IronHacks is a unique, 21-day, 4-stage hacking initiative for hackers who want to create impact through innovation. Participation is free, and you will receive feedback from experts and future app users. You will have the chance to learn from other hackers in the community, gain experience, and turn your ideas into something real!

1. Turning Open Data into Digital Innovations: Hacking with Social Impact
Prof. Sabine Brunswicker | Pooja Shevade | Priyank Jain | Jia Cheoh | Danny Sierra
October 2016
RESEARCHCENTER
Open Digital Innovation
RCODI PRESENTS
Purdue IronHack 2016 – Gold & Black IronHacks

2. § Introduction– About PurdueIronHacks

3. It is time to nurture the open
data movement at Purdue!
Let’s make open data actionable
and develop an app that solves
day-to-day challenges of
citizens in West Lafayette and
Lafayette.

4. INNOVATE WITH OPEN DATA: Create a novel,
cool, and performative mash-up embedded in a
website that helps users to solve their problem
OUTPERFORM OTHERS AND LEARN FROM
OTHERS: IronHacks is about competition but you
get also feedback and learn from others’ work
HACK VIRTUALLY BUT ALSO MEET PHYSICALLY: We
offer a training on open data, using the required
API, and learning about the programming tools
GAIN & FAME IN MULTIPLE WAYS: Improve your
score on the way, gain reputation, learn (GitHub,
JSSFIDDLE, etc.) and win a prize
PURDUE IRONHACK operates in 4 cycles for hackers: hack, breathe, learn, iterate, and win
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5. WHAT ARE THE IRONHACKS?NOT YOUR ORDINARY HACKATHON!
Traditional ‘Hackathons’ The Purdue IronHacks
36 hrs of high energy; less creativity 3 weeks high-energy hacking/3 iterations; time
for creativity
Code: proprietary, no sharing of code with
others
Code: open access, shared with others, can build
on others’ code.
Mentorship during the 36 hrs and feedback on
final solution.
3 iterations of feedback; hackers get valuable
user, technical, market, and expert feedback for
constant guidance.
Constant physical presence and interaction Virtual presence and communication; hackers
can work on problems when they wish
GOAL:
Facilitating Entrepreneurial Individuals to Turn Open Data into Digital
Innovations (Mash-Ups) that Create Value for Citizens!
PURDUEIRONHACKS

