TASKS
When joining HackYeah you can deal with any task you want. This might seem a little hard, but it gives you the opportunity to work on the idea in your area of expertise.
You can work on one or multiple tasks and you can be a member of one or several teams at once!
What’s more, you do not need to decide what task you’re working on before the hackathon.
There are two kinds of tasks: MAIN and PARTNERS TASKS.
MAIN TASKS
Main tasks consist of three OPEN categories, which means you only get the topic and it’s totally up to you in which direction you’ll develop your project. We don’t give any guidelines or one particular technology, however, there will be mentors for each of those categories who can help you with some ideas.
The open categories for 2019 are:
- COMMUNICATION
- ENVIRONMENT
- SECURITY
We do not ask for the rights to the solutions from Main Tasks.
PARTNERS TASKS
The HackYeah Partners always prepare various special tasks based on their current needs – whether open or one-solution tasks. Working on them is a superb opportunity for you and a huge step in your career.
Make sure to check each tasks terms as they will specify what is needed to successfully complete a challenge.
PARTNERS TASKS:
I announcement – 5th July 2019
II announcement – 5th August 2019
III announcement – 5th September 2019
MAIN TASKS
[COMMUNICATION]
How to make connections and stay in touch no matter where you are and no matter what language you speak? Have you ever thought about a way to enable people to understand each other? Could you make a great game helping to learn foreign languages? How to fight fake news? Can you shorten the time of transmitting data?
We’re looking for solutions in the areas of news, social media, supplying information, overcoming obstacles and barriers, network, communities and more! Embrace your ideas in this category and feel the power of COMMUNICATION.
Take part in HackYeah: sleep, eat, code and repeat, bringing better solutions.
[ENVIRONMENT]
Let’s care for the ENVIRONMENT together. People on Earth do a lot of harm to our planet, animals, and nature. The world is changing, when we think about the future, the number one priority must be to protect the climate. It’s important to try to take some responsibility for the world and the environment we live in.
You’re the boss! Join HackYeah and do some good for us all.
Every smartphone can be used to learn more about how to recycle efficiently and how to make small lifestyle changes. Can you create an app that makes people more eco-friendly? Can AI save humankind and the planet? Think about green solutions, think about smart cities, think about the future and do your best using your both skills and IT knowledge.
[SECURITY]
SECURITY – what does it mean to you? All parents worry about their kids. Could you help them rest assured when their children are away?
This is just a hint, there are so many options.
You don’t know where the road goes but your brand new application could make every trip safer and well planned. Moreover, the right to privacy is one of the hottest topics nowadays. If cybersecurity is your thing, take up this challenge. Privacy, safety, insurance, safekeeping it’s all a part of this category. Technology, creativity and your skills can create new tools and better solutions. Is there a way to keep safe in danger? SECURITY means something different to everybody. Do you have some ideas?
Let’s go, let’s HackYeah!
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
PARTNERS' TASKS
[GovTech - Water Challenge]
We invite environmentalists, engineers, programmers, activists, lawyers and all willing citizens full of ideas to take up the water challenge! We will deal with issues related to sustainable development, water engineering, pollution and social responsibility. During HackYeah there will be 3 categories related to water waiting for you, so everyone will find something for themselves!
PRIOR REGISTRATION REQUIRED – DDL 30.08. – LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE
TOTAL PRIZE:
80 000 PLN
[PKN Orlen - ORLEN Mobile – First Aid module]
PKN ORLEN provides its customers with the ORLEN Mobile application, which makes it possible for the users i.a. to search for filling stations, use discount coupons, as well as pay for fuel with a smartphone directly at the distributor. As part of the development of this application, it is planned to create an independent module aimed at supporting drivers in first aid, for example in the case of collisions and road accidents, as a further element of the company’s activity in the area of road traffic safety. The aim of the task is to create an intuitive interactive application for people who are on the scene of an accident and want to give first aid. The solution should be available on smartphones and one of the PKN ORLEN’s internal websites. More details to follow soon.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[Polish Armed Forces - Capture The Flag!]
