Unusual hackathon according to open data

Hi, Habr!



We have already discussed the issues of Big Data and machine learning , now it's time to practice! You have already heard about such a wonderful initiative as Open Data . Many hackathons have already been held, events, and many useful applications have been made. Now this is done with the support of the first in Russia Data Science community, MLClass.ru , in connection with which it announces a new unusual hackathon, in which it is proposed to make a useful service by combining data from the social. networks and data portal data.gov.ru. We have a lot of ideas and examples when, using only open data, you can do really cool things! Details under the cut.



So, we recall that the Russian Data Science community is currently being formed. A lot of work has already been done: a question-answer system for machine learning, storage and processing of big data has been launched, blogging functions that lead the practice of analyzing data from different companies that use Big Data and Data Science methods in their work, a platform is being prepared competitions in Kaggle format. We also decided to make open data analysis projects in which, under our leadership, people will be trained to create real services. And as the first time it was decided to connect to the hackathon of the Open Data Portal .

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At the event, we will show how, using a total of 1000 requests to the VKontakte API, to find the top 50 most influential people in the largest social network . We will talk about how to search for extremism in social networks, analyze user behavior and, most importantly, how to turn it into a working service.



And now formally:

The organizers

The initiator of the hackathon is the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Organized by : Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation and CJSC Goskuk

Participants and partners :

• MLClass.ru - Russia's first Data Science community
• The government of Moscow
• Open Government
• Foundation for Internet Development Initiatives
• Dr.Web Company
• The World Bank
• Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Culture of Russia
• FTS and FST

As it often happens, there will be 2 nominations in the hackathon:

• The best application or service based on open data
• Better visualization of open data

In addition, as is also often the case, there is also a separate nomination of the Moscow Government for the best application or service based on the open data of Moscow.

Prizes

Among the prizes this time:

• Prize from the company CJSC "Gosbuk" - 50 000 rubles
• Special prize from FRIA - correspondence acceleration
• Special prize from the Department of Information Technology of Moscow

Conditions of the competition

There are not so many conditions, everything is pretty standard - you need to have a fresh head and straight arms. More formally, it sounds like this:

• Award nominee can be any team that has developed and created a software product (application or service) based on open data.
• The software product should be publicly available, socially useful and, if possible, innovative
• The product itself must be fully developed at the hackathon site and should not be a development of an existing software product.

Time and place

The hackathon is held at the site of the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation , which is located at the address: 12, Akademik Sakharov Ave. We will begin on June 26 at 10.00 Moscow time, finish on the 27th evening at 5.30 pm



So, if you want to spend pre-weekend days with pleasure, listen to good lectures on math, machine learning, big data analysis - come, it will be cool!



And yes, because we have carefully prepared this event and want to make it as high-quality as possible - then we plan to hold it for a small group of people, so it makes sense to register as soon as possible! This is done HERE HERE .