6. Purdue IronHacks come in two “colors”: Gold and Black
Gold IronHack Black IronHack
• A Hack in Classes CNIT 487 and CGT
513 at Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Challenge: Food location app
• Virtual hacking and virtual feedback
• In-class training & coding with RCODI
team
• Open Hack for Purdue students & citizen
hackers in West Lafayette/Lafayette.
• Challenge: Virus & Desease tracker.
• Virtual hacking and virtual feedback
during 4 the rounds.
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7. The hack subsumes aseries of hacking sprints; there are four cycles
Training
sessions
Hacking
Phase 1
Evaluation
phase 1
Hacking
Phase 2
Evaluation
phase 2
Hacking
Phase 3
Evaluation
phase 3
21 days
2 weeks
before
start
2 Days
3 Days 3 Days
2 Days
3 Days
2 Days
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard,
be creative
Work hard,
be creative,
compete
Check out
scores
Check out
scores
Wait…
Final winners
and awards
ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/
metrics
Complete the
post survey
Check
out
scores
Hacking
Phase 4
Evaluation
phase 4
3 Days
3 Days
Work hard,
final push!
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8. 3 Winners per Hack
• Best Solution ($500)
• Improvement Spirit ($250)
• Community Spirit ($150)
Prizes:
1) A Cool Analytics Internship with
IN-ISAC Security Operations Center
(SOC)
2) Internship opportunity with Socrata
3) Amazon Gift Card up to $500
4) Featured in Purdue Polytechnic
Magazine
5) Certificate
Technical
Experts &
Company Sponsors
DesignExperts
andDay-to-Day
Users
There are ‘real’ awards – just like in areal contest; our industry sponsors actively
participate in the hacks
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9. Best Solution ($500Amazon Gift Card):
The best solution was evaluated based on the submission we received in the
final round. 4 equally weighed criteria: Technology, User Requirements,
Usability, and Novelty applied. The highest aggregate score won.
Improvement Spirit ($250Amazon Gift Card):
Those who were among the top 25% in each of the three hacking phases
qualified for this award: Among those who met these criteria we ranked them
in terms of number of GitHub submissions with significant changes (changes
related to all categories).
Community Spirit ($150Amazon Gift Card):
Those who made the most valuable contributions to the discussion qualified
for this award (number of posts, number of other people that found that
comment useful, and expert judgment).
There are three winning categories
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10. 1. One dataset is Mandatory: Climate Data Online
2. The application uses at least one dataset from Data.gov or Open Indy Portal that
was released by the State of Indiana
3. The application should be written in JavaScript language
4. The website should integrate a mashup -- a web page or application created by
combining data or functionality from different sources
4. The code submission should be complemented with a README file: Keywords,
brief description, a unique identifier of the author, browser within which it was
tested
5.The application should use a visualization library (arbor.js, D3.Js, sigmajs, other
libraries)
Mandatory technological requirements make sure that we have a fair competition
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11. Technology: Is your application error free?
• Major Errors: prevent application from working properly
• Moderate errors: impede application from being fully functional
• Minor errors: that are cosmetic
User Requirements
• Does the app improve decisions of a user in West Lafayette / Lafayette?
• Does it present more decision alternatives?
Information Visualization
• System Affordance: Does the application offer recognizable elements and interactions that can be
understood by the user?
• Cognitive Workload: Is the number of alternatives from which the user can choose appropriate?
• Minimal Memory: Would a potential user have to memorize a lot of information to carry out the task?
Novelty
• Does the application combine different datasets in a novel way?
• Does the application move beyond standard visualizations?
Judging Criteria: Our experts assess the app in four dimensions based on validated
metrics
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12. 1. Submit at least one application at each of the 4 hacking phases
2. Discuss general questions on the IronHack forum only to increase the chances to qualify for
award category 3 (prevent communication about solutions with competitors face-to-face)
3. Do not work in teams as IronHack is an individual competition
4. It is about getting started: The code you submit in the first phase does NOT have to be a full
working application; it can be a non-interactive prototype (even an image)
5. You need to be the originator of the code (Be ethical) – otherwise you will be disqualified.
Follow the Purdue IronHack Honor Code!
6. To qualify for an award you have to fill in a short IronHack survey at the beginning and after
the hack as requested by NSF and Purdue (your data will remain anonymous)
Guidelines to help you toqualify for an award
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13. § Slide on platform
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14. We developed an automated system to support the evaluation process of our external
judges ( e.g. automatic random project selection to judges)
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15. § The Gold IronHack: A Hack in Classes at Purdue
Polytechnic

16. THE GOLDIRONHACK
The Gold IronHack is about finding healthy food; it is run in CNIT 487 and CGT513
“I want myvegetables to be cheap andfresh”
We’re all savvy consumers and need to know when to get the cheapest vegetables and
produce from local vendors. With the ever changing weather we need to know when we can
get the best and cheapest produce throughout the seasons.
Imagine you are trying to figure out when and where you can get the cheapest and best
local produce from local markets in Indianapolis or Chicago.
TASK:
• Develop a website with a mashup that combines local farmer’s markets data along with weather and
seasonal data.
• You are also encouraged to look at other types of market data such as Walmart, Pay-Less, Aldi,
Meijer, etc. to compare regular prices or somehow combine freshness and cheapness – think what
would be beneficial to the consumer!
• Examples of features: ‘freshness scale’, price, list of vendors, integration with Google Maps/Open
Maps, distance, comparison of prices etc.

