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Devpost has another batch of great hackathon opportunities that just launched. Not only can you use them to learn new skills, collaborate and innovate, but there are some awesome prizes like meetings with top companies, speaking opportunities and even a Tesla X! Here are the details: Amazon Skills Challenge: Alexa Conversations - Goal: Build (or update) and publish a custom Alexa skill in the U.S. Skill Store that integrates the new AI-driven Alexa Conversations dialog manager. Note: See Official Rules for full eligibility requirements. - Prizes: $101,000 in prizes, including participation prizes, cash, promotion and more - Deadline: September 14 - Details + Registration:  https://bit.ly/AlexaConvo20s   Facebook Hackathons - Goal: Build projects for one of three tracks: AI, AR, Messaging - Prizes: Over $20,000 in total prizes - Deadline: September 7 - Details + Registration:  https://bit.ly/FB2020H3s   Snap Kit Developer ...

MedHacks is the largest healthcare hackathon in the world hosting 400+ clinicians, engineers, data scientists, and students annually! The upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 event will take place the weekend of September 4th-6th where we will be tackling pressing medical issues at the intersection of medicine, tech, and entrepreneurship. We'll have a variety of speakers and workshops including Will Robbins from Contrary Capital, Po-Shen Loh founder of NOVID and professor at CMU, and Google Cloud. We're offering $3,500+ in prizes and tons of high quality opportunities for mentorship and networking. This is a fantastic opportunity to interact with physicians and industry sponsors, connect with students from across the globe and be a part of one of the largest annual events on campus. No hackathon experience is necessary! You can apply to attend (required for participation) and find more info on our website,  medhacks.io/2020 . The deadline is August 15th....

PennApps is the nation’s first hackathon hosted every semester at the University of Pennsylvania. This year we’re going virtual and we want you to apply to be a part of the action this fall -- apply at tinyurl.com/pennappsxxi ! Apply by midnight on July 22nd, 2020 (Priority Admission) or July 29th, 2020 (Final) to have the opportunity to: Win thousands of dollars worth of prizes! Interact with amazing sponsors in addition to collecting all the free swag! Mingle and code (virtually!) with hackers like you from all over the world for 36 hours straight! Attend our exciting workshops to learn more about web/app development and real-world applications suited for beginners to gurus! Attend fun side events including internet scavenger hunts, online escape rooms, smash tournaments, etc.! Become a part of PennApps history among other awesome hacks such as SubADubDub, GluClose, DeFake, and more!   When: Friday, September 11 through Sunday, September 13  Where: Virtual! You can a...

Devpost's most recent group of virtual hackathons has just launched, looking for developers and innovators to solve problems ranging from data solutions to blockchain and machine learning.   These hackathons not only provide an opportunity to win some cool prizes, but also to learn more about building with the latest technology, collaborate, and keep your skills growing over the summer.   AWS Data Exchange - Goal: Build (or update) a data-driven solution that tells a story by employing at least one of the categories using at least two AWS services and at least one of the 3rd-party data products from AWS Data Exchange providers. - Categories: Data Visualization, Data Analysis,Data and Machine Learning - Prizes: Over $35,000 in prizes - Deadline: August 24 - Details + Registration:  https://bit.ly/AWSde20u   PyTorch Summer Hackathon - Goal: Build projects using PyTorch in one of the three categories: PyTorch Developer Tools, Web/Mobile Applicati...

Pear Ventures is launching Round 2 applications for  Pear Summer 2018 !  Pear will be investing $250-500k in up to 5 teams and committing to working side by side with selected teams to get their companies to the next stage.  Applications are open until May 18, 2018! Over the last four years, Pear has run a successful 10 week Pear Summer program for students and recent graduates. This year, they will be investing $250-500k in up to 5 teams and committing to working side by side with the founders to get the company to the next stage. Additional benefits include $350k in free perks, free office space, mentorship from world-class founders and operators, access to top-tier investors and more. No company is too early and the only requirement is that at least one team member should have been enrolled in a university sometime in the past 3 years. To apply and find out more information, visit Pear's website .

