QHacks 2018 is back for another year of collaboration, ideation, and creativity! More than 500 students from across North America will come together on February 2nd-4th for a weekend of awesome hacking. Attend workshops, play with hardware, take part in hacker challenges, and meet some new friends while turning your dreams into reality. Out-of-the-box thinkers, creatives, and innovators from all faculties and skill levels are encouraged to attend. We can't wait to see you there!
QHacks was first held in 2016 with a mission to advocate and incubate the tech community at Queen's University and throughout Canada. Going into our third year we have been aggressively growing to become one of the highest quality and exciting hackathons in North America. Over the weekend, immerse yourself in the tech community and meet new people!
This year, we have a colourful array of mentors, speakers, sponsors and other industry professionals. Chat one-on one with the likes of Microsoft, Telus, RBC and other big names with a sprinkling of those smaller tech startups we all love. Looking for some inspiration? Stuck on a roadblock? Did your stepper motor malfunction? Not to worry, there will always be a helping hand at the ready.
Matthew is a machine learning Ph.D. and thought leader pioneering the field of applied artificial intelligence (AI). Matt's groundbreaking research in computer vision alongside renowned machine learning experts Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun has propelled the image recognition industry from theory to real-world application. Since starting Clarifai in 2013, Matt has evolved his award-winning research into developer-friendly products that allow enterprises to quickly and seamlessly integrate AI into their workflows and customer experiences. Today, Clarifai is the leading independent AI company and "widely seen as one of the most promising [startups] in the crowded, buzzy field of machine learning."
Pavel leads IBM's Advanced Analytics Consulting Practice in Canada. In addition to his role at IBM, he is an Applied Researcher @ Queen's Smith School of Business and Adjunct Lecturer for Data Science @ Schulich School of Business. He is responsible for leading sales & delivery teams to support AI, Advanced Analytics, Robotics and Quantum Computing initiatives, while developing strong long term client relationships. Pavel has been identified as IBM's Top Performer (Top 10%) and enrolled in several Executive Leadership Development programs. He has a bachelor in Industrial (Operations Research) Engineering from University of Toronto and a masters in Data Science & Advanced Analytics from Queen's University.
| Time | Duration | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00pm | 3h | Busses Arrive/Registration | BioSci Atrium |
| 5:00pm | 3h | Dinner - Presented by iGan Partners (Sandwiches) | BioSci Atrium |
| 8:00pm | 2h | Opening Ceremonies | BioSci Auditorium |
| 10:00pm | 0.5h | Team Formation | BioSci Auditorium |
| 10:00pm | 36h | Hacking Begins | |
| 11:00pm | 1h | Shipping Products Faster: How to Build Fully-Fledged APIs and Services in Minutes Using StdLib | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 11:00pm | 1h | Xesto API Demo - How to create touchless gestures in minutes | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| Time | Duration | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00am | 1h | Midnight Snack (Noodles) - Provided by StdLib | Walter Light Hall Atrium |
| 12:00am | 1h | Adding Image and Voice Intelligence to Your Apps with Microsoft Cognitive Services | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| 12:30am | 0.5h | Getting Started with Computer Vision Using Clarifai | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 1:00am | 1h | Hardware Opens | ILC Design Bay |
| 1:00am | 1h | Slideshow Karaoke | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 8:00am | 1h | Intro to HTML and CSS - Ladies Learning Code | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 8:30am | 1.75h | Breakfast (Cafeteria Buffet) - Provided by Sun Life Financial | Leonard Hall |
| 10:00am | 1h | Recruiter Resume Roast | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 10:30am | 1h | Make Your React App Interactive with Forms - Ratehub.ca | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| 11:00am | 1h | Banking on Robots: A View into Process Automation - RBC | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 12:00pm | 1h | Lunch (Pita Pit) - Provided by iGan Partners | BioSci Atrium |
| 12:00pm | 1h | Mental Health Tak | BioSci Auditorium |
| 1:00pm | 1h | Syntax Scavenger Hunt - Sun Life Financial | Goodwin Hall - Room 247 |
| 1:30pm | 1h | Intro to VC Decision Making Process - iGan Partners | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 2:30pm | 1h | Introduction to 3D Printing - Mosaic Manufacturing | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 2:30pm | 1h | Patterns for Building Cloud Native Applications - Scotiabank | Goodwin Hall - Room 252 |
| 3:00pm | 1h | Dog Therapy | ILC - Room 119 |
| 3:30pm | 1h | DataOps and Machine Learning - Deloitte Digital | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 3:30pm | 1h | How to use Hackathons to Boost your Career | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| 4:00pm | 1h | Code Descrambler - Movember Foundation | Goodwin Hall - Room 247 |
| 4:30pm | 1h | Shading - You.i TV | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| 4:30pm | 1h | From Zero to Loopio: Building a Leading Software Company From Scratch | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 5:30pm | 1h | Kwikee - The Three Other P's | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 5:30pm | 1h | Security Considerations for Long Range-IoT Deployments - TELUS | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| 6:30pm | 1h | Dinner (Indian) - Provided by Kwikee | BioSci Atrium |
| 6:30pm | 1h | Mike the Magician | BioSci - Room 1120 |
| 7:30pm | 1h | Cryptocurrency Talk | Walter Light Hall - Room 210 |
| 8:30pm | 1h | Sudo: Intro to SASS | Goodwin Hall - Room 254 |
| Time | Duration | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00am | 1h | Snack (Bubble Tea) | Walter Light Hall Auditorium |
| 1:00am | 2h | Escape Room | ILC - Room 119 |
| 7:30am | 1h | Breakfast | ILC - Room 109 |
| 9:00am | 1h | Hacking Ends | |
| 9:30am | 2.5h | Judging | |
| 11:30am | 1h | Lunch (Pizza) - Provided by StdLib | BioSci Atrium |
| 1:00pm | 2h | Closing Ceremonies | BioSci Auditorium |
| 3:00pm | 1h | Loading Buses | BioSci Auditorium |
