HACKATHON - Engineer the future.dk

BIG
DATA
HACKATHON
May 22 - 23, 2015
Are you a student with an entrepreneur spirit or an
IT specialist and developer? Do you want to advance
your career opportunities and would you like to turn
Big Data into value based on secure solutions?
Sign up for this Hackathon with DTU and
Microsoft to win your share of a DKK 30,000
prize pool
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Registration is open to all university students, IT
specialist and developers with an interest in business
development, data, apps and internet solutions.
Big Data and the associated discipline of Machine Learning are starting to become part of everybody’s lives – for
good and bad. Bill Gates, founder and former chairman
of Microsoft, emphasized that fact by stating that “a
breakthrough in Machine Learning would be worth ten
Microsofts”.
DTU and Microsoft are committed to the new wave of
technology and, together, we therefore invite you to the
Big Data Hackathon.
Location
The Hackathon takes place at DTU Skylab, Diplomvej,
building 373A, Lyngby.
At the Hackathon you will have the opportunity to:
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Create value of Big Data using the latest knowledge
and tools within Computer Science, Machine Learning
and Cyber Security.
Develop secure Big Data solutions to real society
challenges using open public data from various
Danish authorities - respecting privacy and anonymity.
Get hands-on experience with Azure – one of the Big
Data tools. Please bring your own PC.
Cooperate with students and employees in companies and have a dialogue with the suppliers of public
data.
Present your solution to a panel of judges representing a wide range of Danish businesses and academia.
Prizes
1st prize: DKK 15.000, 2nd prize: DKK 10.000, and 3rd
prize: DKK 5.000
Registration
Join for free - register for the Hackathon by May 15 at
http://aka.ms/bigdatahackathondk
Information meeting
May 6, 5.00-7.30 PM at DTU Compute, Richard Petersens
Plads, building 324, room 060, Lyngby. Come and find out
more about the Hackathon.
Contact: Anette Nørgaard [email protected]
Tel: +45 51578259
Partners
Find out more about the 2015 Big Data
Hackathon at www.compute.dtu.dk
#DTUhack