17. The hacking processes were embedded in two classes in CNIT 487 and CGT513
Class
session
coding
Class
session
coding
Survey -
Hacking
phase 1
Evaluation
phase 1
Session
visualiz
ation
Hacking
phase 2
Evaluation
phase 2
Hacking
phase 3
Evaluation
phase 3
Sep 7
Sep 17-Sep
19, done by
8 pm
Sep
14(8.30am)
–Sep 16
submission
by Sep 16
at Midnight
Sep 20
(8.30am) –
Sep 22
Submission
by Sep 22 at
Midnight Sep 23-
25, done
by 8pm
Sep 26-
Sep28 ,
third
submission
by Sep 28.
Midnight Sep 29 –
Oct 1
done by
8pm
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard,
be creative
Work hard, be
creative,
compete
Check out
scores
Check out
scores
Wait…
Final winners and
awards ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/me
trics
Oct 12 in
class
Complete the
post survey
(before Oct 12)
Check out
scores
Hacking
phase 4
Evaluation
phase 4
Oct 2 –
Oct 4
submissio
n by Oct 4
at
midnight Oct 5 –
Oct 12
Work hard,
final push!
THE GOLDIRONHACK
21 days

18. Victor Chen
Computer Graphic
Technology
John A Springer
Computer
Information
Technology
We developed new educational content to support experimental learning and real-
world experiences
THE GOLDIRONHACK

19. Our materials were available on Github; just like in a real-world context
THE GOLDIRONHACK

20. We developed a Reddit style community platform to support community building
THE GOLDIRONHACK

21. The students in CGT and CNIThad tofind a solution for aproblem under time
constraints; like in a real-world setting
THE GOLDIRONHACK

22. THE GOLDIRONHACK
Improvement Spirit
Best Solution
Community Spirit
Miranda Lung
Benjamin Eichhorn
Ruimin Gao
Gold IronHack winners CNITand CGT from Polytechnic (Video)

24. § The Black IronHack: An open hack

25. Diseases and viruses are common in the U.S. media landscape and public mindset. Therefore, public awareness and knowledge tends to
be tainted by the media’s fear-filled reports. News about the Zika virus is a perfect example for that. The Black Iron Hack’s aim is to
support citizens from the state of Indiana, particularly in the Lafayette area, in making more informed decisions for travel inside the U.S.
by providing them with information about the current state, spread, and risk of a virus and disease - using open data with insights into
viruses in the U.S. (e.g. data from the Center for Chronic Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) and mapping virus presence with respects
to environment and travel conditions.
Your friends invite you to go on trip to Florida, but some say that they wouldn’t go because they’re afraid of getting infected by a virus
they heard on the news this morning. However, some other friends insist that "it depends on how you go there and where you go exactly"
and "nothing is going to happen to anyone!". Wouldn't it be great to have a Web App to explore the potential spread and risks of
contracting viruses and disease in the area you are planning to travel to? Indeed, there are so many factors that affect the risk of viral
infection such as the types of viruses, the number of people affected in the area, the geography and landscape of the area (mountains,
lakes, and plains, mosquitos transmitting it), social interaction intensity (e.g. because of high population density, high traffic), the way
you are planning to get to your destination, much more. If you had such an app, you could optimize your travel decisions based on
accurate data of potential risks.
TASK:
• Develop a website with a mashup that can help individuals make more informed decisions and better act upon the news they receive.
• The website should optimize the value for the consumer in evaluating her/his travel options relative to the virus presence and whether it
is safe.
• Examples of features: “safety scale”, risk scale, integration with Google Maps/Open Maps, type of land, type of environment, “impact
Scale”, etc..
THE BLACK IRONHACK:ANOPENHACK
The Black IronHack is about virus tracking; the challenge question requires creative
and integrative thinking
“VIRUS & DISEASE TRACKER:Trackdisease probabilitythroughmovementand
geography”