Do you want to check yourself in space of Cybersecurity? After the phenomenal last year’s participation of the army, you will find us at HackYeah again! This year we have prepared new CTF challenge!
- Web Applications
- Binary Exploitation
- Reverse Engineering
- Investigative Computer Science
- Steganography
- Cryptography
- 1st place – 15 000 PLN
- 2nd place – 10 000 PLN
- 3rd place – 5 000 PLN
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
30 000 PLN
[PKN Orlen - Internal employee communication using a chatbot.]
In a large enterprise employees often look for specific information in various categories. Some of that information is publicly available and can be found e.g. on the Intranet, while some of it require contact with particular employees. Such situations relate to e.g. information from the HR area on the person concerned. In addition to providing access to data available in the HR systems, there is also a need to provide the employee with additional explanation which is done by particular HR employees. The aim of the task is to propose a chatbot solution which would support the HR employees in providing additional information, i.a. based on a defined and constantly developed database of questions, continuous self-learning of the chatbot, search of available data and documents, etc. In addition to answering the questions, chatbot’s activities should also include pointing to particular locations on the network, where the employee can find the information of their interest, as well as providing with specific data files generated exclusively for them. The solution should be available on computers and smartphones. More details to follow soon.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[PKN Orlen - IT Security – workstation & OT server hardening verification (task 1) or assessing the level of cybersecurity (task 2) – choose one.]
Task 1
The solution should collect data about automation server and workstation configuration, compare the collected configuration with the predefined model configuration and on this basis prepare a report. Data collection (i.a. audit policies, users, network interfaces, disk space, OS patches, AV, installed applications, launched websites) should be initiated manually and the results should be available in a legible form, e.g. in tabular form. The model configuration should be entered into the solution manually and stored in it under unique names. The solution must enable comparison of the collected configuration with the predefined model configuration and generate the report in a clear form. If the part relating to the model configuration is not provided, the report should contain the appropriate information. More details to follow soon.
Task 2
The solution should generate a report concerning the level of cybersecurity based on the information provided, broken down by particular areas e.g. network area, workstation and server area, procedural area, automation application area. The solution should enable saving entered answers and saving reports along with the information about who and when entered the answer / generated the report.
Assessing the level of cybersecurity should be based on a developed methodology, whose parameters should be configurable in the solution. More details to follow soon.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[Bosch Rexroth - WE MOVE. YOU WIN.]
The algorithm and implementation of the adjustment of the servo drives position using real time image processing so called optical feedback.
The goal of the task is to use the available tools and libraries for image processing and Bosch Rexroth servo drive control for precise positioning of the shaft at a given position using the real time camera image.
In order to recognize the image frames, their unblurring, and at the same time accurately determine the position of the servo drive, a number of different techniques can be used, among others opencv or artificial neural network.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[Totalizator Sportowy - Enter the world of entertainment]
Totalizator Sportowy – the owner of the LOTTO brand invites you to design a new interactive tool. The world of lotteries absorbs more and more solutions from the area of new technologies. It is important to achieve synergy between many communication channels and to build multidimensional tools to broaden the horizons of entertainment. We are looking for the solutions which will allow us to confirm the age and identity of players based on internet and biometric data, used in both on-line and land-based sales channels.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
25 000 PLN
[ARP - Mobile application for managers with biometric verification]
Once using IT tools for effective management it is necessary to provide the user with freedom of choice of time and place of the tool usage. The task is to create a functional application for managers, improving the decision-making process. The idea of our task is to provide secure and fully mobile workflow access without the need to set up a VPN.
In today’s world threats in cyberspace can cause unimaginable damage, therefore the application should have an advanced biometric verification module using artificial intelligence (fingerprint, face recognition). This module’s function would be to authenticate the user, allow them to use the app no matter what device they currently use, upload and update certificates.
The application should also include an AI module that analyzes the content of the question inputted by the user and creates possible answers on its basis, without the need to enter them manually. Then the answers should be collected and aggregated. The user should have access to the desktop, where he will be able to check current and historical processes.
