Digital Health Hackathon 2018

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Develop a Machine Learning algorithm to predict which patients with neutropenia are most likely to develop bacteremia. The Hackathon will take place in Barcelona, on June 2nd and 3rd.

The challenge

Help our doctors! Develop a Machine Learning algorithm to predict which patients with neutropenia are most likely to develop bacteremia. The ability to produce accurate data-based predictions, to think out of the box and be a team player will play an essential role to win this challenge. Not to mention your ability to present to the audience and committee of experts your insights and outputs generated.

50 participants, 8 winners and up to 3000€ in prizes. Go for it! 

When and where

The Accenture Digital Health Hackathon will take place in the Valkiria Hub Space in Barcelona, on June 2nd and 3rd.

We will start on Saturday 2nd at 09:00 a.m. with a welcome breakfast and finish on Sunday 3rd at 03:00 p.m. with the award ceremony.

Requisites to participate

  • Each participant shall bring a laptop/computer to participate in the contest. The participant is free to use any hardware or any software that considers necessary for the problem resolution.
  • Participants may enroll individually or in groups of up to 4 people. The participants who enroll individually will be grouped based on their profile.
  • A mix of the following skills in the groups is highly encouraged:
    • Programming Languages: R, Python, Java, Javascript, HTML5, SQL, etc.
    • Visualization software: QlikView, Tableau, Spotfire, R Shiny, Power BI among others
    • Machine Learning 
    • Stats background
  • Predisposition to have fun, meet people and have a good time!

 The deadline to apply is May 23rd. Hurry up, openings are limited and they will be assigned by order of enrollment.

More information and registration form: https://www.accenture.com/es-es/Careers/accenture-digital-health-hackathon