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By Leman Mammadova

The world’s biggest hackathon-NASA Space Apps Challenge will be for the first time organized in Azerbaijan on October 18-20.

Hackathon international competitions are held in many countries, where programmers jointly solve various problems and develop IT projects.

The event will be organized by Azercosmos OJSC and the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan jointly with ADA University and the National Agency for Aeronautics and Space Research (NASA) at the ADA University in Baku.

NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge has become the world’s largest global hackathon, attracting thousands of citizens around the world to use NASA’s open data to develop innovative solutions to challenges humans face on Earth and in space.

During the NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon, students and hackathon enthusiasts will come together for two days working on the task for 48 hours.

The competition participants will have the opportunity to share their experience and knowledge with others, as well as create an innovative product as part of the NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon.

The winner team will receive a reward of 10,000 manats ($5,884). The team in the second place will receive a prize of 5,000 manats ($2,942), and the team that wins the third place will receive 2500 manats ($1,471).

NASA Space Apps Challenge is a good opportunity to find a teammate and demonstrate one’s hacking skills, gaining experience in studying Earth and space. Participants will have the opportunity to expand the sphere of communication, learn from mentors and specialists, as well as from each other.

Hackathon is a team game in which like-minded people code for their innovative ideas. It is a workshop where participants work on the creation of programs, sites or applications in the two-day sprint mode. The goal of collaboration becomes the creation of sites and services for social projects.

In June 2019, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Country Office launched the first ever Inclusivity Hackathon in Azerbaijan, which brought together motivated representatives of the civil society, people with disabilities, young civic and technology enthusiasts.

Hackathon competitions open up opportunities for many professionals to present themselves, their projects, as well as to attract potential talented young people to their teams.

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Leman Mammadova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @leman_888

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