First Response in a Box Hackathon | In person
First Response in a Box - an interdisciplinary design hackathon looking at today's AI to help in crisis first-response situations.
First Response in a Box Hackathon | In person
26 Sep 2023, 13:00 – 14:00
This event is open to first-year undergraduate Computer Science students only.
If you are not a first-year undergraduate Computer Science student, you can join online via this link.
This is a design hackathon challenge for students to get to meet others across UCL, work in teams of 10 to produce a short pitch video, learn how to use collaborative tools at UCL, and carry out an investigation on what AI technologies could do to help in various global crisis scenarios.
Guest speakers will be from the International Federation for Red Cross and from Great Ormond St Hospital. The event is a week-long challenge; this is the launch event.
On Thursday 28 September there will be a technical session in person and online, and final submission is by Sunday 1 October.
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
Invitation Only
Availability
Yes
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