to greet you and show you to the room.  DESCRIPTION Hyperledger Fabric is the leading open source software platform for permissioned enterprise blockchains. Learn how to use the latest version (1.0) of Hyperledger Fabric codebase in a real blockchain network environment where you can play with smart contract deployments.  Is your team planning to build blockchain applications for your industry use case or project? Do you want to become fully skilled for building commercial-grade blockchain applications on Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 and deploying private blockchain networks? Then this advanced course is what you need! Objectives: Learn concepts and use cases of permissioned blockchains. Learn architecture of Fabric 1.0, setup network, run smart contracts. Learn to write smart contracts and deploy them in a complete blockchain application. Benefits to you: Solid hands-on technical skills developing and deploying blockchain applications with Hyperledger Fabric. Interactive experience with expert trainers who have built working blockchain apps, an opportunity to ask questions and get real-life examples. Who should attend? Developers who have understanding of blockchains want to know how to design and write their own blockchain applications on top of Hyperledger Fabric V1.0. If you experimented with smart contracts, or worked with Ethereum, other blockchains, and want to dive into Fabric 1.0 - this is the right course for you. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Java Basic understanding of PKI and docker Development environment with JDK 1.8 and Gradle ssh access to AWS EC2,  IBM Bluemix or local Ubuntu Your laptop with pre-installed JDK, Gradle or Go, and Docker Compose Training Program June 14th - Introduction. Fabric 1.0 Workshop NOTE: Please check out this introductory course here: Technical Introduction to Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 - Essentials June 15th - Fabric 1.0 Workshop This intensive training is designed for engineers who know the basics of blockchain and want to learn the key components of Hyperledger Fabric, study in detail the transactions workflow and spend a sizable amount of time on experiments with blockchain. The training helps developers acquire solid technical skills in building blockchain applications on Hyperledger Fabric v1.0. The students will learn how to develop working blockchain apps with Hyperledger Fabric SDK, how to deploy local blockchain networks, as well as understand the confidentiality basics in Hyperledger Fabric. Agenda:  Write your own smart contract in Java Custom Events Endorsement policies Overview of SDKs for Node and Java Overview of Fabric Composer June 16th - Hackathon This advanced technical course is designed for experienced developers who have understanding of blockchain and Hyperledger Fabric.  Students will leave with the ability to develop full-featured blockchain applications, write not only a smart contract in Java, but also the client code and full interface of the application. Learn from an experienced trainer who has delivered working blockchain solutions. Agenda: Identify a use case for a blockchain application Design identities, entities, transactions Design network, consortium Use Node SDK to create application API Create secure web front end Trainer: Oleg Abdrashitov, Blockchain Practice Lead / Trainer Oleg Abdrashitov heads the Blockchain Practice at Altoros and the Requirements Working Group at Hyperledger. Oleg's career spans 19 years in software development for the financial services companies. He has built systems supporting high frequency trading, middle office and online exchanges. Oleg has worked at top investment banks, hedge funds and has founded startups and consultancies. He is currently engaged by clients in finance and insurance to train engineers and architects on blockchain. Together with team Altoros, Oleg won the blockchain hackathon at Consensus 2016 with Decentralized Energy Utility Project, and delivered two working prototypes for the financial industry - Distributed Clearing Platform For Derivatives, and Bond Issuance and Trading. Payment Info: If you would like to get an invoice for your company to pay for this training, please email to training@altoros.com and provide us with the following info: - Name of your Company/Division which you would like to be invoiced;- Name of the person the invoice should be addressed to;- Mailing address;- Purchase order # to put on the invoice (if required by your company). Please email us at training@altoros.com if you would like to: get training for your team (5+ people) and get team discount; get private training in your company - we can customize the program for your needs, and schedule for the dates that work for you. About Altoros: Altoros is a digital transformation consultancy that has built a reputation in blockchain space. We are an active member of Hyperledger project, contributing expertise of our engineers. We have built a number of blockchain application prototypes for insurance and financial services clients and conducted a technical training on Hyperledger Fabric 0.6 for a large financial services corporation, as well as a number of blockchain workshops for executives in (Re)Insurance, Lending & Securitization field.