Hackathon 2011 – Program
Thursday October 27, 2011
International Arrival
Cristal Hotel
Friday October 28, 2011
Day 1: Downtown Campus
| Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 8:35 am |
Breakfast | At hotel; buses to DTC leave at 8:35 |
| 9:00 am – 9:50 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks; Q/A Panel | Q/A Panel: Best software practices, open source, accessibility, startups, coding for social good, team work and collaboration |
| Break | ||
| 10:00 am – 10:50 am |
Interactive-Workshop | Shawn Van Every: Mobile development for smart phones (Android) |
| Break | ||
| 11:05 am – 12:00 pm |
Interactive-Workshop | David Hutchful: Mobile Apps using Java (j2me) and ivr System for Voice Functionality |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Interactive-Workshop | Maha El Choubassi: Augmented Reality |
| 1:35 pm – 2:20 pm | Interactive-Workshop | Thierry Sans: Web Security |
| Break | ||
| 2:30 pm – 3:20 pm | Interactive-Workshop | Mohammad Khatib: Python AppEngine Development and J-Query |
| Break | ||
| 3:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Interactive-Workshop | Arjun Venkatraman: Low-tech Development and Voice Functionality |
| Break | ||
| 4:30 pm – 5:05 pm | Interactive-Workshop | Mutaz Qasem: Agile Software Development |
| 5:05 pm – 6:00 pm | Interactive-Workshop | Jeremy Johnstone: HTML 5 |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | The Pitch | Pitching ideas and the finalizing of teams |
Saturday October 29, 2011
Day 2
Coding (Team-determined Schedule)
Sunday October 30, 2011
Day 3: Downtown Campus
| Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 6:30 pm | Coding (Team-determined Schedule) | |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Public Event: Building Apps for Social Good in the Arab World (Q/A) | Innovations, startups in the Arab world, coding for the social good |
| 7:30 pm – 8:40 pm | Presentations | Students demo their applications, 5 minutes per project |
| 8:40 pm – 9:00 pm | Judging | Winning apps announced |
| 9:00 pm – 11:00pm | Party |
Event Details
Date:
October 28-30, 2011
Arriving on Thursday October 27th and Leaving on Monday October 31st.
Location:
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Downtown Campus
In the News
NYUAD Hosts International Hackathon (Salaam)
NYUAD Team Wins Third Place at International Hackathon (Salaam)
Students' app wins healthy respect ( The National )
Hackathon comes up with useful tools, apps ( Khaleej Times )
تطبيق في العلاج الطبيعي يفوز بالمركز الأول في لقاء المبرمجين العالمي ( Al Ittihad )
NYUAD Hackathon News Coverage Report (PDF)
Interactive Computer Application for Physical Therapy Wins Top Prize at NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World (press release)
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