Thursday, 16 May 2024 The successful conclusion of the 27-hour coding marathon: Famnit Hackathon 3.0

The Google Developer Student Club at the University of Primorska once again gathered programming and coding enthusiasts for the third year in a row at the Famnit Hackathon 3. 0. 

Beetwen 11 and 12 May 2024, the coding marathon brought together 47 passionate participants in 12 teams, which had been either formed on their own or at the Hackathon Team Building event before the Hackathon. 

Throughout the 27-hour event, participants demonstrated their creativity and teamwork skills where they showed their ability to solve challenges from one of the four introduced issues. There were represented 4 main categories: 

A) Fraud Detection and Prevention Solutions: Design algorithms to detect fraudulent activities in financial transactions and prevent unauthorized access. 
B) Cryptocurrency Payment Integration: Enable seamless cryptocurrency payments for online purchases. 
C) Invent an innovative / flexible / adapted format for delivering information / content online 
D) Smart Assistants 

The best teams received generous prisez from spospors in the total amount of 1500 €, where first place won 750 €, the second 500 €, and the third-place 300€. 

Other teams also showed great effort and produced amazing solutions, moreover, some of them were also invited to further meetings with sponsors to discuss possible internships. 

We would like to thank all the companies and organizations that have shown interest in networking with our students: Outbrain, Dinit, Epilog and HICUP lab. Some of their representatives have taken on mentoring roles during the competition and formed the jury team for the final project evaluation. 

Google Developer Student Clubs are groups of undergraduate or master's students at individual universities in the international environment working in the field of Google technology. 

GDSC Primorska provides developers with a learning environment and in its circle invites students of all undergraduate and master's programs who strive to upgrade their knowledge and skills in the field of modern technology. Learning takes place in the form of interactive workshops and seminars, in which lecturers also participate, and members are equipped with their extensive knowledge and good practices. 

Club members are also happy to accept ideas and suggestions to better the community. You can contact them at gdsc.primorska@gmail.com. 

We also invite you to visit GDSC Primorska Facebook and Instagram profiles.