HSE Students Win at the Open Data Hackathon
HSE students won prizes in several categories at the 2 day Data.gov.ru Hackathon #2 at the Analytical Centre for the Government of the Russian Federation.
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| Sergey Ustinov won best social tool prize |
More than 150 people from all over the country took part in this marathon for programmers. 32 teams spent two days developing prototypes for unique apps and tools using datasets on, among other places, Open Data Portal Russia. The competition to create the best prototype for a mobile app or web tool working on the basis of open source data gave awards in six categories: best social app or service; best technical solution; best business app or tool; data visualisation; best second screen app.
Four MIEM HSE Informatics and Computer Technology students are in TeamGreece which won the prize for best business app or tool. Alissa Feodorchenko (team captain), Artyom Ivanov, Konstantin Sergeyev, Alexander Shebanin designed an app called Check goodswhich allows consumers to receive all the information about a product by reading the barcode on its packaging.
Sergey Ustinov on the HSE master’s in Public Administration programme was on the team which won the best social tool category.
His project is a tool which enables parents to see a lot of useful information in a simple format about any school, to help them make a sensible decision about where to send their child. The designers used data about schools from the data.mos.ru website, public reports from the schools’ websites, school leavers exam results, information on finances of public institutions from bus.gov.ru and data from social networks on applying for HEIs.
HSE has been involved in developing open data in Russia for more than a year. In 2012 HSE experts were commissioned to work up the first Concept for Open Data in Russia by the Ministry of Economic Development including a plan for measures (a road map) to create and roll it out. Three HSE experts are currently on the committee for open data and Vice Rector Andrey Zhulin is deputy to the chairman of the committee, Mikhail Abyzov.
HSE experts are monitoring the results of open data publications, the demand for them, and an evaluation of their socio-economic effects.
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