HPCC Systems is a sponsor this event as part of our academic program. It is hosted by the College of Computing and Software Engineering at KSU.
We also took part in this event in 2017, 2018 and 2019. For more information about how it went, read our blog post: Fly on the wall - Our first Hackathon.
| Date of the event | March 18th19th-26th 2021 | ||||
| Location | Marietta Campus, J/Atrium BuildingVirtual | ||||
| Cost | Free | ||||
| Eligibility | This event is open to all KSU CCSE students (ACS, BASIT, IT, CS, SWE, and CGDD) who have passed their first few programming courses. Graduate students who have exempted all transitional courses or have passed at least three 5000 transition courses are also eligible. | ||||
| Registration | HPCC Systems Hackathon Team | Challenge | Data Source | Data Dictionary | |
| HPCC Systems Challenge Information | This GitHub link includes all details you need for this challenge. | ||||
| Challenge | Missing Children Trends | ||||
| The ADAMTM Program | Learn more about The ADAM Program | ||||
| Data Source | 1- GA missing kids report for Jan 2021 2- Sex offenders registered in GA 3- All US Cities/Counties lat, long, and fips points | ||||
| Data Dictionary | |||||
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| Mentors available during the Hackathon | The following mentors will be on site for the duration of the event: TBC | Slack Channel | Click here to access Slack channel available to help you through Discord Arjuna Chala, Dan Camper, Jerry Jacob, Jeremy Clements, Bahar Fardanian | ||
| Discord Channel | HPCC channel link |
What can I do to prepare?
We have many resources available for you to use to familiarise familiarize yourself with our technology and how to use it. If you are new to us, then take some time to find out about HPCC Systems and what we do. Find out how HPCC Systems works, what ECL is and take a look at what goes on in our community.
- Watch a quick overview video about HPCC Systems
- Download the HPCC Systems VM. Select the operating systems you are using first and then check the VM download. Follow the installation guide instructions.
- Note: We will be using a cloud-based HPCC Systems cluster for the hackathon.
- You can use your preferred editor to write code but we do have our own, a Windows-based ECL IDE which you can download. On the download page, select Gold and under Operating System, select Windows. Download both the ECL IDE and Client Tools.
- VS Code is a good code editor if you don't use Windows. Installation is slightly more complicated:
- Download and install VS Code from here if you don't already have it installed.
- Download the HPCC Systems Client Tools from here.
- Choose your operating system from the popup list.
- Choose the appropriate "Client Tools" option for your operating system. Make sure only one checkbox on the entire page is selected.
- Download and install.
Launch VS Code, then search for and install the extension named "ECL (Enterprise Control Language) support for Visual Studio Code".CloudIDE is our online cluster ready to use, just create a login and help is provided under Help tab. - Once you’re up and running, try out a few examples from the installation guide and tutorials.
- Learn some ECL. This is the language used to write queries. It's easy to use, try it for yourself. Read the documentation or take a training course.
- Take a look at some video tutorials
- Take a look at the information and training examples TBC
- Take a look at our Machine Learning Documentation and Sources.
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