List of hackathons about big data in 2018

Museum Hackathon: digging into museum data sets This digital humanities hackathon is focused on visualising museum data and making it accessible. This joint event brings together students and practitioners from the Media Centre and the Chair of Didactics of Computer Sciences of the TU Dresden (Germany), the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities and several museums and heritage institutions in London and Dresden. This hackathon is kindly hosted by the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies.  In several small, international groups the participants will develop useful, usable and good-looking software projects which have a potential for further development. These software projects will look at using existing data sets and making them accessible to the public or museum staff. We are also open to other innovative approaches to making use of the data sets.  If you are interested in certain topics or specific data sets, please let us know beforehand (email lucy.stagg@ucl.ac.uk)  so we can do our best to facilitate that. We also welcome proposals to utilise certain hardware (e.g., for VR applications). If you’d like to bring along hardware requiring special arrangements, please talk to us beforehand. Image © UCL Digital Media, 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule Wednesday 7 November 2018: Input and concept creation Registration 9.30, Tea and coffee (provided) Morning (10 to 12): Input opening message presentation of problems and data sets by the museum/institution partners if applicable: presentation of initial ideas and/or specific hardware by the participants team formation (3 to 5 people per team) Lunch (not provided but there are many places to eat both in and around UCL) Afternoon (2 to 5): Preparation and mock-ups theoretical preparation (requirements, software flow: user stories and use cases) creation of initial mock-ups and first code snippets Evening (5:30 to 6:30): Presentation and feedback presentation of day 1 results internal feedback from the other groups Thursday, 8 November 2018: Implementation Tea and coffee (provided) Morning (10 to 12): Development software development Lunch (not provided) Afternoon (2 to 5): Development internal tests (project is tested by team members and members of the other groups) iterative further development Evening (5:30 to 6:30): Presentation and feedback presentation of day 2 results internal feedback from the other groups Friday, 9 Nov 2018: Completion and reworking Tea and coffee (provided) Morning (10 to 12): Development and presentation preparation for presentation 11 to 12: presentation of results to the museum partners Lunch (not provided) Afternoon (2 to 4:30): Clean-up, documentation, publishing reworking (code clean-up) code documentation publication of code and documentation Evening (5 to 6): Awards jury decision and awards ceremony farewell message

Organised by Axiata Group and the Asia School of Business (a collaboration with MIT), Data Unchained Malaysia 2018 is the first regional and Malaysia’s biggest datathon revolving around the rise of 5G and IoT and how these technologies enable smart cars. Registrations for Data Unchained Malaysia is open and interested individuals can register at this link: www.axiata.com/dataunchained. For more information, please email dataunchained@axiata.com.

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Join us for the World Crypto Con Hackathon! From November 1st - November 2nd, we’re bringing together 100+ developers to the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas to explore blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and cryptocurrencies. Through on-site mentors, presentations, and conversations with global industry leading companies, we will heighten awareness and foster the growth of new and exciting projects in this fast and disruptive industry.

Watch the hackathon trailer now: https://vimeo.com/289260115 More information: https://www.neo.camp Closing event and prototype presentation: NEO Camp 2018 What will the blockchain of tomorrow look like? And what role will you play in making it? We cordially invite you to attend the closing event of the NEO Camp, in which 15 prototypes built on the NEO platform will be presented. The event will take place on Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 5pm to 8:30pm with subsequent networking at Factory Berlin (Mitte) in Berlin, Germany. From October 27 to October 28, 2018 the NEO Camp will take place in Berlin (Germany) focusing on building new applications with the NEO Platform. It is organized as a 2-day hackathon. We will form 15 teams consisting of designers, IT developers and at least one business developer per team. During the NEO Camp, we will provide all the developer tools needed to work with the NEO framework. Bringing these technologies together, we will teach the teams how to code and program them — developing smart contracts, building applications, and finding new use cases for the NEO framework.   Watch the hackathon trailer now: https://vimeo.com/289260115 More information: https://www.neo.camp Location & Time: Location: Noize Fabrik, Elsenstraße 52, 12059 Berlin, Germany; https://noizefabrik.com Date: Sunday, 28. October 2018, 5pm to 8:30pm Maximum participants: 50 Schedule: 14:00 - Intro to closing event at Noize Fabrik 15:00 - Prototype/team presentations 18:30 - Awards announcement // Closing remarks 19:30 - Networking, drinks and end of NEO Camp 2018 Watch the hackathon trailer now: https://vimeo.com/289260115 More information: https://www.neo.camp Tickets: Tickets are available at Eventbrite. If you’re interested in participating, register now, because only 50 spots are available and we expect tickets to sell out fast. Watch the hackathon trailer now: https://vimeo.com/289260115 More information: https://www.neo.camp Contact: NEO Camp Website: https://www.neo.camp Email: hi@dlt.camp Phone: +49 177 8431872 About us: NEO is a non-profit community-driven blockchain project. It utilizes blockchain technology and digital identity to digitize assets and automate the management of digital assets using smart contracts. Using a distributed network, it aims to create a "Smart Economy". NEO was founded in 2014 and was open sourced on GitHub in June 2015. NEO believes that community development is its top priority. NEO has a huge developer community around the world, such as CoZ, NEL and NeoResearch, who continuously contribute to NEO development. Millions of community members are active on Reddit, Discord, Github and Twitter. For more information visit: https://neo.org. DLT Camp is a hackathon event organizer that empowers developers and blockchain enthusiasts to transform ideas in to real world prototypes. We provide a fun, collaborative environment for developers to work on challenging problems that define the future of IT. Our events include both business and IT teams, and are supported by lecturers from other fields like patent law and business marketing. For more information visit: https://www.dlt.camp. Watch the hackathon trailer now: https://vimeo.com/289260115 More information: https://www.neo.camp

