Why to join a hackathon?
In the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation, few opportunities rival the intensity and thrill of attending an offline hackathon. I am exploring the unique and invaluable experiences that unfold at the renowned Techacks 4.0 – a hackathon that transcends the digital realm, bringing together minds eager to conquer challenges and leave an indelible mark on the tech world.
Networking opportunities abound as participants share insights, swap ideas, and forge connections beyond the hackathon. Swags, solving problem statements with mentors or industry experts and macro challenges by sponsors have different momenta for this hackathon.
First Impression!
After a comfortable journey, I reached Chitkara University, Rajpura with my Team `HackNaDo`. The luggage was secured at first. And Registration was held with no rush and we were well-guided.
After having our lunch, we had our Inauguration Ceremony in which we came to know about many technologies with advancement or innovation like MX Series Logitech for programmers, an open source platform Conductor Orkes, AMD & Pine Training Academy and Github Campus Expert.
The hackathon inauguration was a whirlwind of inspiration – heartfelt words from mentors, judges, and sponsors ignited the fire in our bellies. After a tea break, we were allotted a common hall room in teams. It was a nervous moment to participate in such events for the first time with a such huge number of students.
So, Later that night we.....?
Taking a moment to observe the surroundings, it was evident that every participant had taken a command to deal with their problem statement, but we were prepared as well. Every student had set up and started working on a solution. Soon dinner time was declared on time.
Dinner fueled our minds. And we were back on the track solving our problem which we picked, "Detection of Early Stage Avalanche". The solution was picked under the track 'Climate Change and Environment ', to create a real-time featuring web-based (responsive) interface to interact with authenticated users to ensure their safety. The interface would take the results by a Machine Learning model.
While dividing the work, we even got some words from Vansh Bhaiya, to utilize other prizing criteria, using Flask API and to use Next.js instead of React and Node together. We were even told to not go to the web and instead to focus on macro skills to utilize each person in the team.
We had mini-games that sparked laughter, and by midnight, we were neck-deep in our problem statement.
The Next Day
We did cover up our sleep schedule by completing our React final design for the front-end and back-end of the website. Added more features to the Machine Learning Model to increase the accuracy for the model through adding more features and tested the backend with the Python model for getting and fetching data to each other. Later, we got many swags, stickers, badges and git cheatsheet.
Technical Skill Learning at Techacks 4.0
Front-end Development
Skeleton theme -> Construction of Structure with HTML -> Designing with CSS and Bootstrap -> All Compiled under React
Back-end Development
Node.js, MongoDB and Express.js
Machine Learning Model
Data Extraction from multiple research paper -> Data Preprocessing -> Data Augmentation -> Data Modelling -> Deployment of Prediction pipeline
Features:
Real-time monitoring of environmental factors.
Early detection of potential avalanche risks.
Automatic mitigation measures based on detected environmental conditions.