List of hackathons in Trumbull, United States in 2017

In addition to our virtual hackathon, we'll be playing Halite IRL at Tandon. Come hack with us at a live game night on campus. Two Sigma engineers and members of the Halite product team will be at NYU Tandon during the virtual hackathon to hand out swag, dive into competitive bot building, and help you achieve Halite mastery. Join us: Date: November 1, 2017 Time: 5-8pm ET Location: NYU Tandon Wunsch Building, 2nd Floor 311 Bridge St, Brooklyn, NY READY TO SIGN UP? Go to our hackathon page and follow the instructions to join. Snacks will be provided by Two Sigma. ABOUT OUR HOSTS: NYU Tandon School of Engineering is a comprehensive school of engineering, applied sciences, technology and research, and is rooted in a 158-year tradition of invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. The institution, founded in 1854, is the nation’s second-oldest private engineering school. NYU, overall, with its main campus in Manhattan and a growing campus in Brooklyn, also offers programs at sites throughout the region, around the globe, and remotely through online learning. The Tandon School of Engineering and the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) are an integral part of NYU's presence in downtown Brooklyn.  Our Mission is to excel as a leading high-quality research institution engaged in education, discovery, and innovation with social, intellectual, and economic impact in the New York region, the nation, and the world.

Non-profits click here.   Harlem Tech Week 2017, Nov 1-3 Hack The Code To Tech Diversity The Small Business and Startup Conference & Diversity Career Fair Harlem Tech Week is NYC's largest Diverse Tech Conference and Diversity Career Fair. Over the course of five days, startups will learn, connect and do business to grow and scale their companies. Join us for panel discussions, fireside chats, workshop and the Investor-RT as we host tech's highly acclaimed thought leaders.   Tech-It for Social Good A day of learning and collaborating using technology for social good. Free event, must RSVP in advance.   How does technology help today's startups and small business owners: Manage daily tasks Track clients and/or inventory Create and manage leads that convert into customers Grow and scale the business Market products and services Attack funding Manage employees Establish a foothold in new markets These questions and more will be discussed by seasoned veterans with a track record of success at Harlem Tech Week 2017. RSVP Now!     Harlem Tech Week 2017 is here to support startups, small businesses and emerging entrepreneurs. How to meet and attract investors Learn how investors pick and choose startups to invest in Discover what it takes for an investor to cut the check to grow your business For information on speakers, schedule and events, log on  HarlemTechWeek.org         Get ready for day-one on Wednesday, November 1st. Meet Our Speakers AMOL SARVA CEO AND cOFOUNDER OF KNOTEL Amol co-founded several startups including Virgin Mobile USA, Peek, Halo Neuroscience, INVESTOR-RT / Meet the investor roundtable speakers     KAI BOND INVESTOR AT COMCAST VENTURES Kai leads investing for Catalyst Fund, an investment fund  RYAN ARMBRUST INVESTOR, FF VENTURE CAPITAL Ryan is a Partner at ff Venture Capital DESSY LEVINSON VICE PRESIDENT  & HEAD OF STORY Dessy is an active investor in immersive media (VR/AR) RICHARD KERBY SEED INVESTOR Richard Kerby is a seed stage angel investor. Richard was previously NICK ADAMS VENTURE PARTNER Nick is a Venture Partner at Supernode.vc, f.k.a. Flatiron Investors         CEO Sales Master Class with Aaron Wilson What do all small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs have in common? The need to SELL. Learn, implement and master the art of selling. Most people are afraid to close. Aaron’s method ensures you present options in response to what the customer wants. Here’s Aaron’s easy to follow formula: Know your product or service Know your audience/Do your research SELL: Get attention, Establish credibility, Show feature-value-value, Go for the close Welcome rebuttals and have answers prepared Do not end the conversation until a meeting is confirmed and all concerns are addressed   Networking | Diversity Career Fair | Workshops | Hackathons | Investor Speed Dating | Pitch Events  #HarlemTechWeek  

Student hackers in the Greater New York Area. The Yeshiva University Computer Science Club invites you to participate in their InventYU 2017 student hackathon. In this 24-hour event, you'll be challenged to create something new and innovative -- an invention, an app, or some other technology -- on the theme of "Giving Back".

Developers, researchers, designers, civic activists, prototypers, data heads in and around New York City! The UX Lab NYC invites you to participate in Empathy Jam 2017. Interested in the future when many more jobs are automated? Come and apply your creativity to a selected challenge and work through the phases of research, design, and testing, on your project, before presenting it to a panel of judges.

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! Course duration: 3 days (8 hrs per day, with lunch and coffee breaks). 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 and 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, Gradle or Go, and Docker Compose (docker is optional) ssh access to AWS EC2, IBM Bluemix or local Ubuntu Bring your laptop Training Program Day 1 Introduction Introduction to blockchain technology Public and permissioned blockchains Use cases for permissioned blockchains Hyperledger project Fabric 1.0 Workshop Fabric 1.0 architecture Endorsers, orderers, clients, smart contracts Set up development network Anatomy of config files and crypto material Deploy and exercise example smart contracts Day 2 Fabric 1.0 Workshop You will 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 Day 3 Hackathon 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 About the 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 hackathonat 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. Contact the Organizers: Please email at training@altoros.com if you: have questions about the training agenda need an invoice for your company to pay for this training need this training on alternate dates or need private training for your team on-site Please send us a note at training@altoros.com! About the Organizer: 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 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.

Techies and non-techies in the New York area! Are you interested in the use of technology to help humanity? Do you have ideas on how technology can make us better humans? If so, the Illicit Mind Inc. invites you to participate in the Hack Human: Hackathon! You'll be challenged to use technologies such as VR and AI to create innovatove solutions that can help break down the barriers that the human race faces.

People are always evolving, learning, and adapting. In the 21st century, new technologies force us to change more quickly and dramatically than ever before. With news technology such as VR and AI, the human condition is changing. We would like to present HackHuman, this will be a hackathon focused on breaking down current barriers that the human race faces and how can we positively use technology to make us better humans.

UX/UI designers, researchers, developers, and aspiring UX professionals! Want to practice your UX skills by helping an EdTech startup improve education? The Beginex UX Program invites you to participate in the UX Mini Hackathon Series. You'll be challenged to design and prototype a solution to a design problem posed by the Edtech Startup company. You'll get to present your design to the Startup and UX experts. The winning team might be asked to continue development of their solution.

Programmers, web developers, and Architecture/Engineering/Construction professionals! Are you planning to attend the 2017 AEC Tech Symposium? Be sure to sign up to participate in the Hackathon that will take place at the event. You'll be challenged to prototype an innovative new app that will help generate novel ideas and process for the AEC industry. You'll have access to the Rhino 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) application software.

Music fans and techies in the Greater New York area! Monthly Music Hackathon NYC invites you to participate in the New Musical Instruments Hackathon. You don't have to be an expert coder. Hackers and aspiring hackers of all skill levels and disciplines are invited to sign up. You'll be challenged to collaborate to find new ways to make music, noise, and sound, using anything from musical robots to hyperinstruments to hand-made wind instruments!