Lots of people curate our news for us (Facebook, CNN, etc) so that we get only the news that we want. What if your job was to curate the top stories to different national security decision-makers that each had their own interests? Due to their incredibly demanding schedules, our nation's leaders receive only a quick briefing with a printed book containing the news and information they need to know. How would you curate a more relevant briefing book for these decision makers?

If you were the curator for these books, how could we use your experiences choosing each day's stories to refine, prioritize, and suggest the most relevant content for future briefing books?

Challenges:

  • We use a private cloud. Your solution can use all the data sources you want, but your technology (compute power, machine learning, etc.) must be able to exist within a private cloud.
  • Each briefer has multiple customers and therefore will build multiple books from a variety of feeds.
 Optional code to build off of: NGA's Conduit software.

Eligibility

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Prizes

$12,500 in prizes

Grand Prize

$10,000

1st Runner Up

$1000

Crowd Favorite

$500

Most Creative

$500

Best Presentation

JetBrains License

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Judges

Nathalie Steinmetz

Nathalie Steinmetz
CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT & ENGINEERING LEAD AT SHE’S CODING

Terry Kong

Terry Kong
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENGINEER, AMAZON

Cynthia Tee

Cynthia Tee
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT ADA DEVELOPER ACADEMY

Eloisa Tran

Eloisa Tran
DATA SCIENTIST AND TECH COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

Jeffrey Scott

Jeffrey Scott
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Judging Criteria

  • IMPACT
    How impactful will this solution be for it’s target audience? Is it scalable?
  • CREATIVITY
    How original is this solution?
  • DESIGN
    How well designed is this solution, from front end through to UI/UX?
  • EXECUTION
    How well executed is this solution from start to finish?

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