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Web Mining Hack Day
The web is quickly becoming the preferred platform for a new breed of applications that combine web data, data mining and user experience. Come enjoy a night of hacking with other web mining enthusiasts brought to you by the friendly folks at Diffbot.
We'll present a bunch of data APIs, text mining APIs, and a new type of API from Diffbotthat does structure mining. Let's see what we can build together.
1. Meet and network with other web mining experts, hackers, and students.
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2. Learn about new semantic technologies and open web APIs.
3. See the new the AOL West Coast Headquarters, StartX, Stanford University's startup accelerator. Have some pizza on us
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4. Hack on new ideas and show off your projects.
Every participating team at the hackathon will be given a FREE $50 Amazon Web Services voucher to help them get started. Prizes will be given to the hack that best combines data and web mining APIs with a great product idea.
PRIZES:
1. $500 Apple Store gift certificate
2. $1700 Amazon Web Services voucher
3. Netbook sponsored by Yahoo!
AGENDA:
1:00 – Introduction - presentation of web mining and data APIs. Overview of APIs from engineers from: Diffbot, Factual, Yahoo!, IndexTank, and Topicmarks.
1:15 – Icebreaker and Team formation
2:00 – Start Hacking!
Ongoing - Office hours for those that have questions about the APIs or need help getting started.
6:00 – Food break
1:30a – Demos and Closing
