List of hackathons about bigdata in 2017

Data for Democracy invites anyone who is interested in using data for positive social impact to sign up for the second Data for Democracy Hackathon - New York. Collaborate on a project that uses data to drive better decisions and improve the world we live in. Come and work on projects like: »Drug Spending - Help the public understand what their tax dollars are going toward. »Election Transparency - Aggregating and normalizing county-level election results to be shared with the broader community. »USA Dashboard - A dashboard of key metrics for the USA, starting with city-level crime data. »Immigration Connect - Collecting, analyzing, and modeling data related to immigration.

Data scientists, engineers, designers! Are you fascinated by the use of technology for social good?You're welcome to sign up to participate in the Data For Democracy Hackathon - Boston. You'll be challenged to collaborate on projects that use data in order to promote positive for social impact. At this event, you can choose to work on a project related to traffic on the City of Boston, or bring your own project and work on that.

Developers, designers and data scientists in the Silicon Valley! You're invited to participate in the Emirates CMU Innovation Lab Machine Learning and AI Travel Hackathon. You'll be challenged to use machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies -- together with data from Emirates Airline and other sources -- to provide insights, personalized customer experience, and data analytics to improve the Emirates passenger experience. Compete for recognition from this leading airline, as well as terrific cash prizes.

Software developers, data scientists, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and industry insiders! Participate in Unearthed, a 54-hour open innovation Hackathon that is focused on the resources sector. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to develop prototype technology solutions to resource challenges. You'll have the unique opportunity to work on real industry data as well as data from government partners.

Hackers and machine learning enthusiasts in the Netherlands. Trifork B.V. invites you to sign up to participate in the Machine Learning Hackathon. In this one-day event, you'll first learn how to apply Machine Learning algorithms and understand how to integrate Machine Learning into daily life. You'll then compete for the award for the coolest solution by creating a Jupyter Notebook on the data that is applicable to day-to-day life in Amsterdam

Developers and hackers attending API World 2017! Sign up quickly to be one of only 300 people participating in the API World 2017 Hackathon. You'll get to build an app from scratch to address one or more challenge from sponsors such as TeleSign, eSignLive by Vasco, Back4app, TIBCO Software, Progress DataDirect, Wowza Media Systems, and more. Build an amazing app and compete for recognition and $25,000+ in cash, products, and prizes.

Data enthusiasts in the Washington DC area! You're invited to sign up to participate in the DC Government Health and Human Services Hackathon. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative ways to use data to answer complex questions and design new solutions to pressing Washington DC issues including health, aging, homelessness, and child well-being!

Programmers, designers, and interested citizens in and around Cologne! Hack.institute invites you to participate in the Bundestagswahl Hackathon -- on the occasion of the election of the 19th Bundestag. Given access to available open electoral data, you'll be challenged to come up with a useful, informative tool that can help make the election more transparent to the general public, informing them and encouraging their participation in the elections.

Data scientists, designers, urban planners, and software developers in and around Seattle! The City of Seattle's Civic Technology Program invites you to participate in A City for All. Coinciding with the National Day of Civic Hacking, this Hackathon event focuses on what Seattle looks like in 20, 40, or 60 years from now. You'll be challenged to conceive age-friendly civic apps, data visualizations, design proposals, and more, that will help the city contribute to its citizens' health, longevity, and lifestyles.

Software developers, data scientists, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and industry insiders are invited to participate at Unearthed Denver 2017. Unearthed is a 54-hour open innovation Hackathon featuring real challenges and data from the resources sector. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to develop prototype technology solutions to real resource industry challenges. Compete for cash prizes and industry recognition!