Swiss Re Bluemix Hackathon (SAT, JAN 30, 2016 AT 9:00 AM)

SAT, JAN 30, 2016 AT 9:00 AM

Swiss Re Bluemix Hackathon

Workbench Projects, Bengaluru, India

Swiss Re is joining forces with technology leader IBM to co-host a worldwide hackathon event. The event will take place in two major hubs, New York City and Bangalore. Talented designers and developers who have a passion for developing user based apps, data science, and cognitive technology are all invited to participate and compete for a grand prize money for the 1st place INR 300,000! , 2nd place INR 200,000 and 3rd place INR 100,000

The challenge: Teams of up to 5 persons will have a total of 48 hours to develop a new web or mobile app, centered on the theme "My Personal Risk Advisor"

The event will take place at Work Bench Projects in Bangalore on January 30th and 31st.  

Sign up for this amazing opportunity now http://swissrehackathon.mybluemix.net/

Registration closes January 20th 2016. More details http://www.swissre.com/events/asiahackathon.html

Swiss Re's reputation as a leader in the insurance industry is not by chance.  As a company, we are passionate about attracting and developing talent, and sparking innovation throughout the industry.  We strongly believe in the power of innovation and are continually working to promote this culture within our company.    

As a result, Swiss Re is joining forces with technology leader IBM to co-host a worldwide hackathon event! The event will take place in two major hubs, New York City and Bangalore. Talented designers and developers who have a passion for developing user based apps, data science, and cognitive technology are all invited to participate and compete for a grand prize money for the 1st place INR 300,000! , 2nd place INR 200,000 and 3rd place INR 100,000

The challenge: Teams of up to 5 persons will have a total of 48 hours to develop a new web or mobile app, centered on the theme "My Personal Risk Advisor" (See "The Project" for more details) 

The catch: Hackers will have the opportunity to work with IBM's own cloud platform, IBM Bluemix, and apps developed must utilize at least one cognitive component available in Blue mix.
The event will take place at Work Bench Projects in Bangalore on January 30th and 31st.  Sign up for this amazing opportunity now! Registration closes January 20th 2016.

IBM Bluemix is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) developed by IBM. It supports several programming languages and services as well as integrated DevOps to build, run, deploy and manage applications on the cloud. Bluemix is based on Cloud Foundry open technology and runs on SoftLayer infrastructure.

Apps developed by hackathon participants must utilize at least one cognitive component available in Blue mix.

IBM will offer a free virtual training session on bluemix prior to the event. Please consider attending!

Pre-Hackathon Session – For Bangalore

Monday January 25th 2016
Location: Virtual
Hosted via IBM WebEx
6:30pm to 8:00pm

All developers, designers and entrepreneurs are invited to join the session.

1. Health

1. Mortality

1. Mental health

1. Crime

1. Home

1. Family

1. Identity

1. Retirement  

1. Toys (e.g. cars, boats, motorcycles etc.)

1. Wallet (financial security)

1. Building(s) or location

1. Merchandise or services

1. Business profits

1. Employees

1. Supply chain

1. Data

1. Financial wallet

1. Fleet /vehicles

1. Cyber network

1. Intellectual property

1. Natural disasters

Hacker participants will be given a common project theme to guide the app design and development over the weekend. Projects will be judged based on a common judging criteria. (For judging criteria please see "Hackathon Rules")

The theme for the app is "My personal risk advisor." It must incorporate at least one cognitive component in the IBM Bluemix suite and should be a working app. The purpose of the app is to enable individuals or small business owners to assess their total risk and learn about various product offerings. Teams have the flexibility to decide which portions of the app they will develop most in depth to present to the judging panel.

