Life Science Hack Day in Timișoara
Hack Days
Proclamația de la Timișoara, nr. 5 3rd floor Timisoara, Timis 300054 Romania
Event Description
Pattern recognition, machine learning, image processing, automation and autonomous processes design and control, robotics and various specialized hardware equipment creation are at least equally valuable when directed on living systems as when they are addressing automobiles or business systems, especially when artificial intelligence serves as a tool at hand!
DevPlant Cowork the greenest and most friendly coworking space of the city, Asociatia One Source, BioCoderDojo Timișoara and the (still stealth :) ) Neurosciences and BCI Timișoara Meetup are inviting high school and university students, young and experienced professionals to join an intensive one day hackathon aiming to sketch-up solutions for life science related challenges (see a detailed list of encompassed fields at https://bit.ly/LifeSciFields)!
Why only one day hackathons? Because in this age of AI intensive usage, hackathons could be expressions of velocity in both ideation and building, of conversational coding and agent-run processes. That's why we have joined a Major League Hacking’s program encouraging worldwide tech communities to practice 3-12 hours long hackathons.
Beyond the prizes that will be announced soon, the teams interested to continue development of their project after the hackathon will be invited to join the Get It Done Winter program organized by DevPlant Cowork, offering access to support and resources with no charge.
Who can attend?
Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:
Schedule
09:00 - 10:00 Gathering, registration, morning coffee
10:00 - 10:20 Opening and intro talks. Mentors introduction
10:20 - 11:00 2 min pitch and teams forming
11:00 - 13:00 Working session
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and socializing, informal mentor interactions
14:00 - 18:30 Working session 2 and mentor feedback
17:00 - 17:30 Pitching mini-training
17:30 - 19:00 Projects finalizing
19:00 - 20:00 Pitching + Q&A (3+2 mins)
20:00 - 20:30 Judging. Pizza & beers/wine
20:30 - 21:00 Winners announcement and closing of formal part of the event
21:00 - Networking
Additional Information
After registration you will receive a e-mail at the provided address including further instructions and links for hackathon communication channels.
Links & Resources
Categorization of life science fields
Life science covers every discipline that studies living organisms, from molecules inside a cell to whole ecosystems. This map groups about 60 fields into six families, ordered roughly from small scale to large, then applied and computational. A final group lists borderline fields that some classifications include and others leave out. Notes on using this list No list is official. Universities, funders such as Horizon Europe panels, and industry classifications draw the lines differently. Fields overlap. Immunology is both organism biology and medicine; bioinformatics touches every group. The grouping is for navigation, not strict categorisation. Industry vs. academia. In industry, "life sciences" usually means a sector (pharma, biotech, medtech, diagnostics, lab tools) rather than a set of disciplines.
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DevPlant Cowork
We are a cowork space run by local tech community leaders, hosting individuals and companies active in tech and beyond, organizing tech events, regularly hosting CoderDojo non-formal education in programming for pre university students. Our team has a 13+ years track record of organizing various kind of hackathons including some in partnership will MLH, starting in 2014. One of our staffers is a HackathonHub.eu ambassador. We are logistically supporting local student organizations in setting up and running hackathons. Our venue could host a 50 participant hackathon, especially during the weekend.