VI edition of UC3M T3chFest
To be held on March 1 and 2 on the Leganes Campus
2/22/18
The VI edition of T3chFest, the Computer Science and New Technologies Fair (Feria de Informática y Nuevas Tecnologías) will be held on March 1 and 2 in the Auditorium of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Leganes Campus. Within the event’s framework, organized by University students with the support of the UC3M School of Engineering, approximately 86 free talks and workshops (previous sign up necessary) will be given on technology issues of today, such as cryptocurrency, innovations for social inclusion, use of artificial intelligence in the area of health and the potential of neuroscience.
T3chFest, which targets students as well as professionals in the sector, aims to foster technology interest and promote the development and application of latest technologies. This new edition is foreseen to draw some 2,000 participants, and will feature speakers from companies such as DeepMind, Deloitte, Google, IBM, RedHat and Renfe, among others.
In the fair, there will be an exhibit area where participants can find more than 20 stands, sponsored by such companies as Accenture, Airbus, Autentia, BBVA, Deloitte and Idealista, among others. At the same time, in addition to showing new technologies being used (an application to detect and treat dyslexia, superconductor material in action, a demotics house which interacts with its owner, autonomous vegetable gardens, virtual reality, Hololens, etc), the companies will take advantage of the event to recruit talent and evaluate the CVs of those interested in working and carrying out internships at their organizations.
Parallel activities
Within the framework, T3chFest, a wide array of parallel activities will take place, featuring contests involving more than 4,000€ in prizes. On February 24, in La Nave Madrid, there will be a “hackathon” on open data applied to the health field and the environment, and a special programming contest for groups of three participants with the presence of IBM. Further information: https://t3chfest.uc3m.es/2018/hackathon/
From February 24 to 27, a programming contest will be organized which allows participation from home. Participants have 48 hours to pass six tests of increasing difficulty with their knowledge in the programming languages that they prefer.
Lastly, UC3M will hold the first classification stage of the Google Hash Code 2018, the international programming context promoted by Google. On the UC3M Leganés Campus there will be a “hub” set up where competitors can meet during the four and half hours of the contest, which will take place on March 1 from 18:00-22:30 p.m. The teams that score the highest in the online world classification phase will be invited to Google’s headquarters in Dublin to participate in the final phrase of the competition.
Further information: https://t3chfest.uc3m.es/2018/
