July - Summer Hackathon¶
Event Details
Date/Time:
Friday, July 12th to Saturday, July 13th, 2019
Location:
Location: Parc Jean-Drapeau (StartupFest HackerFest)
Our annual hackathon will take place this Friday from July 12th to July 13th at the park Jean-Drapeau during the StartupFest’s HackerFest.
You’ll have just under 24 hours to use machine learning techniques to solve a molecular biology problem. Winners will get the glory of winning the annual MonBUG hackathon, a t-shirt (medium size only), and an opportunity to advance scientific knowledge.
This is our fourth year participating in the HackerFest. We had great fun the last years. The organization was always stellar, with spectacular locations. The event should take place in outdoor tents, with all services provided.
Results¶
Congratulations to all the participants of the hackathon! This year, the participants had to use machine learning techniques to predict the gestational age based on a dataset of blood transcriptomics from pregnant mothers. This challenge was taken from a worldwide competition organized by the Dream Challenges: https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn18380862/wiki/590485
Jules Lambert and Matthew Salaciak came up with the best solutions, being able to predict within an error margin of 6 weeks the gestational age. This puts them among the top 10 competitors for the world wide challenge, an impressive result in just 24 hours.
Thanks to everyone who participated, who helped organize, and to the StartupFest for inviting us to their HackerFest!
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