Hack the Weather RSVP

Want to win $5,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to present your final project to a panel of Judges at IBM Insight 2015 in Las Vegas?

Hack the Weather will challenge teams of developers to use The Weather Company weather and forecast data and IBM data science tools to create a smart data application or model.

Prizes

  • Three finalist teams will be brought to Las Vegas, October 26-28, 2015 for Insight 2015! You’ll present your project at the Dev@ event during the conference to a panel or IBM and industry judges. We’ll get you there, too. Your team members will receive roundtrip airfare, two nights accommodation and a full conference pass. * ±

  • Grand Prize: The winning team will receive $5,000

* Each individual must meet certain IBM Legal.

± Additional desired nights of accommodation are the responsibility of each individual.

Rules

  • Max of 3 members per team.
  • Original idea (not submitted to a previous hackathon). You must start coding at the hackathon.
  • Successfully extract value using The Weather Company data
  • Use Data Scientist Workbench as the development and demonstration platform.
  • Submit code to the hackathon's GitHub organization. Your team must include all notebooks created in Data Scientist Workbench.
  • Present solution to a panel of judges (10 minutes in total for presentation and demo).
  • Finalists to present their solution to a panel of Judges at IBM Insight, on October 27 (10 minutes in total for presentation and demo).

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation: How innovative is the solution?
  • Relevance: Does it solve a real problem?
  • Functionality: How functional is your code?

Schedule

Friday, September 18

4:00 PM
Registration and Networking
5:00 PM
Welcome and Introductions
5:30 PM
Environment Demo and Hackathon Guidelines
6:00 PM
Team formation and idea creation
12:00 AM
Wrap-up for the day

Saturday, September 19

9:00 AM
Breakfast and Announcements
9:45 AM
Get hacking!
12:00 PM
Lunch
6:00 PM
Dinner
12:00 AM
Wrap-up for the day

Sunday, September 20

9:00 AM
Breakfast and Hack to the finish line
11:30 AM
Hackathon stops! Presentation Prep
12:00 PM
Presentations and lunch
 
Presentations to a panel of judges
 
10 minutes each
2:00 PM
Closing announcements
2:15 PM
Doors close

Winners to be announced within 48 Hours of September 20th. RSVP

Sponsors

The Weather Company, IBM

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