{"id":12400,"date":"2019-04-24T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T15:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/?p=12400"},"modified":"2019-04-24T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T15:11:57","slug":"my-weekend-at-slash-hackathon-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/2019\/04\/24\/my-weekend-at-slash-hackathon-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"My weekend at Slash Hackathon 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2846fdc-6a29e4a8f247bb121057228e85d64778\">\n.flex_column.av-2846fdc-6a29e4a8f247bb121057228e85d64778{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2846fdc-6a29e4a8f247bb121057228e85d64778 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv7xmr5-be4752a037a8dd04dc20bc2f5f934146 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>Starting Friday, March 29th to Sunday, March 31st, I attended my first ever Hackathon in Berlin. After receiving an invitation mail from our so called faculty 3 (computer science) talking about hacking and the event taking place in Berlin, I could not resist, sent in my application and got to spend an amazing weekend at Slash.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12417 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3163-e1556116463886-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12421 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-580x1030.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-844x1500.jpg 844w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-397x705.jpg 397w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/FPFR0309-e1556116508713-450x800.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s Sunday evening (March 31st, 2019) and I think I\u2019m speaking behalf of the other 99 participants as well as the organizers of Slash when I say that I am tired and exhausted, but had a great and eventful weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But first, let\u2019s take a step back almost exactly 57 hours before. On Friday, March 29th at around 10am, I was on my way to Factory G\u00f6rlitzer Park, where the Slash hackathon will have taken place this weekend, to visit a Berlin startup. After first conversations with organizers of the event and first confusing questions like \u201ereden wir jetzt auf Deutsch oder auf Englisch!?\u201c, I gained a first insight into the Factory (which I later found out is a building, more so a \u201estartup-campus\u201c rented by companies as well as CODE University of Applied Sciences, the university whose students founded Slash, an initiative for Hackathons).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1siqnww-8477e5e798970cde4f71462af647a6c1\">\n.flex_column.av-1siqnww-8477e5e798970cde4f71462af647a6c1{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1siqnww-8477e5e798970cde4f71462af647a6c1 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv7zld6-dec3b8ec28ab6d31adc79d759933240b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">My first impression of Factory was very \u201etech-y\u201c, there were many open work spaces and people sitting around on the floor on their laptops. (So just like you would probably imagine a (tech) start-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The people who organized and \/ or helped out at the event were very welcoming and friendly, thus the first conversations about CODE University and studies at CODE developed while one of them guided my way to the restroom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-415quo-436b04328a6f8b828db492158161c6cf\">\n.flex_column.av-415quo-436b04328a6f8b828db492158161c6cf{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-415quo-436b04328a6f8b828db492158161c6cf av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv85ep8-4ddd8a99c60fcbd1393ce7190260444d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">After we waited around for a little bit, it was time for us to leave to visit Grover, a tech-renting startup in Kreuzberg. We actually got the chance to get an office tour as well as a presentation of the company and what it does by Patrick, a sales developer at Grover.<br \/>\nTypical for a startup, it\u2019s interieur was very colorful. The office itself was open and light-filled with modern palette furniture as well as big beanbags.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qegnow-22b63a79c8d33ec63d5227ae43e3ef77\">\n.flex_column.av-qegnow-22b63a79c8d33ec63d5227ae43e3ef77{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-qegnow-22b63a79c8d33ec63d5227ae43e3ef77 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_slideshow  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-juv857e0-04681f6fb55f8e49a688d11b88b84c03\">\n.avia-image-container.av-juv857e0-04681f6fb55f8e49a688d11b88b84c03 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-juv857e0-04681f6fb55f8e49a688d11b88b84c03 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container 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https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3135-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='avia-slideshow av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c__0  slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c__0 avia-caption'><div class=\"avia-inner-caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>presentation about the business<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-12404 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-12404\"  src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3132-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='IMG_3132' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c__1  slide-2 slide-even'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption 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av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c__3  slide-4 slide-even'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-juvbof9f-54a8f0f0eca29f3a768a4f67d4b8537c__3 avia-caption'><div class=\"avia-inner-caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>the office<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-12409 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-12409\"  src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3142-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='IMG_3142' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls' ><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  tabindex='-1'>Zur\u00fcck<\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  tabindex='-1'>Weiter<\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><a href='#4' class='goto-slide ' >4<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-289jbtc-8e30b448a6b2ba3b8c702d52fbb71364\">\n.flex_column.av-289jbtc-8e30b448a6b2ba3b8c702d52fbb71364{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-289jbtc-8e30b448a6b2ba3b8c702d52fbb71364 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juvbprsu-f32453b8d7b8b53b796480aa1bb7eb8a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12420 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3183-1-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After getting some lunch with the group, we made our way back to campus right in time for an opening talk, followed by workshops on Bitcoin, Smart Contracts and Ethereum. During breaks we were offered Mate, Coffee, tea and snacks (all for free!).