List of hackathons in Germany in 2016

Developers, designers, open data techies! Interested in trains and how open data can make railway travel in Germany better? You're invited to sign up and participate in the Deutsche Bahn (DB) Open Data Hackathon. You'll be challenged to help shape the future of the railway with digital technology. You'll be introduced to open data APIs and data sets provided by Deutsche Bahn and use them to design and develop working prototypes with a 24-hour period. Collaborate and compete to win prizes for your app prototypes using data from the DB APIs.

Robotics hackers! Wat a chance to control a real humanoid robot. Come and participate in the Roboy-Hackathon. You'll meet and collaborate with like-minded people and compete for awesome prizes. You can compete in one of the following project tracks: 1.Roboy Core Track 2.VR Track 3.Roboy Gadgets Track

Developers, coders, designers! Are you focused on Microsoft technologies? Yes? Then Microsoft Student Partner Tobias Oliver Khan invites you to sign up for the Karlsruher Nikolaus Hackathon 2016. Build whatever you want! The only requirement is that you should only use Microsoft technology — Windows, Windows Phone, Azure, etc. Come, collaborate and network with other Microsoft-oriented techies and showcase your skills to the best-of-the-best!

Developers and designers in and near Essen! Want to help ThyssenKrupp bring innovative, new ideas to their website and intranet? If you're over 18 years old and know Angular2, node.js, and Konami Code, then sign up and participate in # Hack4tk - The hHackathon at ThyssenKrupp. You'll collaborate in a team with like-minded individuals to create awesome new capabilities for ThyssenKrupp's digital state-of-the-art platform. After 24 hours, you'll present your working project to a judging panel of experts.

Designers, techies, hackers, nerds of all levels of experience! Come and participate in Munich’s FIRST Love Hackathon. Apply your incredible creativity and technical skills to help the cause of true love in Munich. Use technology to help overcome the painful reality that in Munich, it's difficult for people to meet new people, not to mention a partner! This LSBTTIQ-friendly hackathon is about dating and about couples. You'll be able to choose between to tracks: "Find Love" and "Stay in Love".

If you're a fan of hackathons and are especially keen on finding ways to get from point A to point B quickly, then mobility hacks is the hackathon for you! The goal of the hackathon is to create a concept that combines mobility and tech in urban and rural areas worldwide. Participants will work in teams of up to 5 people, and will present their projects at the end for judging and the chance to win cash and prizes!

