{"id":22721,"date":"2021-04-21T08:36:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/?p=22721"},"modified":"2021-04-21T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:24:59","slug":"hackathon-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/hackathon-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data Hackathon in Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The OAD, DARA Big Data, and the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) conducted a 3-day hackathon at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique to help local students and young professionals improve and develop their Python skills.<\/p>\n\n\t<div id=\"col-802851589\" class=\"col large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darabigdata.com\/uem-hackathon-mozambique\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button secondary\"  >\n    <span>Read more<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1942154837\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<button class=\"scroll-for-more z-5 icon absolute bottom h-center\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" style=\"font-size:42px;\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-29238579\">\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1942154837 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n}\n#section_1942154837 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Big-data-hackathon-Mar-2021_Mozambique-12.jpeg);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1812326454\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1369503714\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1369503714 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-equal align-center\"  id=\"row-1351346934\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1348444574\" class=\"col medium-4 small-8 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>&#8220;After the hackathon I feel like a different person, because I had the privilege to see what trend the technological world is following and with this I have the opportunity to not be left behind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I realise the importance of big data knowledge in my day to day life; I gained a new objective which is to follow the area of \u200b\u200bcomputing and informatics in order to contribute to the growth of my country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Hackathon student participants<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-277126950\" class=\"col medium-4 small-8 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m delighted to have been a part of this to transmit useful skills to students. 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