Blockchain and data analytics developers in Silicon Valley! You're invited to participate in the IDEAS Global Blockchain & Data Analytics Hackathon at Stanford University. Come as a coder/developer team and participate in your choice of either the blockchain or the data analytics section of the hackathon. You will have 2 days to hack a team project, compete for prizes and pitch your idea to top venture capital investors.

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Solving the problems of running successful elections in Emerging Economies We are organising a Hackathon to bring together bright, determined people to help hack the problem of running successful Elections in emerging economies; using the Nigerian elections which come up in 2019 as a focal point. There are numerous technological, ethical, economic and political questions which can be answered by focusing on this theme, and we are looking to explore and address questions such as: 1. Elections are driven by political campaigns, which are dependent significantly on the availability of Big Data and its analysis. In what ways can Big Data be used to ensure fairness in the election process?   2. Elections are significantly affected by social media and the ability to decipher what is real from what is fake. What innovative solutions can we come up with to look into this challenge? 3. Elections are affected by how they are perceived, and the ability to show transparency and hence win credibility. Who can we provide innovative solutions in this space? 4. Elections involve disparate parties including international monitoring organisations who are in need of better ways to gather information and verify Election results. How can we improve the process? 5. In recent times severe allegations have been made about elections being influenced by nation states and corporations. Are there ways in which we can use technology to reduce the impact of external parties in the elections of emerging economies?   6. In recent times, Blockchain technology has gained a lot of traction, but asides building a currency around it, to what extent can Blockchain technology be used to assist the electoral process in results verification? In what ways can blockchain technology be explored in the elections of emerging countries, particularly in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria? FAQs What is a Hackathon? https://bit.ly/1UAQO0u Who can attend? BTNG Hackathon series is open to anyone 18 years or older who is interested in working on creating fun, cutting-edged Apps for solving the problems of running successful elections in Emerging Economies Is this event for developers only? While developers are necessary for each team, anyone is welcome. UX/UI designers, marketers, biz dev, or even if you’re just interested in trying a hackathon for the first time anyone can participate and be a part of a team How many people can be on each team? Teams can have a maximum of 5 people How do you join a team? You can arrive solo and meet up with others to form a team at the event, or you can build your group beforehand and come to the event as a team. For that, you have to agree to join our Slack channel during registration What can I bring into the event? A laptop is a must and any other devices or equipment required to work on your project. Be sure to bring any dev tools that you use on your laptop or USB drive What about food and drinks? We will provide food and drinks throughout the event Who Owns the IP? Participants will own the rights to their work. Sponsoring companies may have their own terms and conditions for proprietary technology or content How can I contact the organizer with any questions? team@btng.tech Agenda Saturday, 27 October 2018 9:00 am - Doors Open to Attendees (Pre-networking, Badge and Collection/Registration) 10:00 am - Opening Ceremony and Sponsor Talks 10:30 am - Design Thinking Session 10:45 am - Team-building and Networking Session 12:00 pm - Hacking Kickoff 1:00 pm - Lunch 2:00 pm - Hacking Continues 6:00 pm - Dinner 7:00 pm - Hack Hack Hack 8:00 pm - Closing (No overnight stay) Sunday, 28 October 2018 8:00 am - Tea/Coffee 9:00 am - Hacking Continues 10:00 am - Prepare your Presentations & Hacking Continues 1:00 pm - Lunch 2:00 pm - Hacking Concludes and Submitted to Wiki 2:30 pm - Hackathon Presentations Begin 4:45 pm - Winners are Announced / Prize-a-thon! 5:00 pm - Hackathon Closing Remarks 5:15 pm* - Drinks/Networking For up-to-date information, please visit https://btnghackathon.devpost.com Check out our blog posts too :-) Tickets are limited and served on a first come first serve basis Availability of tickets ends 21st October, due to strict security badge policies from Microsoft

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