Defence Logistics Hackathon

Defence Logistics Hackathon

Accelerating Logistics Decision Support through exploiting Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) capabilities.

The intent of this hackathon is to demonstrate the ability to analyse and share structured and unstructured multi-source data; maintaining its classification and permission based access rules at machine speed. Data sets from the C130J Hercules platform will be provided to enable the development and testing of potential sharing solutions. The longer-term aim will be the development of predictive maintenance tools, and provide evidence based recommendations to optimise inventory checks and extend the life of components.

This event will require programmers and coders at the leading edge of current technology to develop an AI/ML capability that can be accessed, interrogated and translated to provide better informed and timely decision support across national and multinational domains.

This event will provide a great opportunity to demonstrate your ability to solve current Defence Logistic challenges, as well as the opportunity to network with senior decision makers and end users within this area. Following the event you will be invited to submit a fully costed proposal which could lead to securing funding to further develop your product.

Benefits of Attending

Attendees of the event will network and collaborate with likeminded experts in their field creating teams to tackle a Defence challenge that has potential commercial application across a range of business sectors.

This is your chance to:

• Develop and test your digital product to boost its potential

• Showcase your prototype to international defence and science professionals and technology experts

• Seize the opportunity to take your solution to a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  

The team outputs will be assessed, and prizes awarded to the winners, which may include (subject to confirmation):

• All attendees being presented with a hackathon T-shirt

• An opportunity to deliver an elevator pitch presentation of the winning solution at Oracle MBx 2019 in London

• Tour of the Defence Academy Technology School, covering ammunition, armoured vehicles, artillery and simulation facilities

• Goodie bag of water bottles, pens and t-shirts

• Opportunity to bid for funding through the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call

For this event, we are looking to bring together the best from academia, industry and government in the defence and security arena.

More information about this Hackathon is available on GOV.UK.

Please note:

• If you are registering as part of a group, please ensure all members of the group register individually

• Once you have registered for this event your details will be shared with a third party company BeMyApp and you will be invited to join the Slack channel

• The start and finish times of the event are as follows:

           Day 1- 9am to midnight

           Day 2- 8am to 7pm

• Registration closes on 20 November 2018 at 6pm

• Places for this event are limited and if the event is oversubscribed we reserve the right to limit attendance if needed

• This event is free to attend. Please make sure you can definitely attend before signing up. If you need to cancel please contact accelerator@dstl.gov.uk so we can offer you place to someone else as early as possible