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 | |
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| Mentors available during the Hackathon | The following mentors will be available to help you through Discord Arjuna Chala, Dan Camper, Bahar Fardanian |
| Discord Channel | HPCC channel link |
What can I do to prepare?
We have many resources available for you to use to 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
- CloudIDE is our online cluster ready to use, just create a login and help is provided under Help tab.
- 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 our Machine Learning Documentation.
I have questions, who do I ask?
- Questions about HPCC Systems and our team project? Email Trish McCall.
- Learn more about our academic program.