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What is Hi!ckathon by Hi! PARIS ?
The Hi!ckathon is the event organized by Hi! PARIS around challenges on data science, sustainability and business subjects.
Hi! PARIS is an interdisciplinary center for research and education centered around AI and Data Science created in 2020 from the alliance of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) and HEC Paris. It was later joined by Inria and is supported by five corporate donors: L’Oréal, Capgemini, TotalEnergies, Kering and Rexel.
Share your bright insights for the future
The Hi!ckathon will give you the opportunity to be part of one founding event of a worldwide center on Data Science and AI.
By joining the Hi!ckathon, you will build skills in an interdisciplinary team, broaden your reflection and answer the complex issues you will be facing.
A reflection around environmental issues
The Hi!ckathon will give participants the opportunity to reflect on a key issue for our future : AI&Sustainibility.
So come and put your skill in service of a societal and environmental issues related to the use of Data and AI !
An intense 2 days experience
The Hi!ckathon will take place from March 4 evening untill March 6 evening.
Participants will be allowed to gather their teams in one of the many rooms booked for the event across IP Paris partner schools!
Sponsored by market leading companies
Major companies will enrich the challenge thanks to their expertise : onboarding videos, teams coaching during the event and more importantly : you will work on some issues they’ve been facing.
They will also come and reward your work during a special ceremony on March 7.
This year, you will benefit from 15 hours of training during 5 weeks before the Hi!ckathon at a rate of 3 hours per week in order to best prepare the final challenge.
Hi!ckathon key steps
EVENT SCHEDULE

HI!CKATHON 2 AGENDA
March 4th at 6.30PM
Opening ceremony (1h-1h30) | Register on Zoom HERE!
School and corporate donors will welcome you during this special opening ceremony and officially launch the competition !
March 5th to 6th
Final sprint (48h)
After the ceremony, you will start your two days journey through the Hi!ckathon.
Coaches from the corporate donors will help you build your innovative solutions.
By the end of the event, you will have built a data science model, a scientific procedure document, and a video of your business project.
March 7th at 7.00PM
Awards and closing ceremony (1h) | Register on Zoom HERE!
After two intensive days, it will be time for you to enjoy your reward and reflect on the strong human experience you have been going through.
The Hi!ckathon is a unique competition that will bring together students from IP Paris, HEC Paris and a few other institutions

Meet insightful people
The Hi!ckathon is open to all students from IP Paris, HEC Paris and a few other institutions and universities!
One of the great ambition of the challenge is to build synergy between major Business school, Engineering schools and universities to meet the complex challenge of Data and its impact on society.

Build interdisciplinary teams
The Hi!ckathon will challenge your ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
Interdisciplinarity will be a key element for this Hi!ckathon, which will ask you to project yourself in a market context as well as producing a data science model


Hi!ckathon registration process
Just three steps...
Individual Registration.
Register for the Hi!ckathon by clicking the button below !
First, you will have to register to the data platform called HFactory.
Then, the registration form, available from the HFactory, will require you to describe your skills to better match you with other participants.
Team Building.
Upon registering, you can start to build your interdisciplinary team.
To meet with your future colleagues from all IP Paris, HEC and a few other universities, you can join the dedicated Discord.
Team Validation.
Once your team is set up, just mail the organizing team with your team composition.
Click below to discover the mail template and instructions to contact us.
Hi!ckathon Corporate Donors
Hi! PARIS relies on a philanthropy model that allows the centre to invest and become a worldwide competitor amongst top academic institutions.
L’Oréal, Capgemini, TotalEnergies, Kering and Rexel are involved in the center to further that role and share their experience.





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