This week, from Tuesday 24 to Friday 27 October, the IV edition of #hack4edu, organised by ProFuturo and the Pontifical University of Salamanca, with the collaboration of Telefónica Chairs. This international hackathon, which has become a beacon of innovation focused on addressing technological challenges related to digital education in vulnerable environments, has brought together more than 415 students from 8 countries and 16 universities in Latin America in recent years.But this year, these figures predict a resounding success: the 4th annual #hack4edu will break all records, with 29 universities taking part, more than 50 challenges submitted and some 400 student hackers.
We will tell you about the hackathon minute by minute. You can’t miss any detail!
This year, #hack4edu will focus on artificial intelligence, a powerful tool that has the potential to increase the impact and quality of education. How can we facilitate decision-making and teacher training? What methodologies should be used to analyse large volumes of data? What patterns of behaviour can we detect? How can we optimise investment and increase the effectiveness of educational interventions?
This approach marks a new direction in the commitment to address current-day challenges in digital education and provides a chance to transform the way we approach teaching and learning in vulnerable environments.
Event agenda
Tuesday 24 October
- 17:00h-17:30h*(CET): Opening event with the participation of institutional representatives
- 17:30h-18:00h: Motivational conference by Mr. Javier Carro, Product Manager at Telefónica Open Gateway. Title: “Two stories to understand Hack4Edu”.
- 18:15h-20:00h: Networking session with the presentation of the selected challenges and required profiles, the set-up and registration of the teams.
The entire opening day will be held in person in the Magna Classroom of UPSA and will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel.
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Wednesday 25 October
- 09:00h-20:00h*(CET): Working session of the team challenges in which volunteers carry out coaching.
The entire working day is held in person at the UPSA headquarters and online via Slack.
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Thursday 26 October
- 09:00h-20:00h*(CET): Working session of the team challenges in which volunteers carry out coaching. On this day, 2 of the best projects per local branch will be selected.
Friday 27 October
- 12:00h- 15:00h*(CET): Presentation of the projects to the international jury.
- 16:00h-20:00h*(CET): Presentation of the projects to the international jury.
- 20:00h-20:30h: Deliberation of the international jury and secret vote.
- 20-30h-21:00h: Awarding of prizes and closing of the hackathon.
The entire opening day will be held in person in the Magna Classroom of UPSA and will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel.
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How is the hackathon going to run?
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Prizes at the fourth #hack4edu
The following prizes have been established this year, although they may vary, depending on the skills assessment throughout the event:
- Innovative Category: The Telefónica University Chair (UPSA) will award three prizes: 1,000 euros for the best project, 700 euros for the runner-up and 500 euros for the third best project in the category.
- Senior Category: The Telefónica University Chair (UPSA) will award two prizes, each worth 1,000 euros, to the two outstanding projects in the category.
- Scholarship: The Pontifical University of Salamanca will present a prize consisting of two free enrolments on its Big Data course for experts.
- Publication: A new prize will be introduced this year: two research articles by each participating university will be published in the Springer journal. The theme will focus on the projects addressed at each venue and these articles will be presented in a journal format, with all the research by each university and an international scope. The presentation of these papers is scheduled for May 2024, at an event in hybrid format to be held at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
Important dates
Do you want to take part in this year’s event? Here are some important dates:
- Celebration of the hackathon:
From 24 to 27 October 2023.
- Awarding of hackathon prizes:
27 October 2023.
This year, for the first time, the Technological University of Toluca Valley in Mexico was the inaugural physical venue for our international hackathon launch event in Latin America. The above has opened up new opportunities in the region, with a large number of universities participating and setting records in terms of enrolments. The universities set to attend this year’s event include Deusto University, UNIR (Mexico), Fidel Velázquez Technological University (Mexico), Viseu Polytechnic Institute (Portugal), Pontifical Javierian University (Colombia), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Peru), Continental University (Peru), Technological University of Panama, Computational System Engineering Faculty (Regional Centre of Veraguas) (Panama), Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (Brazil), UNAERP São Paulo (Brazil), University of Business and Social Sciences (Argentina), Catholic University of Salta (Argentina), among other institutions.
Be part of this revolution!
Other hack4edu news:
- The 4th #hack4edu is coming:The international hackathon on digital education and Artificial Intelligence promoted by ProFuturo
- Presentation of the fourth hack4edu: the international hackathon on digital education and Artificial Intelligence
- ProFuturo invites you to improve education by proposing challenges with AI at #hack4edu
The moment is coming!
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