2019 Computer Science Hackathon and Showcase event 

The Department of Computer Science and R. U. Hacking society of University of Reading is proudly bring you a hackathon and showcase event! Welcoming students from all over Thames Valley! Whether you’re completely new to programming or are a seasoned hackathon veteran, you are welcome to join us in this fun and collaborative invention marathon! On Day 1 and 2, you will have a 24 hours student Hackathon event. On Day 3, there will be a team event to analyze a data set, an extreme programming competition, workshop sessions for beginners, and a poster and demo session in the afternoon. Bring your laptops and bright ideas, and we’ll cover food, power and Wi-Fi – beginners welcome!

Day 1, 2: (16, 17 Feb), 24 hours student Hackathon event. Venue: Henley Business School Building. Organised by R. U. Hacking. More details please visit: https://www.ruhacking.me/?no-cache=1

Day 3: (18 Feb) Data Science Hackathon, Competition, and Showcase Event. Venue: Department of Computer Science, Polly Vacher building. Organised by the staff members of the department. We define Data Science Hackathon = creative ideas + data + programming (Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence/Data Mining/Data Visualization).  Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/7OqIifNCGvcFa3ij2 . More details please visit: https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/computer-science/2019/01/25/data-science-hackathon-and-competition-day/

Prize of Day 3

Track 1

The first prizes: Chiara Zucco  Runner-up: Umarani Ganeshbabu, Bhuvana Dhruva, Ekene Ozioko

Track 3

Best presentation: Andrejus    Runner-up: Ben Magee

Best Video: Group 11 Tarab Shakeb, Sacha Walton     Runner-up: Zixu Guo

Best Poster: James Bradley    Runner-up: Eleni Charalambous