List of hackathons about bigdata in 2018

*Please note - this event has been postponed until later in 2018. Check back for details on a new date! Codes, peace-builders, developers, social designers, in the Netherlands! Do you want to employ your skills for the social good? The Hague Humanity Hub and International Alert invite you to participate in the Peace Connect hackathon, to collaborate to design a system that brings the UN, development partners and local actors together to identify, analyse and respond to conflict risks. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative tech solution that can help prevent conflict, help build peace in conflict-affected societies, or bring people together to tackle potentially hostile situations!

Data scientists and techies in and around Sydney! Data for Democracy Australia invites you to participate in SESSION IX - GOVHACK, MENTAL HEALTH & MORE! You'll get to collaborate on data-driven projects for the common good at the GovHack open data hackathon. At this stage, you'll be challenged to help identity available data develop strategies to collect it for the hackathon.

Data analysts, data hackers, and data scientists in the UK! You're invited to attend Data Festival London to learn the ins and outs of data transformation, and also to participate in the data hackathon that will be held in at the event. You'll be challenged to find solutions in a given dataset using technologies provided by Keboola.

Developers, designers, data enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs! If you're an open climate data enthusiast, then you're invited to the #OpenDataHack2018 @ECMWF weekend hackathon. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to come up with innovative ways to unleash the power of freely-available climate data. So come along and delve into the Copernicus Climate Data Store and get first-hand access to its applications cloud environment!

Interested in geoscience? Come and participate in the Subsurface Hackathon 2018 in Copenhagen. This event is for geoscientists and programmers alike. You'll participate as part of a team of five to conceive, design and prototype an innovative visualization solution to subsurface problems — from plots to 3D rendering, and from augmented to fully virtual reality!

Are you planning to participate in the Subsurface Hackathon 2018 in Copenhagen? Why not 'skill up' for the event at the Subsurface Hackathon Bootcamp! Prepare yourself for your hackathon challenge! You can choose the learning track that's right for you, from: » Introduction to Python and matplotlib (for beginners!) » Beyond matplotlib: visualization in Python and JavaScript » Augmented and virtual reality masterclass

Developers, designers, hackers in the Netherlands! Are you passionate about making cities more livable? Are you fascinated by image recognition technologies? If you're planning to attend the Dutch Data Science Week 2018, then the Municipality of Amsterdam invites you to participate in their hackathon, with the theme of Using Image Recognition to Track Urban Developments. You'll be challenged to design an innovative solution that uses open data sets from Amsterdam to help address one (or more) of four challenge areas--Neighborhood Developments, Citizen Reporting, Asset Management, and the Enforcement of Rules and Laws.

Developers, designers, hackers in the Netherlands! Are you passionate about data-driven health sciences? Planning to attend the Dutch Data Science Week 2018? You're invited to participate in a hackathon that will be run in conjunction with the cardiovascular department of the University Medical Center Groningen. You'll be challenged to build on recent advances in the field of automated segmentation on the 4D (spatiotemporal) MRI data. Come and collaborate with leaders in the field and showcase your own creativity and technical skills.

Developers, designers, hackers in the Netherlands! Are you passionate about energy conservation? Planning to attend the Dutch Data Science Week 2018? Energy supplier Eneco invites you to participate in their hackathon, with the theme of Reducing Energy Waste. You'll be challenged to design an innovative energy saving solution that uses data sets from the Toon smart thermostat. Come and showcase your skills--collaborate and compete to build the best smart data app to help consumers stop wasting energy.

Developers, data scientists, energy experts, designers, marketers, or Innovators? Are you interested in hacking the energy neutral city of the future? You're invited to participate in the Energy Hack NL 48-hour hackathon. Register as a team, or join one at the event! You'll have access to relevant datasets and APIs for the city of Eindhoven. You will face your choice of one of three Smart Energy challenges: Flexible Energy, Sustainable Area Development, or Sustainable Mobility. In addition to the energy technologies, you may use whatever technology you choose -- such as data science, Internet of Things, or blockchain! So come and collaborate and compete for your share of a €7000 prize pool.