List of hackathons about bigdata in 2018

If you are interested in wikidata, then you're invited to participate in the Wikidata Hackathon - Festival of Creative Learning. You'll get to learn how to add data to Wikidata and then you'll get to hack on one of three data hacks -- Women in Medicine, The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, or a Nautically themed data hack.

Kids and young people -- ages14-20 in the Paris area! Are you concerned about the phenomenon of "Fake News" and want to find ways to make the Internet a safer place? Demain Commence Aujourd'hui invites you to participate in their hackathon event - Hacking, Fake News, Big Data: Black mirror reality tomorrow? You'll get to meet experts in big data and the fight against black hat hackers and then you'll design a software or hardware solution.

Researchers, journalists, scientists and anyone interested in Wikidata! Wikimedia UK invites you to participate in a Wikidata hackathon in London. You don't have to be an expert -- all levels of experience are welcome to attend. Come and learn how Wikidata works and how you can use it.

Are you interested in innovations that will help deliver the High Speed 2 infrastructure project? The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) invites you to come and see the finalists from the 2017 HS2 Hackathon, as they present their solutions to a panel of expert judges. See some awesome ideas and prototypes that use technologies such as wearable technology, machine learning, and virtual reality to address key problems faced by the HS2 project, including staff safety, customer experience, maintenance operations and community impact.

Developers and data scientists in and around Austin! The Texas Advanced Computing Center invites you to register to participate in the Data Analysis Hackathon and Integration Workshop.

Berlin hackers! Are you interested in how AI can improve the customer experience? Deutsche Telekom invites you to participate in their 36-hour AI Hack DT. You'll get to design and prototype an innovative AI solution to one of five challenges set by DT: #1 - Create Language Model for New/Difficult Language (perhaps Greek, Croatian/ Spanish, French) – IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NVIDIA #2 - Knowledge extraction from Telekom Hilft interactions // eCare #3 - Create a customer support chatbot // Customer Support #4 - Autonomously Target Users with Emotional Responses for Extra Customer Care #5 - Image Caption // Lola & eSales

Data scientists, machine learning enthusiasts, UI UX designers, software engineers, and others in Hong Kong who are interested in retail technology! You're invited to participate in the A.S. Watson Hackathon 2018. You'll be challenged to use A.S. Watson's data -- product transactions, customer loyalty data, and store data -- to solve a real-life business problem. Present your project to a panel of judges for the chance to win some awesome prizes.

IoT techies and data scientists in and around Amsterdam! You're invited to participate in the IoT Meets Data Science Hackathon. This event is cosponsored by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the IoT Academy, and the Amsterdam Arena. The theme of this 3-day event is crowd management and you'll be challenged to use Internet of Things and data science technologies to design an innovative solution that will help the Amsterdam Arena manage the flow of visitors to the Arena.

Hackers in the Rio Grande Valley! Are you ready for 29-hours of coding? Then CodeRGV invites you to participate in the First Ever Valley-Wide Hackathon! At this all-night event, you'll be challenged to use different data sets to create easier paths for local entities and the community to access information. Present your project to a jury for a chance to win an awesome prize.

Data analysts, developers and other techies! Do you want to put your data analysis skills to the test? You're invited to participate in the Alibaba Cloud & Met Office Data Analysis Challenge. At this hackathon, you'll be challenged to use real-life UK Met Office weather data to create an algorithm which allows futuristic unmanned balloons to follow their route safely and effectively. Compete for prizes on the day, plus the opportunity to advance to the $16,000 prize pool Future Challenge.