26. The hack was open for all students in campus
Training
session
and survey
Training
session &
Survey -
Hacking
phase 1
Evaluation
phase 1
Hacking
phase 2
Evaluation
phase 2
Hacking
phase 3
Evaluation
phase 3
Sep 14
Sep 24-Sep
26, done by 8
pm
Sep 21 –Sep
23 submission
by Sep 23 at
Midnight
Sep 27 –Sep 29
Submission by
Sep 29 at
Midnight
Sep 30-Oct 2,
done by 8pm
Oct 3 –Oct
5, third
submission
by Oct 5.
Midnight
Oct 6 – Oct 8
done by 8pm
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard,
be creative
Work hard, be
creative,
compete
Check out scores Check out
scores
Wait…
Final winners and
awards
ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/m
etrics
Oct 19 in
Matchbox
Complete the
post survey
(before Oct 19)
Check out
scores
Hacking
phase 4
Evaluation
phase 4
Oct 9 – Oct 11
submission
by Oct 11 at
midnight
Oct 12 – Oct 14
by 8pm
Work hard,
final push!
THE BLACK IRONHACK:ANOPENHACK
21 days

28. § Add screenshot of winning application here and also make it clickable so that they can look at the
winning application
Black IronHack winning aplication: click on it tosee.
THE BLACK IRONHACK:ANOPENHACK

29. § PurdueIronHacks 2017

30. PURDUEIRONHACKS 2017
In Spring 2017 wewill also run both a Gold and Black IronHack
Gold IronHackSpring 2017
(Feb21 to April 18)
Black IronHackSpring2017
(to be decided)
• A Hack in Classes CNIT 559 and TLI 581
in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute
• Challenge: not disclosed yet
• Virtual hacking and virtual feedback
• In-class training & coding with RCODI
team
• Open Hack for Purdue students & citizen
hackers in West Lafayette/Lafayette.
• Challenge: not disclosed yet
• Virtual hacking and virtual feedback
during 4 the rounds.

31. We will offer the Gold IronHack 2017 in CNIT 559 (Data Warehousing) & TECH 581 (Open
Data Mash-ups); the Black IronHack will run in parallel
Training
session
and
survey
Training
session &
Survey -
Hacking
phase 1
Evaluation
phase 1
Hacking
phase 2
Evaluation
phase 2
Hacking
phase 3
Evaluation
phase 3
21 days
March 24 –
March 26,
done by 8 pm
March 21st
(8.30am) –
March 23
submission
by
March23rd
at Midnight
March 27
(8.30am) –
March 29
Submission by
March 29 at
Midnight March 30
– April 1,
done by
8pm
April 2 – April
4, third
submission
by April 4.
Midnight
April 5 –
April 7
done by
8pm
Work hard, be
creative
Work hard,
be creative
Work hard, be
creative,
compete
Check out scores Check out scores
Wait…
Final winners and
awards
ceremony!
Developer
Expert &
customer
panel
The IRONHACK
PHASES
Milestones/m
etrics
April 18th
in class
Complete the
post survey
(before April
18th)
Check out
scores
Hacking
phase 4
Evaluation
phase 4
April 8 –
April 10
submission
by April 10
at midnight
April 11 –
April 13 by
8pm
Work hard,
final push!
Feb 21 / 2017 April 18 / 2017
PURDUEIRONHACKS 2017

32. Luncheon foran information session in November to hold Gold & Black IronHacks
next spring
Gold IronHack
Black IronHack
2017
PURDUEIRONHACKS 2017

33. TEAM IRONHACK
Behind the scenes of Gold & Black IronHack team

34. CONTACT
Prof. Sabine Brunswicker
Research Center for Open Digital Innovation
Discovery Park, DLRC Room 492
Purdue University
Email: sbrunswi@purdue.edu
Skype: spark-1122
RCODI team:
opendigital@purdue.edu
CONGRATULATIONS!
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