WHAT DataFest is a celebration of data in which teams of undergraduates work around the clock to find and share meaning in a large, rich, and complex data set. The students are assisted by roving consultants who are graduate students, faculty, and industry professionals. After two days of intense data wrangling, analysis, and presentation design, each team is allowed a few minutes and no more than two slides to impress a panel of judges. Prizes are given for: > Best in show > Best visualisation  > Best use of external data Each individual in the winning teams will receive $500. WHEN Friday, May 4 – 3:00 p.m. to Sunday, May 6 – 5 p.m. WHERE M3 1006 REGISTER by April 10, 2018 Please note: all members of your team need to register. The competition has a limited Availability of 100 students and the teams will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, visit: uwaterloo.ca/statistics-and-actuarial-science/events/asa-dat...

The second annual  Waterloo Datathon  is on May 12, 2018  from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in M3 1006. HIGHLIGHTS $25,000 in cash prizes The chance to showcase your skills tackling a meaningful, real-world problem The opportunity to participate in The Data Open and win $100,000 in cash prizes Possible interviews with Citadel & Citadel Securities For more information and details about registration, go to the Event page . 

You're invited to participate in the Global Cyber Challenge Competition being held as part of Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS), 2017 being held in New Delhi from November 22 to 24. GCCS, which is the biggest ever Event of its kind anywhere in the world.   Global Cyber Challenge is one of the most important part of this Conference.  It compromises 2 parts:  Peace-a-thon (application development on any of the 13 given topics. Capture the Flag. 1. It was planned to close Peace-a-thon event at midnight on November 12. However, in view of the fact that some students could not participate in this event due to examination and other administrative reasons, it has been decided to extend the submission date till 08:30 hours IST on November 16, 2017. The earlier requirement of submission of a Concept Note before actually taking part in coding has been dispensed with.  Now, a team of up to 3 members can participate in this contest directly from anywher...

Innovate in cybersecurity for a chance to win $20,000. Gain real-world experience during this three-week challenge by stepping outside of the classroom with your student-led team to tackle a unique technical challenge. DETAILS: Teams must register by October 13, 2017 Free to participate. For details on the competition and to sign-up your team, contact:  student.championship@thalesgroup.com

The next Waterloo-local ACM-style programming contest will be held on  Saturday, September 30 in MC 3003. All members of the UW community are  invited to try their programming skill in Racket, C, C++, Java, Pascal,  Python, or Scala.     The results of this local contest will be used to select the UW teams  for the international ACM competition. We will send three or more teams  of three students each to the East Central North America Regional in  Windsor on October 27-28. If we do well there, one team will advance to   the World Finals in Beijing, China in April 2018.     For full details and online registration, please see:  http://acm.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~acm00/     The contest will run from 1 pm sharp until 4 pm, and will be followed  by pizza. There will be a practice contest in the morning to allow   contestants, especially those competing for the first time, to get ...

#StudentServe: How we’re celebrating social impact and all the ways students                 across the world are giving back in their local communities. The Actions Challenge: Develop an app for the Google Assistant to win a trip                          to I/O 2018 and more than 20 other prizes. Read on to learn more. Hope to see you at our upcoming YouTube Live event  Save the Date:  June 5) and on social media. Happy summer, Caitlin, on behalf of Google's University Programs Team #StudentServe: How are you giving back this summer? In June, Googlers will join together to give back in their local communities as part of  our 10th  annual “GoogleServe.” We know many of you will be doing service in your  communities,  too—and we’re excited to celebrate the impact ...

On behalf of the Amazon Alexa Development Team, I'd like to invite all of your students to come join a new virtual hackathon that we are hosting on our MindSumo innovation platform. For this special competition, Amazon is asking students from all over the world to use technology for good by creating a new Amazon Alexa skill that improves the sustainability or accessibility of the world around us. Amazon Alexa | Hack Your World Contest For the official announcement from Amazon: Calling All University Students to Hack Your World with Amazon Alexa Students that participate will have a chance to earn cash prizes and an Amazon Echo for the best skill. Also, skills developed in this contest that pass the Alexa certification test w ill be available on the official Amazon Alexa store for anyone to download. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to apply the knowledge they are learning in your classroom towards an amazing cause and get recognized by one of the most im...

