Northeastern University

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please use the following resources to build your products and for eligibility for global judging - https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical.

LOCAL AWARDS INFORMATION (Best Overall Solution and Most Social Impact):

Best Overall Solution - each judge will be scoring the below 5 categories with a 1-5 rating - the team with the largest cumulative score will win the award

Most Social Impact - each judge will score creativity with the following 2 attributes: degree of impact (the size of the problem), and degree of inspiration (will it support other's efforts) - both with a 1-5 rating. The team with the largest cumulative score will win the award

• Impact: How much impact (quality and quantity) can this project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem? Will it inspire or help many, or a few?
• Creativity: How creative/innovative is the approach? Is the project novel and something that hasn’t been attempted before, or is it an incremental improvement on something that already exists?
• Validity: Is the solution scientifically valid? Will it do what it sets out to do? Can it work in the real world?
• Relevance: Is this project responsive to the challenge for which it was submitted? Is it a complete solution or does it have a long way to go? Is it technically feasible? How usable or user friendly is the solution?
• Presentation:** How well did the team communicate their project? Were they effective in telling the story of the project: the challenge, the solution, and why it is important?

NASA’s 2019 International Space Apps Challenge – A Global Community

Space Apps is an international hackathon that occurs over 48 hours in cities around the world. Because of citizens like you, we continue to grow each year. If you haven't already, join us to share ideas and engage with open data to address real-world problems, on Earth and in space. Work alone or with a team to solve challenges that could help change the world.

The World Needs Your Ideas

Part of the Open Government Partnership, Space Apps is an annual event that pulls citizens together regardless of their background or skill level. Don't let the name fool you... it's not just about apps! Tackle a challenge using robotics, data visualization, hardware, design and many other specialties! Inspire each other while you learn and create using stories, code, design and, most of all, YOUR ideas. Show us your problem-solving skills and share your talents with the world!

Participant Registration at NEU is now open!

Anyone who is in the Master’s in Analytics is welcome to register. Due to location capacities, the first 80 people to sign-up will be able to attend. Charles will be following-up with the initial registrations three days prior to the event to re-confirm attendance. Please only sign-up if you can commit to the full hackathon timeline. See the sign-up link here: NASA Space Apps 2019 - Northeastern University Sign-Up Sheet.

Times

Saturday, Oct 19 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM:

- Curry Student Center #440 (Boston), Bainbridge (Seattle), Silicon Valley

Sunday, Oct 20 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM:

- SL 001, Snell Library (Boston), Bainbridge (Seattle), Silicon Valley

Two Day Hackathon Agenda

Day 1 (Saturday)

- 9:00 a.m. Registration

- 10:00 a.m. Schedule and logistics announcements

- 10:30 a.m. Subject Matter Expert briefing

- 11:00 a.m. Begin developing

- 12:30 p.m. Lunch break (BYOL)

- 1:30 p.m. Developing continued

- 4:30 p.m. Optional progress briefing, more developing

- 6:30 p.m. Dinner break (BYOD)

- 8:00 p.m. More developing

- 10:00 p.m. End of onsite developing

Day 2 (Sunday)

- 10:00 a.m. Logistics briefing & updates

- 10:15 a.m. Begin developing

- 12:00 p.m. Submission Deadline

- 12:00 p.m. Lunch break (BYOL)

- 1:30 p.m. Work on and Finalize Presentations

- 3:00 p.m. Local Judging, voting

- 4:00 p.m. Post-event social nearby

Learn more about the hackathon

https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/