Join #EUvsVirus Hackathon - 24 April 2020
To complement hackathons taking place at global and member state level, the European Commission - in close collaboration with EU member states – will host a pan-European hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and buyers across Europe to develop innovative solutions to coronavirus.
The #EUvsVirus Hackathon will take place on 24, 25 and 26 April and address approximately 20 imminent coronavirus challenges (e.g. fast production of equipment, scaling up production capabilities, knowledge and solutions transfer from one country to another), to be quickly developed and deployed across the EU Single Market.
Challenges to be hacked, and the opening of registration to hack the challenges, will be announced soon.
We recommend two CEF Building Blocks to teams fighting COVID-19:
- CEF Context Broker is an API that can integrate data from multiple systems, creating a holistic view of information.
By providing the layer that describes each type of data, the Context Broker makes it possible to create an interface that makes it easy for anyone to view and interpret big data. You can monitor your metrics in real time through live updates. This means sharing the context information you choose with third parties, enabling process improvements and innovation across the whole data value chain.
See how Context Broker helped Italian authorities fight the effects of COVID-19.
- CEF Big data test infrastructure (BDTI) helps is a big data platform that offers virtual environments, allowing public organisations to experiment with big data and share data sources (N.B. only open to projects including public administrations).
You can see all CEF Building Blocks at ec.europa.eu/cefdigital
The European Data Portal has a dedicated section for COVID-19 related datasets, linked data stories and data related initiatives.