The last element of the application is the creation of a bot, consisting of automated downloading and transfer of data from and to source systems.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
[EXATEL - Data categorizing software]
Amount of available data increases every day. Finding useful information – information we can work with – is possible, but quite tedious and difficult without spending lots of resources.
Can you write the software which, given a lot of uncategorized data (say – tweets, blog posts, application logs, pcaps), groups them by the similarity of the discussed topic?
The goal is that certain groups can be ignored as uninteresting and other browsed manually. Could you score and sort the information in a useful way?
If you’ve considered trying your skills with unsupervised machine learning, this challenge is for you!
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
[THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL AFFAIRS - The open data.gov.pl monitor]
The Ministry of Digital Affairs runs an open data portal dane.gov.pl.
Everyone can use data made available on the portal for any commercial or non-commercial purpose.
No registration is required. In consequence a portal administrator can not monitor a scale of public open data re-use and its impact.
The task is to create an application/a tool for the portal administrator that would identify products, services or applications that used open data provided on the portal and suggest where such a product, service or application has been made available.
Source code of the portal https://gitlab.dane.gov.pl/otwarte-dane
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL AFFAIRS - Digital accessibility validator for mobile applications]
Mobile applications should be digitally available to users with disabilities, which in practice means they must meet the requirements of WCAG 2.1. However, there is no simple IT tool that could inform the programmer or the person receiving the ordered application whether the application meets these requirements or not, or at least whether there are no gross errors of digital accessibility. We need such a validator for iOS and Android applications.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[PKP Intercity]
The goal of the task is to create a game involving passengers of PKP Intercity. The game should be strictly related to the context of travelling by train. It’s main aim is to improve the experience of each contact users have with the PKP Intercity brand, including travel and events organized by the carrier. Moreover the game should also fulfill the educational function and enable creation of the community of passengers.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[GFT Poland - Chatbot for sensitive information]
Chatbots. They offer great benefits in service automation but are not easy to implement from scratch. For this reason, there are many publicly available services that make chatbot creation way easier and quicker. The problem with these solutions, especially in the finance sector, is users share lots of sensitive data whilst using a bot. Phone numbers, addresses, document ids, they go to the public cloud. It is not acceptable for many GFT clients.
In our challenge, we ask you to design a „data sensitive chatbot”. Its engine will be hosted publicly, but it needs to introduce measures that will enable its usage with sensitive data safely.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
[European Commission - Chat to EU]
With fake news spreading on decentralised channels such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, how can an institution such as the European Commission use the same tools to make itself better known as a credible source of information and fight for a good cause: facts-based interactions?
Build a technology layer (algorithm, chatbot…) that cuts through the jungle of EU information! The tool will rely on a set of data sources to offer most up-to-date and reliable EU information on a specific topic. The objective is to build a fun conversation partner that is able to explain who does what in a specific field, debunk myths and also to learn from the user! Beware: it shall keep you engaged through its personalisation elements and you will want to keep chatting, learning more about the EU.
The main aim of the challenge will be to fight and prevent disinformation and the topic (to be revealed at a later stage) is to be seen just as an example. The bulk of the challenge is to build a chatbot that can crawl a selection of pages and provide a natural interaction replying to concerns and questions about the EU. It is not a rules-based, but a knowledge-based bot – pure AI is what we are after, although nothing prevents you from pushing from time to time a series of choices to the user to drive the conversation further.
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
20 000 PLN
[LOT - Let's change how people plan and book a travel!]
Flying is an amazing experience, but planning and booking a flight sometimes can be difficult. Haven’t you ever asked yourself questions like: Where to go? How to find the best price for my trip? What cabin class to choose from? How big bag I can take with me?
Let’s try to think and redefine the way how we may inspire people for travel and make their life easier by improving an experience with booking a flight.
You’ll have an access to LOT’s API to challenge every step of the booking flow. Show us how the future of travel booking may look like!
Create an app or website redefining the four steps of travel booking:
- Inspiration where to fly
- Destination, travel dates and passengers selection
- Flight and cabin class selection
- Additional services (favourite seat nad extra bag selection)
Apart from LOT’s API you may use any available public API to enrich your idea and Customer experience.
