Hackathon Watch

Are you ready to join the App Competition? Do so by either (1) Building an application that improves transparency and opens the black box of EU decision-making, (2) by submitting apps that use European open data (e.g. on mobility, public health, education or the environment) to improve the everyday lives of Europeans or (3) an app that does both. This online European open data app competition is initiated by Open State Foundation and the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Hundreds of thousands of open datasets are available to you; take a look at the European Data Portal: http://www.europeandataportal.eu/. The goal? An open and transparent European Union. The deadline to submit your app is May 1st!

Hack_DIF is a new hackathon curated by the Disruptive Innovation Festival team. Over a 48-hour period hackers in three continents will gather to collaborate and innovate. The Hackathon seeks to solve real business challenges, developed by Cisco and Philips, through a circular economy lens. Hack_DIF is taking place from March 11-13, at MI (U.S.), NID (India) and Cranfield (UK). Team submissions are open until March 4.

When drivers approach a car today, they push a button on the key and the car doors unlock. They get in and start the engine by turning the key inside the lock. They start driving, listen to music, and set the navigator or control the temperature using wheels, buttons and handles. Meanwhile, they focus on what is happening on the road and on signs along it. But there are other ways of using cars. We know that car keys can be avoided, and dashboard information can be projected onto windscreens, but the following question remains: how can we improve or even change the interaction between the car user and the vehicle? New technologies can help. We have a powerful tool, the smartphone; we have new forms of touchless interaction such as NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, Visible Light Communication, image recognition or gesture recognition. To think and build on these new possibilities, SEAT and ALTRAN have sponsored this hackathon. This creative event includes tutorials on key technologies. A wide range of devices will be available for use, and a car will be provided to validate the solution that is developed. The idea is for participants to form multidisciplinary teams that can cover different areas of technology development in the automotive industry. Teams will be able to work over a weekend on the design and construction of their projects, and expert design, telecommunication, mechanical, electrical and computer engineers will be on hand to provide advice on any issues that may emerge. Projects will be evaluated by a jury in the following categories: Best idea o This award recognizes the project idea that solves or improves an interaction problem in an original and innovative manner. o The winner will receive €2000. Best Implementation o This award recognizes the fact that a team has developed a working prototype. o The winner will receive €2000. Best project voted by participants o This award recognises the best projects in the eyes of the participants. o The winner will receive €2000. The attendance to the event can be convalidated for 2 ECTS credits in some UPC universities

Hadoop With The Best digital conference featuring the world's top hadoop experts will be held on March 12 from 10am to 6pm PST. More info on speakers, topics, and register, please visit hadoop.bemyapp.com. Hadoop With The Best features live presentations and Q&A with the presenters and exclusive access to content on the With the Best platform. Highlighting the event will be key note speaker Andrew Psaltis, Data Engineer at Shutterstock, with his presentation, “Streaming Meets Hadoop."

In line with the Smart Nation trust that Singapore has. HackOMania has 3 aims via this theme. - Hack something meaningful using the APIs that are made available to the public via data.gov.sg. Check it out! - Have fun getting to know other Geeks Hacking. - Build a portfolio and promote your ideas, projects and skills via this geek shack to potential investors, recruiters in the future.

HackDavis is the first major collegiate hackathon at UC Davis completely run by students. In Spring 2016, over 350 students, hackers, and creatives will come together for 24 hours of hacking. We're providing a platform to bring together the most talented students in California to address the world's most pressing social issues. There are three main tracks to the hackathon: Environment, Health & Wellness, and Education. With these 3 tracks, we hope to inspire change and cultivate a growing hacker community dedicated to social change at UC Davis.

In line with the Smart Nation trust that Singapore has. HackOMania has 3 aims via this theme. - Hack something meaningful using the APIs that are made available to the public via data.gov.sg. Check it out! - Have fun getting to know other Geeks Hacking. - Build a portfolio and promote your ideas, projects and skills via this geek shack to potential investors, recruiters in the future.

Hadoop With The Best digital conference featuring the world's top hadoop experts will be held on March 12 from 10am to 6pm PST. More info on speakers, topics, and register, please visit hadoop.bemyapp.com. Hadoop With The Best features live presentations and Q&A with the presenters and exclusive access to content on the With the Best platform. Highlighting the event will be key note speaker Andrew Psaltis, Data Engineer at Shutterstock, with his presentation, “Streaming Meets Hadoop."