Certain data sources will be made available for participants in the following key risk categories:

My Personal Risk Advisor: (Individual)

1. Health
2. Mortality
3. Mental health
4. Crime
5. Home
6. Family
7. Identity
8. Retirement  
9. Toys (e.g. cars, boats, motorcycles etc.)
10. Wallet (financial security)

My Personal Risk Advisor: (Small Business)

1. Building(s) or location
2. Merchandise or services
3. Business profits
4. Employees
5. Supply chain
6. Data
7. Financial wallet
8. Fleet /vehicles
9. Cyber network
10. Intellectual property
11. Natural disasters

Participants can choose to solely focus on the above categories and related data sources, but are also welcome to use their own creativity and sources to supplement or redefine the categories.

Additional details about the project will be communicated during the Bluemix webinar and opening presentation.

Note: Ownership of the apps developed will remain with the development teams.

HACKATHON SCHEDULE: SATURDAY JANUARY 30TH

8:30 a.m.	Doors Open, Registration
9:30 a.m.	Opening Presentations
10:30 a.m.	Design Thinking
11:00 a.m.	Coding Begins!
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Swiss Re "Expert" Office Hours
3:00 p.m.	IBM Expert Office Hours
6:00 p.m.	Evening snack
8:00 p.m.	Dinner
	Coding to continue all night!

HACKATHON SCHEDULE: SUNDAY JANUARY 31ST

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Last minute touch-ups
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Round 1 Judging Begins
2:30 p.m.	Round 2 Judging Begins
5:30 p.m.	Awards!
6:00 p.m.	Close

GENERAL RULES

All code must be developed fresh at the hackathon (you are allowed to use existing tools and libraries) At least one IBM Bluemix service must be used Participants would be required to carry their own laptop Designing "on paper" and researching data sources can begin prior to the event Registration must be completed by at least one individual or more members of the team Teams can have a maximum of 5 people The demo must consist of a working application (sorry, power point is not allowed) A participation agreement must be signed prior to participating The Intellectual Property of the app is owned by the development team Judging points will be awarded based on the listed criteria.

JUDGING CRITERIA

THEME CRITERIA DESCRIPTION SCORE RANGE Basic Criteria Bluemix App has leveraged Bluemix technology as required 0 or 10 Functioning App is functioning with at least a basic user flow 0 or 10 Theme App is relevant to the My Risk Advisor theme 0 or 10 Idea and Use Case Creativity How creative is the idea behind the app? 1-10 Viability How relevant is the apps use to solve the problem? 1-10 Cognitiveness How creative was the use of the Watson /cognitive component? 1-10 Experience Intuitiveness Is the overall user experience intuitive?  Does the flow make sense? 1-10 Value How quickly does the app's value become apparent upon initial use? Would it require documentation to understand? 1-10 Implementation Feasibility Does it actually work? Could this app scale to multiple users? 1-10 Uniqueness How well does the app leverage mashup a variety of Bluexmix or external services and APIs? 1-10

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS

Participants must have an educational background in computer or data science.  It's also advised that participants have experience working as a technical designer or developer. Participation is limited to the first 100 qualified registered participants.  Sign up now! Registration closes January 20th.  The Bangalore Hackathon will take place on January 30th and 31st at Work Bench Projects. The facility will be overnight till Sunday 31st January 2016. Developers can choose to code overnight, there will arrangement made for people to take rest in the facility in case they choose to do so. Judging will begin on Sunday at 1pm. Winners will be awarded by 6pm on Sunday.  Throughout the event, participants will have the opportunity to work alongside world class developers, mingle with Swiss Re and IBM employees, learn about the use of IBM Bluemix and present their app to company executives. If the hacking experience alone is not enough, we are pleased to offer the following additional prizes to the winning teams:  First Prize for the Winning Team INR 300,000 Prize Money (per team) An opportunity to present the app to the Swiss Re Shared Services Bangalore Management team An interview for a Swiss Re job or internship An extended  IBM Bluemix License Your photo on the Swiss Re /IBM event site! Second Prize for the Winning Team INR 200,000 Prize Money (per team) An interview for a Swiss Re job or internship An extended IBM Bluemix License The following attachment contains additional prize details. Third Prize for the Winning Team INR 100,000 Prize Money (per team)

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