List of hackathons about bigdata in 2017

Designers, developers, data scientists, visualisation experts, and anyone into Open Data, code, pixels and prose. Betacowork Coworking Brussels invites you to participate in their Open Data Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative solution to a city problem such as air quality, city traffic flow, or road accidents. Collaborate with like-minded people to create an awesome smart city mobility project that leverages open data and IoT hardware and sensors. Present your project to the panel of judges for a chance to win a package of IoT stuff PLUS co-working space at Betacowork.com.

Life scientists and data scientists in the UK! If you're interested in how technology can help deliver quality predictive/preventative health for the people, then you're invited to participate in Treating the healthy. This day-long event is focused on how life scientists can work with data scientists to predict and prevent ill health. You'll get to hear from experts in the field before you form into teams to each come up with an innovative solution that has the potential to deliver significant public health improvement.

Roman girls and boys -- ages 14 to 17! SACE cdp invites you to participate in the Visions of the Future hackathon, which focuses on the collection, analysis, interpretation and graphing of data. You'll get to learn the basics of coding and then be challenged to collaborate in a team to design and create an innovative interactive display of data. Present your team's project to a panel of judges for a chance to win a prize.

Hackers in and around Durham. You're invited to participate in DurHack 2017 -- a data-fueled hackathon focused on satellite data. You'll be faced with a selection of challenge themes that focus on improving the City of Durham. Collaborate with like-minded individuals and compete for a pool of awesome prizes.

High tech businesses, innovators, designers, data scientists, coders and business strategists! If you're interested in rail transportation, then you're invited to participate in the HS2 Hackathon. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative new idea that will help deliver the High Speed 2 infrastructure project. Working on a team of up to five people, you'll collaborate to explore how technologies such as wearable technology, machine learning, and virtual reality might help key aspects of the HS2 project, including staff safety, customer experience, maintenance operations and community impact.

Big data enthusiasts in Europe! Are you planning to attend the BloomReach Connect Amsterdam 2017 event? Be sure to sign up to participate in the hackathon at the event. You'll get to network with like-minded techies and be able to showcase your big data skills to key industry leaders, technologists, and customers.

Coders, designers, hackers, and other techies in the Washington DC area! If you're interested in the use of technology for the greater good, then you're invited to participate in the RHoKDC Hackathon, which is focused on tools to gather and analyze data on domestic violence and online abuse. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative tool, app, or platform that make this data more readily available to combat these scourges of civil society.

Developers, designers, and data scientists in and around Turin! Codemotion invites you to participate in Cognitive Hack -- a 48-hour code marathon on Cognitive and enhanced intelligence! You'll be challenged to design and prototype a solution in one of the following areas: Visual recognition applied to creativity in fashion design, Innovative sentiment analysis applied to catering, or New buy experience by digital experience. Collaborate and compete for recognition and € 3,000 in Amazon vouchers for each of the three challenges.

Programmers, designers, entrepreneurs, and other technology stakeholders! You're invited to participate in the Smart City Cloud Hackathon OpenStack Rio. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative solution that connects Rio de Janeiro and its inhabitants with the environment, using technologies such as the Internet of Things, Big Data and Cloud Computing.

Are you interested in how to mine the text and data from scientific articles? PLOS (Public Library of Science) invites you to participate in PLOS & The Hacker Within -- a set of tutorials on mining scientific articles, followed by a hackathon where you'll showcase what you've learned.