48 Stunden, um das Banking zu verändern. outthink banking - kognitive und barrierefreie Financial Services *****Searching for the english version - please see below***** Eure Herausforderung. Keine Branche erlebt solche Umwälzungen wie die Finanzbranche. Etablierte Banken stehen unter massivem Druck, während Start-ups mit neuen Modellen punkten. Und das ist erst der Anfang. Cognitive Computing bietet die Chance, ganze Prozesse und Algorithmen so zu definieren, dass sich unser täglicher Umgang mit Finanzdienstleistungen komplett verändert – für Kunden wie für Mitarbeiter.  => Sprach- und Gestensteuerung ersetzen das grafische Interface und eröffnen z. B. Blinden und Sehbehinderten einfache Zugänge zu ihren täglichen Bankgeschäften. => Barrierefreie Lösungen für Menschen mit Behinderung bilden den Startpunkt, für eine ganz neue Art des Banking, von der alle profitieren. Euer Ziel. Beim Hackathon in Frankfurt gilt es mit Hilfe von Watson – dem kognitiven System von IBM – Lösungen zu entwickeln, die Banking neu gestalten. Für Menschen mit und ohne Behinderung. Offener, einfacher, flexibler, mobiler, sicherer. Die Lösungen können aus allen Bereichen kommen – von Überweisung und Kontostandabfrage bis hin zu Anlageberatung. Die besten Lösungen werden von einer hochkarätig besetzten Jury prämiert. Links: Mehr über Watson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xcmh1LQB9I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Lösungen mit Watson:https://www.test.de/Apps-fuer-Sehbehinderte-und-Blinde-Lotsen-fuer-das-Unsichtbare-5033370-0/https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2015/12/04/cognitive-assistance-for-the-blind/https://developer.ibm.com/dwblog/2016/bring-vision-to-blind-with-watson-api/ Der IBM Hackathon in Frankfurt findet in Zusammenarbeit mit folgenden Partnern statt: E-Finance Lab, ETECTURE, FinTech Headquarter, House of Finance der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Ogilvy *****Ablauf des Hackathons***** FREITAG, 18. November 2016 (1 Woche vor Start) - 15:00-17:00Bluemix & Watson API Einführung (Webinar) FREITAG, 25. November 2016 18:00 – Begrüßung 19:00 - 21:30 - Themen- und Teamsuche SAMSTAG, 26. November 2016 09:00 – Frühstück 10:00 - Hacken, Hacken, Hacken 12:30 – Lunch 18:30 - Abendessen Es werden die ganze Nacht Getränke und Snacks für euch bereitstehen. SONNTAG, 27. November 2016 09:00 – Frühstück 10:30 - Abschluss – Hack 12:00 – Lunch 13:00 - Pitching der Ergebnisse mit Zutritt für die Öffentlichkeit – ladet eure Freunde & Bekannten ein! 15:00 - 16:00 – Siegerehrung *****Fakten und Regeln***** Wer kann mitmachen? Einzelpersonen, Teams sowie junge und kleine Unternehmen aus den Bereichen Software-Entwicklung/- Architektur, Finanz- und Technologieberatung und Konzeption. Was gibt es zu gewinnen? Auf die Sieger warten IBM Cloud Credits im Wert von bis zu $ 120.000 für Unternehmen in Gründung, Etecture StartUp-Support für HR/Marketing/Development o.ä. im Wert von bis zu € 5.000, Sachpreise im Wert von bis zu € 700, Mentorings, Stipendien, Präsentation der Lösung auf dem Stand von IBM auf der CeBIT 2017, Präsentation auf dem Startup & Innovation Day der HIGHEST Gründermesse u. v. m.*                             Die Teilnahme am IBM Hackathon in Frankfurt ist kostenlos. Für Essen und Getränke ist während der gesamten Zeit gesorgt. Auch nachts stehen Snacks und Getränke bereit. Bitte bringt euren Laptop mit und alles, was ihr sonst zum Hacken braucht. Außerdem: Schlafsack, Isomatte, Handtuch und was ihr an persönlichen Dingen sonst gerne dabeihättet. Sonntag ab 13:00 Uhr ist der Hackathon für Besucher und Presse geöffnet. Auch eure Freunde und Bekannten können dann kommen. Wir freuen uns auf euch!   * IBM übernimmt lt. §37B ESTG die Pauschalversteuerung für diese Zuwendung, falls Steuern dazu anfallen.      *****English version***** Participate at the IBM Hackathon in Frankfurt to meet new people, engage and make new project happen. With a focus on creativity and fun, our topic "Outthink Banking - cognitive and barrier-free financial services" should provide you the framework for coding your next big project. IBM Watson is a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data. For more information click here: http://www.ibm.com/watson/what-is-watson.html Your Challenge: Outthink Banking - cognitive and barrier-free Financial ServicesCognitive Computing with voice and gesture control to simplify your daily financial business.Disruption is the new buzz word in business and especially the financial sector knows exactly what it means. Technological change and digital transformation have forced well established financial institutes to focus much more on the existing markets and changing client needs. Fintechs, the new start-ups in the financial services sector, realize this challange and aiming to use their chance. But changes are still in their early stages. Where are we going?Cognitive Computing offers the chance to define processes and algorithms in a way so that they can accompany users automatically, supportive and much safer in their daily financial business challanges. Improvements in processes are additionally supporting employees in the financial services sector. Another trend that we see is the declining importance of the graphical user interface (GUI) managing the man-machine-interaction and being replaced by gesture and voice control. Cognitive technologies support people with a physical handicap and provide the chance to create general accessibility for financial services.The goal of our hackathon is to develop banking solutions based on cognitive IBM Technology that better and easier access to mobile and general financial services. Our special focus covers people with handicap to empower them doing their financial services like transactions, ledger queries, investment consulting and stock-exchange overviews without any difficulty.Infos about this topic can be found here:https://www.test.de/Apps-fuer-Sehbehinderte-und-Blinde-Lotsen-fuer-das-Unsichtbare-5033370-0/https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2015/12/04/cognitive-assistance-for-the-blind/https://developer.ibm.com/dwblog/2016/bring-vision-to-blind-with-watson-api/ *****Facts and rules***** Who can participate?  Single participants, Teams as well as StartUps and small companies with a focus on software engineering, finance and technology consultancy. What's in for you? There are waiting a lot of high value prizes for you like IBM Cloud Credits up to $ 120.000, an Etecture StartUp-Support Package for HR/Marketing/Development services valued up to € 5.000, material prizes up to € 700, mentoring, scholarships and the presentation of your solution at the IBM CeBIT 2017 booth, Presentation at the Startup & Innovation Day at the HIGHEST Startup Fair and much more*                              Participation is free! We offer drinks and beverages during the Event. At night you will have snacks and beverages as well. Please bring your Notebooks and all other stuff that you need to be successful at this Hackathon. As well as a bedroll, camping mat and towells. On Sunday at 12:30 pm our Hackathon also opens its doors for visitors and the press. Be there when the teams are pitching their results and the winners are chosen! Be part of it! * IBM takes over lump-sum taxation (§37B ESTG) for these donation in case of upcoming taxes. To get more information on the event execution visit:http://www-05.ibm.com/de/hackathon/hackathon-frankfurt-am-main.html

