IIIM Supports Hackathon 2012 at Reykjavik University

Banner for the Hackathon Event In Hackathon 2012 – Iceland, guests from different local startups will introduce short programming challenges and describe various experiences encountered in their area of business. Participants of the event will then be set to solving these challenges during the hacking session. This event is open to students (signup required, see below), hobbyists, professionals, anybody who likes to hack on cool code.

The Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines is one of five companies that participates in this unique event, the first of its kind in Iceland. Other participating companies are Clara, GreenQloud, Microsoft and Videntifier.

This event is open to students (signup required, see below), hobbyists, professionals, anybody who likes to hack on cool code. It is a very laid back competition for hackers and people who would like to meet each other and work on interesting problems together. Its an opportunity to meet other hackers and representatives from companies. Managing Director Kristinn R. Thorisson from IIIM will be there and our research scientist Deon Garrett will have a problem prepared for participants to solve.

Prize for winners is $1000!

The event will be hosted by The School of Computer Science at Reykjavík University and will take place on May 29 from 9am – 9pm.

Agenda

  • 09:00 registration
  • 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome
  • 10:30 – 12:00 Companies and their challenges
  • 12:00 – 20:00 Participants time to hack problems
  • 20:00 – 21:00 Participants time to present their solutions, judging and awards

Coffee and pizza are available throughout the event.

Prize for winners is $1000!

Note: To sign up please send an email to our research assistant Hamid Pourvatan (Hamid-at-iiim.is).

More information and announcements on Hackathon’s Facebook page.