Data Hackathon - IIITB (Feb-18, 2015)
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Sumant Kulkarni
Feb 11, 2015, 1:51:14 AM2/11/15
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Dear All,
Distinguished researchers, academicians and various research scientists working in the area of Web Sciences will meet at IIIT-Bangalore on February 17-18, 2015 for the launch of first Web Observatory in India. As part of the event, a “Data Hackathon” will be organized on February 18, 2015. It is hosted by the Web Sciences Lab (WSL), IIIT-Bangalore, in collaboration with the Web Sciences Lab, Department of Computer science, University of Southampton, UK. The hackathon will span over 9 hours (9am to 6pm). During this time researchers, undergraduate and graduate students and software professionals can use the available datasets from the Web Observatory, India and compete with each other for cash prizes, design solutions and create prototypes for identifying various semantic relationships in the given dataset.
One of the goals of the event is to promote the exchange of ideas, and to disseminate knowledge and raise awareness of interdisciplinary area of Web science and familiarize them with various dimensions of web science.
Distinguished researchers, academicians and various research scientists working in the area of Web Sciences will meet at IIIT-Bangalore on February 17-18, 2015 for the launch of first Web Observatory in India. As part of the event, a “Data Hackathon” will be organized on February 18, 2015. It is hosted by the Web Sciences Lab (WSL), IIIT-Bangalore, in collaboration with the Web Sciences Lab, Department of Computer science, University of Southampton, UK. The hackathon will span over 9 hours (9am to 6pm). During this time researchers, undergraduate and graduate students and software professionals can use the available datasets from the Web Observatory, India and compete with each other for cash prizes, design solutions and create prototypes for identifying various semantic relationships in the given dataset.
One of the goals of the event is to promote the exchange of ideas, and to disseminate knowledge and raise awareness of interdisciplinary area of Web science and familiarize them with various dimensions of web science.
There are three cash prizes up to INR 20K to be won! The participants can form teams of at most 4 members. Please find attached the detailed document with problem statements and other relevant FAQs.
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