July - Summer Hackathon

Event Details

Date/Time:

July 2018

Location:

Location: A park on a peninsula in front of the Old Port, Montreal (StartupFest HackerFest)

Our annual summer hackathon!

The StartupFest has once again generously agreed to host our hackathon this year, in the context of their HackerFest, that follows the StartupFest.

This year, the hackathon will take place in a park, on a peninsula in front of the Old Port. It should be a spectacular location.

The problem we will tackle will be a machine learning problem involving a current molecular biology dataset. You’ll have 24 hours to program a solution.

The winner(s) will get the glory of winning the MonBUG summer hackathon, an opportunity to advance science and a MonBUG t-shirt.

The last 2 years were tremendous fun, and the organization was stellar. We had huge outdoor tents, so I’m hoping the 2018 edition will be as successful.

Sponsor

Exceptionally this year, free tickets for the StartupFest itself were provided by both the organizers of the StartupFest and our sponsor, the local bioinformatics startup, Streamline Genomics (http://www.streamlinegenomics.com/).