At Mylan, we work to provide access to quality medicines for the 7 billion people on this planet and thereby make the world a better place. But the world and everyone in it are not easily accessible. We can't get to those in need using the tools and thinking that we have today. We can't say that our mission begins or ends with specific peoples, geographic regions, therapeutic areas or ailments. True innovation is also not easy, and this is particularly true in our industry because people's lives are at stake. Yet we remain undeterred, and we are not afraid to try new things and propose new ideas, because our mission compels us forward. In this spirit, we are proud to announce our third-annual Hackathon season, again in Robert J. Coury Global Center at in Pittsburgh, PA for North America and, for the first time, at the Bangalore Global Center in India. Be sure to mark your calendars for the events: Southpointe: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27 Bangalore: Saturday and Sunday, March 19-20 This year's focus is Better Health for a Better World: Access. Solutions that are direct to our customers: Patients, payers, providers and other healthcare professionals for the hard problems where technology potentially offers a better, faster, cheaper alternative or where it makes something possible that previously was not. If you are interested in participating in this year's events please check out our registration site mylanapps.com/hacksummit/bengaluru.aspx, or email any questions to [email protected]

What about taking the payment process to the next level and disrupt small retails? Show us what you’ve got and propose your solution including Telium Tetra, the new generation OS operating system from Ingenico Group before February 25th. The 3 best projects of the HTML5 App Challenge will win a VIP Publisher Pack and be the first app to be launched on an Ingenico Group’s smart terminal in Spain. Perfect timing, you should have a walk at the Mobile World Congress to get inspired. Ingenico Group will have a booth in Hall 7 and offer challengers a shirt. Show us what you've got!

Can you imagine how the metro is going to be in 2030 ?? Whatever the answer is, come and leave your mark on the future at the Alstom Hackathon from March 17th to 18th at école 42. A set of data from the city of Paris and its transportations will be at your disposal, Alstom will also share it’s data from their metro equipped with sensors so that you can develop the most realistic mobile web apps, or connected objects. €5,000 prizepool to share between the 2 best projects. What are you waiting for? Come embrace the future and try to win the €5,000 prizepool !

Do you like beer and want to measure your coding skills with fellow Node.js lovers? Join Coding Hour, an after-work get-together happening simultaneously in Paris, Amsterdam and London on March 8. Don’t miss this occasion to relax and chat with devs who share the same interests (not to mention a little competition). What better way to spend a Tuesday night?

Want to explore the broad topic of Unity? On March 26th from 10am to 6pm EDT join Unity With The Best, a full day of online conferences led by technical experts in the field, ready to share all their knowledge. Comfortably sitting at home on your sofa, attend live coding conferences, ask questions via the chatroom and interact with your choice of speakers during one-on-one recorded video sessions. If you’re already busy that day, you’ll have guaranteed access to all content for two months. Registration has opened, so book your ticket today!

Our first annual Hackathon event! Our theme: Smart Cities. Our lagging infrastructure is in dire need of a technology upgrade, will your idea be the next big thing?

When drivers approach a car today, they push a button on the key and the car doors unlock. They get in and start the engine by turning the key inside the lock. They start driving, listen to music, and set the navigator or control the temperature using wheels, buttons and handles. Meanwhile, they focus on what is happening on the road and on signs along it. But there are other ways of using cars. We know that car keys can be avoided, and dashboard information can be projected onto windscreens, but the following question remains: how can we improve or even change the interaction between the car user and the vehicle? New technologies can help. We have a powerful tool, the smartphone; we have new forms of touchless interaction such as NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, Visible Light Communication, image recognition or gesture recognition. To think and build on these new possibilities, SEAT and ALTRAN have sponsored this hackathon. This creative event includes tutorials on key technologies. A wide range of devices will be available for use, and a car will be provided to validate the solution that is developed. The idea is for participants to form multidisciplinary teams that can cover different areas of technology development in the automotive industry. Teams will be able to work over a weekend on the design and construction of their projects, and expert design, telecommunication, mechanical, electrical and computer engineers will be on hand to provide advice on any issues that may emerge. Projects will be evaluated by a jury in the following categories: Best idea o This award recognizes the project idea that solves or improves an interaction problem in an original and innovative manner. o The winner will receive €2000. Best Implementation o This award recognizes the fact that a team has developed a working prototype. o The winner will receive €2000. Best project voted by participants o This award recognises the best projects in the eyes of the participants. o The winner will receive €2000. The attendance to the event can be convalidated for 2 ECTS credits in some UPC universities