The Faculty of Computer Science and the Student Council invite you to do good and be part of the biggest and most significant event of the year!
This year's CS Hackathon Doing Good will focus on the topic of "Truth in the Digital Space" - dealing with fake news and disinformation and will take place on Thursday-Friday, May 8-9 at Taub.
140 students embarked on a programming marathon with the aim of developing innovative solutions that will help deal with these challenges and contribute to our social and democratic resilience
30 hours of teamwork, gaining experience, mentoring from first-class mentors, tons of treats and of course financial prizes for the winners.
You are invited to take part and influence the most significant challenge in recent years that threatens public trust and social cohesion. This challenge is already being felt in reality, as you can see here.
Mandatory meetings:
April 27 at 5:30 PM – Pre-Hackathon meeting at the Piano Auditorium in Taub.
• Preparatory meeting: Presentation of the rules of the game and Q&A
• Lecture: Introduction to Disinformation – hosted by Idan Ring and Nitzan Yasur, Israeli Internet Association
Hackathon registration – now open!
https://www.cshack-technion.com/registration
Registration in groups of 3-5 participants | Registration must be made as a group and not as individuals | The number of places is limited. Participation confirmations will be sent by 4/22/2025
Not sure how to get started? We've got you covered:
Looking for an idea? You can get ideas from the list of challenges on the website:
https://www.cshack-technion.com/challenges
Don't have experience? Let's accumulate it together - especially for you we have created short technology workshops that will give you practical tools for Web, AI and NLP development.
https://www.cshack-technion.com/courses
Looking for partners/a group to join? You are welcome to introduce yourself and get to know the dedicated group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BQbSr5jX1fhDo6Zj1mzVJ5
Questions? Talk to us! cshackathon@cs.technion.ac.il
Good luck to everyone,
Cs hack doing good team
