The hackathon will take place at the University Auditorium, Permanent Site, UDUS, Sokoto.
The University will provide shared accommodation and feeding to accepted participants. It will also subsidise their transport fare.
The event will run for 24 hours; from 4:00pm Friday 3rd April, 2020 to 4:00pm Saturday 4th April, 2020
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) hereby announces a technology hackathon event aimed at developing indigenous innovative digital solutions to the security challenges bedevilling university campuses and similar environments in Nigeria. Through this event, the University aims to bring together imaginative individuals who can conceive and develop sophisticated systems from basic digital technologies. The security challenges include but not limited to the following categories:
The executive summary should not exceed 1,000 words, and should include the title, aim and objectives, methodology, and expected outcome of your preconceived e-solution. It should also include diagrams and images where applicable.
The university aims to partner with the best adjudged workable e-solution in each category for full scale development and sharing of intellectual property right. Also, for each category, prizes will be given to three adjudged best solutions as follows:
The University will provide shared accommodation and feeding to accepted participants. It will also subsidise their transport fare.