Startupathon 2016  IoT for Independent Living Do you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? We’re hosting an epic Startup Hackathon weekend at IXDS, giving you the chance to co-found an IoT startup with Germany’s leading service design studio. The objective is to create a user-centered solution for people living with a disability or impairment. We have the funding, an incredible talent pool of designers and engineers, a great studio space with a hardware lab in Berlin Kreuzberg, a network of industry experts and a business coach who co-founded 3 startups. But we're looking for the final piece before we begin our adventure: dedicated co-founders. That could be you. We're offering €30,000 and a majority stake in the new company to the winners of our Startupathon, who will build this new venture with us. This event is not only for engineers; any enthusiastic entrepreneur can apply. Full story: https://www.ixds.com/events/startupathon-2016 LINE UP We have some amazing speakers and mentors, including: - Matthias Biniok, IBM Watson (leading IoT platform) - Roland Hueppmeier, BOSCH Healthcare Solutions - Dario Sorgato, NoisyVision (visual impairment) - Christoph Raethke, GTEC/Berlin Startup Academy - Christian Lautner, Flying Health Incubator PLEASE NOTE: Registering on Eventbrite does not guarantee you a place at the Startupathon; we will send you a short questionnaire to find out about your skill set and to confirm your place.

Interested in how technology can help improve the lives of people with disabilities? Want to use your creativity and skills to build apps that provide greater accessibility? Come and join the Neue Nähe, the hackathon for more inclusion and participation that is sponsored by Aktion Mensch and Microsoft Deutschland. You can choose from three projects, which are available on GitHub: »Interchangeable Communication »Extend Accessibility Now »Inclusion Promoting Life Hacks

We’re kicking off OpenCon Berlin with a hack / creative collaborative coding event! There’ll be plenty of options to work on a variety of projects according to skills and interest including: Developing the Rfigshare package (figshare new API, in potential collaboration with figshare and Ropensci) Continue the CeTrAn project using the new rfigshare package but we have also come up with a core theme: a paper reproducibility hack! We are all excited by the progress made by many to make their papers fully reproducible by publishing code and data. We know how challenging it can be so we want to showcase the value of the practice, both for original authors and and as a learning experience for the reproducers. Inspired be Owen Petchey’s Reproducible Research in Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour, and Environmental Studies course, where students attempt to reproduce the analysis and figures of a paper from the raw data, we want to attempt to do the same. While they take a few months over a number of sessions, we only have a day so instead we’ll be trying to do the same but with papers that have also published code. What we love about this approach, and why we think it fits well in the space of a hack, is that it provides a low-pressure environment to begin to actually get stuck into some reprodicibility. Attempting reproduction provides an opportunity to test how reproducible papers are ‘out of the box’, enabling evaluation of how successful current practices are, and potentially identifying their most pressing weaknessess. This is by no means an an attempt to defame the writers and consent by authors will be sought and involvement is encourgaed. We see reproduction as useful scientific activitiy in itself, with useful outcomes for the science in the papers themselves. We hope to provide useful feedback to authors if we encounter difficulties and ofcourse spread the word on successful reproductions. Further details can be found here: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/OpenConBerlin2016 We will be running the hackathon in collaboration with Overleaf and PaperHive, two epic collaboration platforms that we can use to assist with the hack.