Who Are We?
The Toronto Bioinformatics Hackathon is a student-led computational biology hackathon, bringing together early career bioinformaticians, molecular biologists, statisticians, and computer scientists from Toronto’s Discovery District to complete interdisciplinary projects that emphasize computational and entrepreneurial thinking.
In partnership with the Terrence Donnelly Centre and Deep Genomics, our participants will collaborate to propose innovative solutions to key challenges in computational biology with commercialization potential.
Date: Friday September 27th to Sunday September 29th, 2024
Location: Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
160 College St, Toronto, Canada
Requirements
*Apply at hackbio.ca to participate in the event. Any submissions from individuals/teams that are not verified hackers will not be considered!*
You must submit your project to Devpost by 1:00 PM EST on September 29th. Your submission must have an abstract summarizing your project and/or a video demoing your project. Include a link to your code (e.g. a GitHub repo), and identify any tools, databases, etc. you used.
We will be having an in-person 'science-fair' style judging round where hackers and judges will all be walking around checking out all the projects. A presentation/slide show would be highly recommended for explaining your project to all who stop by!
Presentations should be less than 5 minutes with 5 minutes of questions. Judges will be circulating around and will stop by each group. Your team must be present for the entire judging session as judges may stop by at any time in the 2-hour window.
Devpost Requirements:
• All team members must sign up on Devpost.
• Abstract of your project in the project description.
• GitHub Link to the repo with all your code.
Prizes
First Place
First Place Team Prize
- $1500 split amongst team members
- 1 year of the professional edition of Wolfram|One for each member of the winning team (year long access is valued at $1660)
CCBR Innovation Award
Awarded by the Donnelly Centre (CCBR) with a larger emphasis on innovation and commercialization!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jacob Fine
University of Toronto
Dr. Aleksandrina Goeva
University of Toronto
Dr. Aleksei Shkurin
Invisible Technologies
Dr. Owen Whitley
Roche Canada
Elia Afanasiev
McGill University
Judging Criteria
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Interdisciplinary Integration
Degree to which projects integrate aspects of multiple fields. -
Software Design and Architecture
Factors include: portability, soundness, accessibility of the software component. -
Project Design
Usability, advancement and usefulness, ethical and safety considerations. -
Completeness and Status
Degree of achieved work and learning opportunity grasped.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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