2018 purdue unal IronHacks 2018_hack challenge_final

1. Announcement of task, rules, and prizes
Dr. Sabine Brunswicker | Elizabeth Thompson | Marlen Promann | Jesus Enrique Aldana
Sigoña | Jia Lin Cheoh | Alejandro Díaz Vecchio
May 7, 2018
Research Center of
Open Digital Innovation (RCODI)
UNAL IronHacks Spring 2018 Launch of Competition

2. § Task: Let’s get started
§ Rules, timeline, and submission
§ Prizes and awards
§ Contact
Content

3. § Hacking Task

4. HACKING TASK
IronHacks: Not your ordinary hackathon
Traditional ‘Hackathons’ The Purdue IronHacks
36 hrs of high energy; less creativity
~ 1 month: 5x high-energy hacking + time for
creativity
Proprietary code: no sharing with others Open access: shared and can build on others’ code
Mentorship during the 36 hrs;
Feedback on final solution
5 iterations: hackers get valuable technical, market,
and user feedback from experts; constant guidance
Constant physical presence and interaction
Virtual presence and communication;
hackers can work on problems when they wish
GOAL:
Facilitate entrepreneurial individuals to turn open data into digital
innovations (mash-ups) that create value for citizens.

5. “Find me a safe and affordable district to rent near NYU Stern School of Business, NYC”
The user scenario: Imagine you are living in New York City (NY) as a new student at NYU Stern School of
Business and you want help others that have no knowledge about the city to find an area to live that is
safe, affordable and close to the university
HACKING TASK
The task: develop a mashup to help a student find a safe and affordable place to live in
new york city (1/2)
Your task
• Develop a mashup that integrates, analyses and interactively displays open data in
order to support new students to evaluate and rank the 59 habitable districts in New
York City (in total there are the 71 districts but only 59 are habitable districts and 12
green areas; see details on these districts and the classification in New York’s 5
boroughs.
• Your mash-up should allow the new students to rank and compare the various districts
using a diverse set of decision parameters (colloquially also called metrics). Your app
should allow students to find the top 10 districts in New York City based single
parameters ranking and and the top 3 districts based on average of the three following
parameters:
1) Safety
2) Distance to NYU Stern School of Business (Note: the distance must be from the
center of the district to NYU Stern School of Business).
3) Affordability (Note: affordability levels are based on average income).

6. THE TASK: DEVELOP A MASHUP TO HELP A STUDENT FIND A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (2/2)
Remember that this task of a mashup design relates to three equally important sub-tasks:
TECHNOLOGY
• Develop a usable and
technologically sound app
• Reduce software errors
and create a great
software structure
• Meet technical
requirements
ANALYTICS
• Create exportable tables
that allow the user to rank
the districts using numeric
presentations of decision
parameters
• Use mandatory
parameters (Single and
joint parameter ranking)
• Be unique and create
additional parameters
INFORMATION
VISUALIZATION
Allow the user to visually rank
and compare the districts
using
• Charts (static and/or
interactive)
• an interactive map (using
the Google API)
HACKING TASK

7. Mandatory technological requirements make sure that we have a fair competition
There are a few requirements that you need to meet for each sub-task and dimension:
Technological requirements:
1. The website integrates a mash-up, a web page that combines data and functionalities
from different sources in an interactive way.
2. We expect your web based mash-up to contain three components: (1) exportable tables
with numeric presentation of decision parameters, (2) maps, and (3) charts
3. If the application uses standard libraries they must be a part of the eligible list of
libraries (check eligible datasets on www.ironhacks.com/task). We want this to be a fair
competition.
4. Your submission should come with a Readme file (see template of a Readme file).
5. The readme file contains the following content: Keywords, brief description, a unique
identifier of the author, link to dataset used (plus description) (see guidelines
6. The application is written in JavaScript language.
7. Your app should be a single page website with a navigation bar.
HACKING TASK

8. Mandatory technological requirements make sure that we have a fair competition
Analytical requirements:
1. Your app uses the 3 mandatory decision parameters available in the 4 mandatory
dataset
2. Use at least 2 additional datasets from our curated list (look at the eligible list of
datasets on www.ironhacks.com/task) in addition to the 4 mandatory datasets.
3. Your app correctly extracts all 59 districts, represents the districts in a table
4. Your correctly groups the 59 districts into the 5 boroughs in New York City, NY
5. The app gives users access to a table that ranks the districts with respect to the 3
minimum parameters (safety, affordability, distance)
6. Your app allows the users to export and download the table(s) (in .csv format).
Visualization requirements
1. The application uses D3.js to create maps and charts.
2. Map requirements: Your app shows the border of all the 59 districts on Google map
3. Your app should not have Pictures.
4. Map: Your app includes a Google map (using the google API) with a geo-spatial starting
position of NYU Stern (40.7291° N, 73.9965° W).
HACKING TASK

9. TECHNOLOGY
• Has a low number of
errors (relative to the
size of the app)
• Meets minimum
technical
requirements
• Maintainable code
structure
ANALYTICS
• Analytical
performance:
Correctly extracts the
metrics need to solve
the analytical
requirements
• Extract and create
additional metrics
INFORMATION
VISUALIZATION
• Affords recognizable
interactions
• Displays metrics in
interactive maps
• Visualizes metrics in
multi-dimensional
charts
We use a rigorous methodology to score the three dimensions; the performance on
does not influence to other one so you can focus your effort
Performance Evaluation
HACKING TASK

