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Come hack on BTC / crypto trading and AI during a free, week-end long, friendly hackathon and learn the basics of machine learning using Keras and Python.

Who is this for

Crypto or/and AI enthusiasts with a little background in Python or any other programming language:

  • Students
  • Software engineers who wants to learn more about machine learning and keras
  • Financial and crypto professionals and enthusiasts who wants to learn more about artificial intelligence trading

Please note that we will require you to give us your real name when you register. We will have security onsite during the entire event, and you will not be able to enter unless your name is on the list. Don't forget to bring a valid ID.

When

The Hackathon starts on Friday, June 29th and Ends Sunday, July 1st, 11:59am.

Program

  • Friday 29th, 5:30pm: Beginning of Hackathon. Brief introduction to AI/ML and to the simple example script we provided to you
  • Sunday 10am: You will (if you want) present your AI
  • Sunday 11:59am: End of hackathon

The school will be open non stop from Friday 5:30pm to Sunday 11:59am, so yes, you can hack all night long :)

Even though it’s called a hackathon, this is a friendly, open event and environment during which everyone is expected to collaborate and help each other.

There will be a few Python programmers, AI specialists, Holberton students, and crypto specialists onsite on Saturday to help during the event.

Friday 29th:

  • 5:30pm: welcoming everyone
  • 5:45pm: overall presentation and rules of the hackathon
  • 6:00pm: what is AI
  • 6:15pm: Step by step explanation of the basic AI script*
  • 7:00pm: Install and configure your environment to start working
  • 7:45pm: Gogogo!

Mentors

During this event, you will have access to mentors to answer questions and help you build your first Bitcoin trading artificial intelligence:

  • Alexa Orrico, Head of Machine Learning curriculum at Holberton School
  • Chris Green, cryptocurrency trading specialist from the Cryptocurrency Trading Meetup group
  • Daniel Goncharov, head of 42 Robotics and AI/ML specialist at 42 Silicon Valley
  • Gaetan Juvin, Chief Academic Officer at 42 Silicon Valley
  • Giorgio Regni, CTO at Scality and crypto enthusiast
  • Gregory Renard, Chief AI Officer at xBrain and Deep Learning Faculty at Holberton School
  • Julien Barbier, co-founder at Holberton School
  • Kwame Yamgnane, co-founder at 42 Silicon Valley
  • Spencer Taylor, technical assistant at Holberton School

Where

Holberton School
972 mission st
San Francisco CA 94103

Requirement

  • Basics of Python
  • Bring your own laptop, with 10Gb of space available
  • Bring your own food

Prizes

Learning machine learning, Keras, crypto and having fun doing so building a basic AI capable of trading Bitcoin :)

Who is organizing this event

This free event is made possible thanks to School 42 Silicon Valley, Scality, Holberton School, Cryptocurrency Trading Meetup.

About Holberton School

Holberton School trains full-stack software engineers in two years, using peer and project-based learning - and no upfront tuition. Most of our keynotes and meetups are open to the community. Read more: https://www.holbertonschool.com/

About school 42 silicon valley

42 is a private, nonprofit and tuition-free computer programming school created and funded by French billionaire Xavier Niel with several partners including Nicolas Sadirac, Kwame Yamgnane and Florian Bucher. Read more: https://www.42.us.org/

About Scality

Scality is a global company based in San Francisco, California that develops software-defined object storage. The Scality scale-out object storage software platform called RING is the company's commercial product. Read more: https://www.scality.com/

About Cryptocurrency Trading Meetup Group

This is a group for anyone interested in Cryptocurrency Trading. Read more: https://www.meetup.com/Cryptocurrency-Trading-Meetup/

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