About the challenge The Afropix 2025 Hackathon is focused on creating compelling visualizations and software that highlight African American achievements across various fields. Participants will work in teams of 2-4 members to develop projects that showcase historical contributions, educational progress, cultural impact, and other significant achievements in the African American community. Key Details:
Teams must create original work during the hackathon
Open-source libraries and APIs are permitted and encouraged
AI tools like GPT are allowed, but participants should understand and be able to explain their code
Each team will have 3 minutes to present their project to the judges
Projects will be evaluated on relevance, visualization effectiveness, creativity, technical implementation, and practical impact
Get started Here's some skills and knowledge that might be helpful to learn: Data Analysis and Visualization:
Python with libraries like Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn, Pandas, and NumPy
Jupyter Notebooks for interactive development
Tableau for creating dashboards
Excel for basic data manipulation
R for statistical computing
JavaScript libraries like D3.js for web visualizations
React.js and Next.js for full stack applications
Version Control:
Git for code management and collaboration
Teams will consist of 2-4 members
A 20-minute team-building session will be held at the start
Organizers and volunteers will help match participants based on complementary skills
Feb. 22, 2025
UNC Black in Tech
232 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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