Hackathon "Forward with Google!" Goes to Novosibirsk

In September, we wrote about a series of events for mobile application developers in Kazan, organized as part of the “ Forward with Google ” project.



Now the project is sent to Novosibirsk, where on the territory of the Academpark of the Novosibirsk Academgorodok from November 29 to December 1, we will conduct a three-day hackathon in collaboration with hackaphone and with apps4all info support . Participation in the competition is free, but pre- registration is required.





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We invite developers and anyone interested in creating mobile services using Google technologies to take part in the competition. Participate in the hackathon series “ Forward with Google! »Teams from any cities can be unlimited number of times. That is, if your team was represented at the competition in Kazan , we will be glad to see you again.



As in Kazan, the winners of the Novosibirsk hackathon will be determined by a jury consisting of technical and business experts, as well as representatives of the investment community. The winner will receive a prize - professional testing of the developed application by a specialized company and a trip to a major international conference.

Results of the hackathon “Forward with Google!” In Kazan

To translate their ideas into the prototype of the application in the marathon mode, 26 teams gathered in Kazan. Five of them received recognition from the jury and prizes from the organizers:

• The 4th place was given to the team that submitted the application for family planning purchases.
• 3rd place was shared by 2 teams with a project on monitoring parking congestion and the application “Sober Plumber”.
• 2nd place was given to the mobile application about events in the city with the working name “iGO”. The development team took a new approach to personal planning of the schedule of events based on the mathematical processing of the level of interest in the event based on social networking data.
• Finally, the first place was taken by the most original, according to the jury, project - “ Rukogreyka ”. The team hails from Krasnoyarsk, and now a resident of Chelny IT Park, has created a simple application that warms up the device due to the load of the processor and other internal organs of the phone so that it becomes hot. In addition, it allows you to find on Google Maps the nearest place where you can warm up. In the conditions of the coming winter, this may be especially relevant. At the same time, the team plans not just to waste energy and warm the atmosphere - the integration of distributed computing services (such as Folding @ home or BOINC) makes the warming process useful for humanity.

We are waiting for you in Novosibirsk and remind you that you can offer your idea of ​​a useful application on a hackathon or share a problem that has long been waiting for its solution here .