October 29, 2019

UW SatHack Fall 2019

SatHack Fall 2019

The eScience Institute will be hosting a Satellite Imagery Hackday starting from Nov. 14, 2019 at 4pm – Nov. 15, 2019. Join us for an entire day dedicated to working on exciting satellite imaging/remote sensing projects!Do you have a pressing satellite imagery problem? Do you want to try out a new tool on a familiar dataset or explore a new dataset? This hackday is for you to collaborate intensively with other students and researchers on similar challenges. We welcome hacking on data from any Earth observation system (satellites, airplanes, drones, etc.). As long as you think that there can be some common language regarding tools and methods, join us!Nov. 14 (Thursday), 4:00pm – 7:00pm: We will pitch project ideas, form hack teams and start hacking.

Nov. 15 (Friday), 8:30am – 5:00pm: Hacking

Nov. 15 (Friday), 5.00pm: Project overview

OPTIONAL, Nov. 16, Saturday: 9am – 5pm: Spend an extra day with fellow participants improving your project

Please RSVP here by Nov. 8, 2019. We encourage you to brainstorm hack ideas ahead of time. You can share them in this document or sign up for Slack and join the #sat-hack2019 channel. Visit the Satellite Image Analysis Group website for more info.