20 000 PLN
IN TICKETS
[Ringer Axel Springer - The future of media]
Technology has transformed how we consume news. There’s no waiting for an evening newspaper to arrive at your doorstep, no long-awaited weekly portions of juicy gossip, and almost no TV programmes that we go back to every Thursday.
Most of the content we enjoy is becoming available on-demand, whenever and wherever we want. We can binge, we can rewatch, reread and comment. We use our phones for work, for fun, to get news and to express opinions any time we want. Many people thrive in the online world… but there are also some that are left behind or left overwhelmed.
Young people are glued to their phones, effortlessly merging virtual with offline but find it hard to focus on what is important… Smartphones are the last and first things we touch every day, fake news can spread like wildfire, and online bullying is becoming a sad reality for many. Clearly, in this landscape, media today are facing challenges like never before.
The future is being created now. It may be wonderful or it may be the opposite. It’s pretty much up to us.
How could we include those who struggle with staying up to date in an online world: the elderly, those with disabilities and others? How to make sure they can fully participate in the online world: reading news, expressing views, shopping and socializing? How can we help those who can’t hear anything meaningful in a constant online buzz? How to help people manage the chaos of uncertain information coming at them from different sources?
TOTAL PRIZE:
10 000 PLN
Tickets to:
Business Insider TRENDS FESTIVAL
[Philip Morris International - Cigarette-butts free world]
Every year millions of (Legal Age) Smokers are throwing away cigarette butts on the ground – trashing our beaches, parks and streets. There is something that needs to be done, if not, in 10 years there may be more cigarette butts in the World than fish. PMI Poland is asking you to join the forces in solving that butt littering problem which is touching all EU countries therefore we are looking for Global solution.
Let’s create the biggest and the most impactful solution ever which helps us to create a movement to end cigarette butt litter. Be part of the environmental change, create a solution how to clean the World from butts which will be applicable for all EU countries, starting in Poland!
TOTAL CASH PRIZE:
50 000 PLN
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JUDGING
MAIN TASKS
Our judges will evaluate each Open Task submission in five categories:
- idea – how creative has the group been? Did the team come up with a new approach, or followed existing patterns? Does it do something new and unique? 30%
- technical aspects – How technically impressive was the solution? Is it demo-ready? 30%
- design – How well is it designed? Is the design different from what has been done many times? 20%
- relation to task category – Does it contribute to the chosen category? Does it have social or business potential? 10%
- wow! factor – surprise the judges with the way you work, your work ethic, something unique about the project 10%
PARTNERS TASKS
Each Partner Task has its own unique criteria for evaluation. Once more details about these tasks are published, here you will find all the necessary information to prepare yourself for solving them.
14-15 of September, Warsaw
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UPLOADING
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FIND A TEAM
No team? No problem with that!
There are two options.
1. 
you can work alone…
Simply get a ticket, come to HackYeah, find a place, plug in your computer and hack on!
2. 
Get yourself a team!
If you want to form a team we will provide a special team building space where, under the eye of mentors and volunteers, you’ll be able to form your dream team! With all the skills it needs to win!
The team building will start at 12:00 PM on Saturday and will last for 1 hour!
The location of this zone can be found on the maps located on the screens around the venue.
You want to join a team now?
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MENTORS
Each year we invite specialists from various fields who are ready to help you. You can find them in the Mentors Village where they will be happy to inspire you and answer any questions you might have.
There are two types of mentors:
- CATEGORY MENTORS
They are mostly NGOs whose area of expertise is one of the 3 main categories of the Hackathon (Communication, Environment, and Security).
They can advise the teams if their idea is relevant for the specific topic, suggest the direction of developing the idea or simply come up with the solution the team could work on.
- CONTENT MENTORS
These mentors take care of the more technical part of the project development. They are mostly individuals, with specific knowledge.
They can advise if the team has some issues with UX, does not know how to solve some trouble while programming, has no idea how to present on the stage or has any other technical problems while hacking!
If you would like to become a mentor go ahead and contact Paulina, our head of mentoring. You can reach her by an email paulina.makarewicz@hy2019.test or call this number +48 506 689 550.