Azurenaut Weekend @ NUS Hackathon
Day 1:
Date & Time: Friday, January 13, 2017 (18:00 – 22:00)
Venue: The Hangar, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613
Day 2:
Date & Time: Saturday, January 14, 2017 (08:00 – 19:00)
Venue: Microsoft Singapore, Level 21, Auditorium, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989
Register Now!
Registration & Swags are on a first come first serve basis
Be one of the first few Azurenauts from NUS & Join us for a fun-filled 2-day hackathon on Microsoft Azure.
Form a team of up to two other friends for this hackathon. There will be workshops to help you get started with Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, Microsoft Bot Framework as well as Microsoft Blockchain as a Service (BaaS). Also, there will be AWESOME FOOD, SWAGS (worth over $100) and of course, PRIZES (worth over $1700) to be won!
Eligibility Criteria:
Student at a tertiary institution as at 13th January 2017
Recommended age of 18 and above
Proof of identity (Institution Matriculation Card) will be checked on the 14th of January
| The Workshop Friday, January 13, 2017 (18:00 – 22:00) |
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| 18:00 – 19:00 | Registration |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) & Machine Learning Justin Garrett, Group Manager, Student Developer Evangelism, Microsoft |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Microsoft Bot Framework & Cognitive Services Alyssa Ong, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft APAC |
| 21:30 – 22:00 | Announcement of challenges & prizes |
| The Hackathon Saturday, January 14, 2017 (08:00 – 19:00) |
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| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Announcement & team forming |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Quickstart: Microsoft Azure Justin Garrett, Group Manager, Student Developer Evangelism, Microsoft |
| 10:00 – 16:00 | Hackathon |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Microsoft Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) Ujjwal Kumar, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Singapore |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | After party |
| 16:30 – 18:30 | Presentations & judging |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Award ceremony |
Meet the Speakers
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| Justin Garrett Group Manager, Student Developer Evangelism, Microsoft |
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| Justin Garrett is Group Manager in Academic Evangelism at Microsoft. He works closely with Microsoft engineering teams, planning and advocating for what academic communities need most from our products like Azure and Visual Studio. He also leads the Microsoft Imagine (formerly DreamSpark) and Microsoft Student Partners programs worldwide. Justin’s career in Microsoft spans WW Data Systems, Windows, Bing, and Internet Explorer…the latter in championing open web standards (when it’s wasn’t very popular in Microsoft to do so!) and contributing to open source JavaScript projects like VorlonJS and ManifoldJS. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching his son’s soccer team and is an avid mountaineer. | |
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| Alyssa Ong Technical Evangelist, Microsoft APAC |
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| Featured in VentureBeat as one of the 100 people to watch in the chat bot space, Alyssa has been working with bots since the early days of Microsoft Bot Framework’s release, and has published multiple bots publicly since. An all-round bot nerd, she is an active member of the Chatbots News community and loves discussing bots with others. | |
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| Ujjwal Kumar Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Singapore |
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| Ujjwal Kumar is a Senior Technical Evangelist where he assists partners, startups and enterprises to adopt the latest technology platforms. With over 13 years of industry experience, he has extensively worked on C++, C#, Microsoft Azure, Windows Internals, Robotics Studio and game development. An avid technologist, Ujiwal is a prominent speaker and the co-founder of the IoT community and India Gamers Community. | |
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Registration & Swags are on a first come first serve basis
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