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ngwi4w-baaa196af2f91eff155f76f15b54e424\">\n.flex_column.av-ngwi4w-baaa196af2f91eff155f76f15b54e424{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ngwi4w-baaa196af2f91eff155f76f15b54e424 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv8djrt-11256f5cc015106966e4e7912d82cb93 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The workshops were held by the mentors, coming from different companies. I, also, took the time to visit a workshp on \u201eJump start your project with a react system\u201c, held by Daw-Chih Liou, who is a \u00a0senior software engineer at Trivago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12412\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12412\" class=\"wp-image-12412 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3151-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">workshop held by Claudio Weck (Porsche) on blockchain<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1lboyls-ff396da3ecc391e7e09193d3a039a6d1\">\n.flex_column.av-1lboyls-ff396da3ecc391e7e09193d3a039a6d1{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1lboyls-ff396da3ecc391e7e09193d3a039a6d1 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juvbs7zo-f7e5154706ee8a9638e3f63a00a7319f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">We ended the first evening with dinner and some drinks. Before that, I<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12416 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3160-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> got to try out playing a game using VR glasses for the first time and actually used the opportunity to talk to many students from all over Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3hjulm8-84abf8571636465d77b554255b063e0f\">\n.flex_column.av-3hjulm8-84abf8571636465d77b554255b063e0f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3hjulm8-84abf8571636465d77b554255b063e0f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv8kr5h-6e294bcb9635d87c56ac5a5e399b26d1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thanks to discounts offered by Uber, one of the sponsors, I got my ride home to the AirBnB room I booked for only about 2\u20ac and got some hours of sleep which were actually much needed for the upcoming \u201ebig days\u201c and the start of the actual Hackathon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Saturday, people got the chance to pitch their ideas for the Hackathon to all other participants in order to form groups. Since this was my first Hackathon ever, my plan was to join a group \/ someone who already had an idea in mind. After hearing all different kinds of ideas, I talked to some of the people who presented, introduced myself and asked if I could join their team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I eventually found a group of four, including Heike, a founder living in Berlin, who pitched \u201ewatermelon intelligence\u201c, an idea about personal data sciene dashboards, as well as Jan and Alina who are actually both from Bremen as well, studying computer sciene at Uni Bremen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12414\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12414\" class=\"wp-image-12414 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">our team \u201ewatermelon intelligence\u201c; Jan-Hendrik, Alina, Heike and I.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1996tbk-2eeb79a3fcedf6f08bd69490337cd27c\">\n.flex_column.av-1996tbk-2eeb79a3fcedf6f08bd69490337cd27c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1996tbk-2eeb79a3fcedf6f08bd69490337cd27c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv8nojz-09c3f83013723e341955339ed02e895e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">After forming the groups the actual \u201ehacking phase\u201c began, which, for us, meant searching data sets on the internet for our project to analyze in order to find correlations between them. The idea was basically to find, for example, sleep data and analyze it in order to find out more about why a person is sleeping good or bad depending on external factors (as for example the weather, the amount of steps walked that day, etc.) and finding correlations in general concerning <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12415 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios_720-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios_720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios_720-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios_720-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/bild_von_ios_720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>e.g. hours spent watching Netflix, amount of money spent on clothing, etc. in correlation with the weather, your mood, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since time was very limited (you only get 24 hours to \u201ehack your project into reality\u201c), the two developers of our team started plotting the data we picked out from a Kaggle data set (provided by someone from Canada who tracked his sleep over about four years), while Heike and I focused on the design and preparing mockups for a potential dashboard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While our team decided to go home to get some rest during the night, there were several participants who actually \u201ehacked through the night\u201c and used sleeping bags \/ sleeping opportunities provided by the organizers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qikjrk-7f8becb557805ab98791cb6622faae40\">\n.flex_column.av-qikjrk-7f8becb557805ab98791cb6622faae40{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-qikjrk-7f8becb557805ab98791cb6622faae40 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv8p4ti-2280eac1c730e6f9c22c523cd883c7fb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the next morning, the final countdown began. There was only about three hours left to finish the project and to prepare a presentation to hold in front of the judges and the other participants \u2013 later in the day, we got the chance to walk around the work spaces to have a look at all of the projects in the form of an expo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12419\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12419\" class=\"wp-image-12419 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/eule\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3180-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">preparing our presentation to be held in front of the judges<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It was actually amazing to see all the projects developed in such a small amount of time. It was interesting to see the broad range of topics the groups worked on \u2013 from apps concerning the environment and mental health to apps helping you find the perfect delivery service according to which food you would like to order.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m1p840-9b79a372b15e2bad8b4c9756fa3c943f\">\n.flex_column.av-m1p840-9b79a372b15e2bad8b4c9756fa3c943f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-m1p840-9b79a372b15e2bad8b4c9756fa3c943f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-juv8rhkg-f21f5f0fdcc31c35ec18af9fe844690e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The organizers really made an effort to make everyone feel welcome and create a work-friendly and productive atmosphere. Whenever questions popped up, be it organizatory or technically, there were prompt many helping hands or at least someone who would try and get a mentor or another participant to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The event itself was held completely in English, which made it easier for all the non-Germans (there were actually people from 22 nations) to communicate with each other. Like I previously mentioned, it was pretty weird in the beginning talking to someone, who you know is German, in English, but I got used to it pretty quick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I actually met lots of interesting people, be it my fellow team members for the Hackathon, two girls that study in my hometown M\u00fcnster, as well as founders from Portugal, students from Sweden, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Even though me and my team did not win any prizes or got to be among the first three places, I had lots of fun during the event, met many amazing people, learned new things and personally just thought this event was a very fitting start into my second semester here at uni.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To be honest, I do not know quite yet if I will be another hackathon in the future, but I definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested. One of the great things about Slash is that people from many different \u201ebackgrounds\u201c attended the event, meaning the participants were not \u201etechies\u201c only \u2013 people who study business, design, computer science, psychology, medicine, etc. were all allowed and welcome to apply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you would like to know more about Slash, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/slash.berlin\/\">their website<\/a>. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article I wrote right after attending Slash Hackathon at the end of March 2019 in Berlin. 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