The  2017 Ontario Climate Symposium   will be taking place at York University on May 11th and 12th .  The theme for this year's symposium is "Just Transformations: The Next 150". At this event, we hope to encourage the development of positive narratives and visions of a just future - ones that cross boundaries between natural science, social science, law, humanities and the arts. Alongside the symposium, OCC is also hosting its first-ever Disrupt Climate Data Challenge . We are looking for teams of students to code, solve and challenge the status quo for a real-world climate data problem: how to display or simplify uncertainty within climate data portals. Students will have the opportunities to work with mentors to craft their solution, and present their ideas to distinguished judges in the industry. Benefits for student participants include: · The opportunity to win a $5,000 prize; · Networking opportunities with industry leaders, mentors, potential employers ...

Share your favourite work term experience and you could win 1 of 3 $100 gift cards that you can use for textbooks, clothing, and more at Retail Services.  Help students applying for admission to Waterloo learn what co-op students do on their work terms. Participate at  https://uwaterloo.ca/fom/work-term .

The next Waterloo-local ACM-style programming contest will be held on Saturday, March 4 in MC 3003 . All members of the UW community are invited to try their programming skill in Scheme, C, C++, Java, Pascal, Python, or Scala. For full details and online registration, please see: http://acm.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~acm00/ The contest will run from 1 pm sharp until 4 pm, and will be followed by pizza.  There will be a practice contest in the morning to allow contestants, especially those competing for the first time, to get their account setup and become familiar with the contest environment. Contestants participating in the practice contest should arrive by 10:30 am in MC 3003 . For out-of-town participants, it is possible to participate remotely using a web-based system, but local participants are encouraged to attend in person if possible.

DementiaHack is a 30-hour hackathon that is geared towards creating hardware and software solutions to improve the lives of those living with dementia and their caregivers .  The last DementiaHack was held at George Brown College in November 2015 and was a phenomenal success – resulting in over 500 attendees, 70+ completed products/demos and 8 winners. More information on DementiaHack 2015 can be found at: http://hackernest.com/dementiahack-toronto-2015/ and https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBNVnoQjIibawqCzh7ISu1CQh-5D2YF7d . For DementiaHack, we set out four ‘challenge sets’, or beneficiary groups, that participants can build prototypes for: 1. Diagnosed individuals 2. Family caregivers 3. Institutional caregivers/clinicians 4. Researchers/scientists  DementiaHack welcomes participants of all professional/educational backgrounds and of varying skill levels, including beginners and students. I'd be interested in speaking with you regarding how we can work ...

MindSumo partners with employers to create projects that you can complete to get work experience, win prizes, and be hired for jobs and internships. Questions can be directed to aaron@mindsumo.com Hack the dorm with Amazon Alexa - $1,600 in prizes How will Technology Disrupt Healthcare by 2025? - $1,600 in prizes Direct Links: https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/hack-the-dorm https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/az-tech-disrupt-healthcare

Our first annual Hacking Health Waterloo Hackathon is a weekend-long hackathon that breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together IT and healthcare professionals to collaborate, dream up & design apps, devices and solutions for patient-centric care. http://hackinghealth.ca/event/hacking-health-waterloo-hackathon/ We are still looking for participants and ideas. Even if people can't attend the event they can still contribute by adding their idea to our sparkboard so that others can work together to come up with a solution.  http://hhwaterloo.sparkboard.com/public This year’s theme:  Brain Health, Aging and Wellness Our Hackathon Challenges: Emergency Department Visits : Solutions that reduce or avoid unnecessary emergency department visits for older adults living with dementia. Falls prevention : Solutions that prevent falls, or mitigate injury due to falls, in older adults with dementia. Aging at...

Correlation One  has partnered with  Citadel  &  Citadel Securities  to host a Datathon at the University of Toronto  on  Friday, November 4th .   This is an exciting opportunity for graduate, Ph.D., and Post-doc students who excel in quantitative or technical fields to show off their skills and gain tremendous exposure.  Students from Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Operations Research are welcome to form teams and apply for the competition as a team.  - Winning teams will receive $25,000 in cash prizes  - Chance to interview at Citadel - Work collaboratively with other students - Travel and Food costs completely covered  Click this  link  to apply.

September 30 - October 2 we are organizing a hackathon at Conestoga's Doon campus.  The general theme of the hackathon is accessibility and the bringing of people and technology together in the creation of human-computer interaction solutions that enhance and improve the quality of life for people. For more information, please see our Web site: http://accessithon.com/