Chosen groups will present their pitches to a panel of judges in regional rounds in the morning and final rounds in the afternoon. Judges will select winners and awards will be presented.
Across PA, groups joined in September to utilize data from the data.pa.gov open data portal to generate ideas to help PA turn data into insights for the opioid epidemic.
Sign up an individual or a whole group to compete as teams of 4-6 people work with data (from the state, as well as other novel data sources) to develop useful tools to help analyze and address the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania.Whether Pitt-affiliated or not, anyone with interest and relevant skills is invited to register and participate, volunteer, or mentor. Public health students, computer scientists, and coders are especially welcome!
www.code4pa.tech/compete (register here)
The event will ran concurrently (via virtual videoconferencing) at three geographic locations: Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh. Opioid subject matter experts from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health were available on site to mentor participants with computational and analytics skills, but who may not have had specific knowledge on the opioid crisis.
Winners will be judged based on the following five criteria:
- Impact and utility of idea / demo / app – 20%
- Quality and innovative nature of the idea / demo / app –
- Compelling use of the data.pa.gov datasets – 20%
- Excellent use of technology for idea / demo / app – 20%
- Pitch of idea / demo / app – 20%
A grand prize of recognition from the governor’s office will be awarded as well as other additional specialty awards.
Event FAQ’s: www.code4pa.tech/faqs
Questions? Contact Mike Mallon at msm126@pitt.edu or 412-624-5163
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