10. § Rules, Timeline, and Submission

11. 1. Rule #1: Commit at least 1 new version of your app via our social coding platform in each of the 5 coding phases. A
commit implies significant amount of value-adding code, that is, code that aims to fulfill the task specified above.
Empty or non-sense commits are not eligible.
2. Rule #2: Do not work in teams as IronHacks is an individual competition.
3. Rule #3: During the contest, follow the Purdue honor code: minimum of 50% of your code needs to be your own.
Official libraries are not considered when verifying your adherence to this rule. You are asked to provide official credits
to other sources when submitting your final app in each round. (Note: we have algorithms checking for your adherence
to this rule).
4. Rule #4: All general discussions should take place via the discussion forum on www.Ironhacks.Com. You are not allowed
to discuss your submissions with others outside of this forum. You have access to your results
(www.Ironhacks.Com/results). Your personal dashboard contains confidential information. Do NOT share this.
5. Rule #5: To qualify for an award you must have completed the pre- and post-hack surveys. Furthermore, you are asked
to fill in some important information related to your app when making the final commit in a phase (final submission for
grading). If you do not provide that information, we will not consider your submission.
6. Rule #6: IronHacks follows the concept of openness. We will not own your code. By participating in IronHacks you
acknowledge that your software can be used by others for non-commercial purposes as long as they acknowledge it.
We will use the creative commons license.
There are 6 important rules
RULES, TIMELINE AND SUBMISSION

12. The hack starts on May 7, 2018 at 10 AM
Training Schedule
Hacking Timeline
•Groups: A&B –
April 23 – 4pm
to 6pm
•Groups: C April
24 – 4pm to
6pm
Training
Session I
•Groups: A&B –
April 25 – 4pm
to 6pm
•Groups: C April
26 – 4pm to
6pm
Training
Session II
•Groups: A&B –
April 30 – 4pm to
6pm
•Groups: C May 1
– 4pm to 6pm
Training
Session III
•Groups: A&B –
May 2 – 4pm to
6pm
•Groups: C May 3
– 4pm to 6pm
Training
Session IV
RULES, TIMELINE AND SUBMISSION

13. Remember those submission deadlines!!!
Phase Submission Deadline
Phase 1 May 9, 2018 11:59 pm EST
Phase 2 May 14, 2018 11:59 pm EST
Phase 3 May 19, 2018 11:59 pm EST
Phase 4 May 24, 2018 11:59 pm EST
Phase 5 May 29, 2018 11:50 pm EST
RULES, TIMELINE AND SUBMISSION

14. Do not forget to use the social coding platform!
• Work here!
• Do not work locally
• Save often
• Commit often
• Make your finel commit here

15. § Prizes and Awards

16. There are multiple levels for monetary prizes; one is the top 3 award that awards the
top 3 mashups based on the average rank in all 5 phases
All three performance dimensions will be considered.
Best Solution (first place) will receive $200
USD
Runner up (second place) will receive $120
USD
Third place will receive $80 USD
PRIZES AND AWARDS

17. Winning spirit awards; if you do not make it to the top 3, do not worry. There is a
winning spirit award.
• Depending on your relative standing in your hacking group, we offer additional financial
incentives; Again, we will award according to your average performance over the 5 stages of hack
Leading group with highest winning spirit: If you are among 25 % (Between
75 percentile and 100 percentile), you receive $40 USD
Follower group with high winning spirit: If you are among the top 50 % but
not the top 25 % (Between 50 percentile and 75 percentile) you receive $35
USD
Follower group with moderate winning spirit: If you are in the better than the
worst 25 % (Between 25 percentile and 50 percentile), you receive $25 USD
Laggards with no winning spirit: If you are in the lowest quartile (0 to
lower 25 percentile), there will be no financial reward L
0 to 25
percentile
25 to 50
percentile
50 to 75
percentile
75 to 100
percentile
PRIZES AND AWARDS

18. We are all bout community spirit; also offer an community spirit award.
Community spirit award
• If you make truly valuable contributions on
www.ironhacks.com, we will recognize this.
• The hacker who makes the most valuable
contributions to the discussion is eligible for this
award (number of posts, number of people that
found the comment useful, and expert
judgment).
• The prize is $25 USD (it will be rewarded as
Amazon Gift Card).
• This award can be earned in addition to the Top
3 and winning spirit award.
PRIZES AND AWARDS

19. There are numerous additional awards and incentives; it is time to get moving
Internship
Possibilities
IronHacks
Certificate
Amazon
Giftcards
Class Credit
Public
rankings
www.ironhacks.com
PRIZES AND AWARDS

20. § Questions?
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21. Dr. Sabine
Brunswicker
Elizabeth
Thompson
Jia Lin Cheoh
IRONHACKS TEAM
If you have questions, post on the forum on www.ironhacks.com
Jesus Enrique
Aldana Sigona
Alejandro Díaz
Vecchio
Marlen Promann