A hackathon is not about breaking into IT systems. It’s about bringing together the talent and creativity of coders in one place to solve tough problems in a short time – in this case 24 hours.
The EU Hack4Transparency brought together 54 participants representing 17 nationalities with the goal increasing transparency on the Internet. A Google team led by engineer Brian Fitzpatrick travelled from the United States to participate.
The Hackathon was launched at the European Parliament - perhaps the first time hackers ever had been officially invited into a legislative institutiion. Christian Democrat MEP Petru Luhan wished participants well and European Commission Vice President and Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes offered support with a taped message.
Hackers then retired to Google’s Brussels office and worked overnight and through the following day. (Transparency: our sponsorship also included food, drinks and some of the awards. Skype and some 18 NGOs also sponsored the event. )
The EU Hack4Transparency brought together 54 participants representing 17 nationalities with the goal increasing transparency on the Internet. A Google team led by engineer Brian Fitzpatrick travelled from the United States to participate.
The Hackathon was launched at the European Parliament - perhaps the first time hackers ever had been officially invited into a legislative institutiion. Christian Democrat MEP Petru Luhan wished participants well and European Commission Vice President and Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes offered support with a taped message.
Hackers then retired to Google’s Brussels office and worked overnight and through the following day. (Transparency: our sponsorship also included food, drinks and some of the awards. Skype and some 18 NGOs also sponsored the event. )
The coders worked on one of two challenges. First, they aimed to give consumers greater knowledge about the quality and speed of their Internet connections by updating M-Lab code. M-Lab, short for Measurement Lab, is an open platform for researchers. Second, the coders promoted transparency by attempting to improve our Transparency Report by visualizing the number of times governments have asked to remove content from Google servers.
After 23 hours of intense (and for some teams – all-night) coding during which Google’s Chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf joined the fun through a Google+ Hangout.
The jury chose the following winners:
For the Internet Quality Track measuring network speeds:
- First Prize: Team Ferioli (Federica Cau, Pasquale De Luna and Nicola Ferioli) – Italy
- Second Prize: Team Maggi (Federico Maggi, Roman Kochanek, Francesco Roveta, Alessandro Frossi, Alberto Volpato) – Italy
- Third Prize: Team Artimon (Alexandru Artimon, Ionut Dobre, Florin Barhala, Walter Schneider) – Romania
- First Prize: UN-Team (Sven Clement, Hauke Gierow, Stefan Wehrmeyer) – Luxembourg And Germany - with their game: ‘Beat the Censor‘
- Second Prize: Niels Rasmussen – Denmark
- Third Prize: Team Indigeni Digitali (Giuliano Iacobelli, Alessandro Manfredi, Claudio Squarcella, David Funaro, Matteo Collina) – Italy
Congratulations!
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