Transportation@MIT Data Hack-A-Thon

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Sunday, February 12, 2012  |  8.30 am - 8 pm
MIT E62-233 (map)

Registration:
Open to public  |  Limited to 75 participants

Do you have great ideas for innovative use of transportation-related data? Come join our hack-a-thon and get a chance to win big cash prizes for your 12 hours of effort!

Transportation@MIT is organizing the first data hack-a-thon event, where talents with different skill sets gather and develop projects using trasportation-related data. The theme for this year’s hack-a-thon is transportation in Boston/Cambridge areas. Many interesting data sets will be made available exclusively for this event. Let's show the public how we can make innovative use of transportation-related data!

Who should participate?

• Programmers who want to develop mobile/web applications that make daily commutes a better experience
• Designers or visualization/GIS experts who can help the public understand complex transportation systems
• Engineers who love crunching numbers and analyzing data
• Anyone who are interested in transportation and willing to learn more!!

Schedule:

8.30 - 9.00 am  Registration + Breakfast + Networking
9.00 - 10.00 am  Introduction
12.00 pm  Lunch
3.00 pm Afternoon break
6.00 pm Dinner
7.00 pm  Deadline for submission, Presentations/Demos
8.00 pm  Announce the winner

Should you have any questions, please contact us at transportation-hackathon@mit.edu.