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.
| Date of the event | 03/18 - 03/25 |
| Location | Kennesaw State University |
| 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 | KSU Registration Page |
| HPCC Systems Challenge Information | This GitHub link includes all details you need for this challenge. |
| Challenge | Hackathon for Social Good - Using HPCC Systems |
to find matches for at risk youths | |
| Data Source | Connections Homes Data |
| Data Dictionary | |
| General Instructions |
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| Rating Criteria |
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| Mentors available during the Hackathon | The following mentors will be available to help you through Discord |
Dan Camper |
, Bahar Fardanian, Hugo Watanuki | |
| Discord Channel | HPCC channel link |
What can I do to prepare?
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- Watch a quick overview video about HPCC Systems
- 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.
I have questions, who do I ask?
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