Hosted by Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care at Boston University

What: Hackathon and prototyping event focused on cancer care!

When: October 5th, 2013, 10 am to 10 pm

Who: Anyone and Everyone! Engineers, Scientists, Clinicians, Students, Hackers and More.

Fee: NONE!

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Prizes

First Place

$1,000 Prize with one-year access to the Alpha Core Lab at Boston University

Second Place

$500 Prize

Third Place

$250 Prize

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More Detailed Details:

Create to Innovate for Cancer Care is a hack-a-thon focused on developing innovative new technologies to solve diagnostic issues related to cancer care. This specific event will involve the development of prototypes, software, and ideas at the event by the participants. The event is aimed towards the research community at large – including students, clinicians and public health practitioners from academia, and industry - to engage a multidisciplinary audience to develop creative healthcare solutions. Participants will spend 12 hours together working and building, researching and discussing new technologies with experts and innovators. The event addresses the prototyping, training and clinical needs assessment aims of the Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care. Specifically, participants will take a current issue in cancer care that needs to be addressed and then provided with time, space, and equipment to develop prototypes to address these healthcare issues. Participants will work in a team environment to encourage interdisciplinary learning and training. A week following the event, teams that have developed the most promising, creative, and suitable solution to a cancer care problem will be rewarded with a prize and given the option to further develop their ideas in the Prototyping Alpha Core with the support of the CFTCC.

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What the day will look like:

  9:30 AM Check in

 10:00 AM Welcome Speech, Dr. Catherine Klapperich, Director, Center for Future                  Technologies in Cancer Care

 10:30 AM Dr. Rajan Dewar, MD, Medical Director of Automated Hematology Laboratory  BIDMC, Medical Director of Molecular Pathology (residency training)

 11:00 AM Jonathan Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Dimagi, Inc

 11:30 AM Networking/Getting into Teams

 12:00 PM Lunch/Beginning of Prototyping and Hacking Session

 6:00 PM Dinner

 9:00 PM Presentations

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About the Speakers:

Rajan Dewar

Rajan Dewar is a board-certified hematopathologist, director of automated hematology, clinical faculty member and an Instructor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  He has 15 years of clinical and research experience.   He directs the clinical hematology laboratory responsible for automated hematology, and as part of this operation, he has overseen projects involving automated cellular imaging and telediagnosis (CellaVision & development of an Ipad based telepathology system).  In recent years, Rajan has been heavily involved in global health operations involving cervical cancer screening in Tamilnadu, India.  As chairperson of the molecular pathology, sub-committee of AIPNA, they are studying a cost effective screening strategy for cervical cancer.  This compares, HPV based diagnosis with slide based cervical cancer screening. 

Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan Jackson is a social entrepreneur and innovator with extensive mobile technology expertise in both low-income and high-income settings. He has co-founded multiple organizations focused on improvement heatlhcare and poverty alleviation globally.

As cofounder and CEO of Dimagi Jonathan has overseen the growth of the company from just the founding team to over 60 world-wide employees. He made an uncompromising commitment to open source software and developed a highly interactive collaborative culture that fosters partnerships across academics, philanthropists, and implementers.

Jonathan has overseen the development of multiple innovative health projects, including CommCare, the leading mobile case management solution for community healthcare workers, and CommTrack, a last-mile logistics platform deployed nationally in multiple countries.

Jonathan earned bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the MIT. Jonathan also co-founded Cogito Corp, a pioneering behavioral analytics company. He is also a visiting scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Decision Systems Group, and a lecturer at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

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FAQs

How many members can there be per team?

There is no definite number of members per team, but we are trying to have a maximum of 4 people per team. Please contact lenais@bu.edu for more details.

Can teams be formed prior to the event?

Yes, teams can be formed prior to the event. However, if there are people showing up as individuals, teams can be formed at the event.

What kind of materials will be provided?

There will be a wide range of materials and equipments provided. This will include equipment such as a 3-D printer, electronics kits, batteries, glue, screwdrivers. We will have almost everything to get you started!

What is expected of each team?

At the end of the day a short, 3 minute video presentation of the team's idea and project will be required.

Are there specific topics for the hackathon?

There will be topics presented by the speakers on the day of the event, but you are welcome to develop and work on ideas that you have come up with on your own. The only requirement is that the topics are cancer care related.

Do all prototypes and ideas need to be generated at the event?

Ideas can be generated prior to the event. However, any prototype development (building of the device, programming of the software, etc) CAN'T occur prior to the event. We want to maintain this rule to be fair to everyone who is participating.

Can we bring our own materials?

Yes! You are welcome to bring your own materials (webcams, kinects, cardboard, tape, small equipment, etc). Also, on the day of the event teams are more then welcome to leave to the venue to purchase more items.

Sponsorships:

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