Washington MESAIBM Bluemix

Student EnablementSaturday - October 10, 2015

IBM Bluemix Student EnablementSaturday 10.10.15

AgendaAgenda Presenter Time

Welcome Dr. Amelia Philips 9:00 – 9:15

Washington MESA Mobile Application Challenge Goals Lucy Casale MESA 9:15 – 9:30

Judging Process and Prizes Rosemary Turner IBM 9:30 – 10:00

Introduction to Bluemix and Internet of Things (IoT) Oliver Rodriguez IBM 10:00 – 10:30

Lab 1 Oliver Rodriguez IBM 10:30 – 11:30

Lunch – Washington State Opportunity Scholarship 11:30 – 12:00Lab 2 Oliver Rodriguez IBM 12:00 – 1:15

Watson and Mobile on Bluemix Evan Kedzierski IBM 1:15 – 2:15

Teams and Next Steps Lucy Casale MESA & Rosemary Turner IBM

2:15 – 3:00

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeFriday October 23 – Saturday October 24

Highline College• Two day event where students come together to harness the power,

speed and flexibility of IBM Bluemix and compete to build awesome applications on your mobile device

• 40 students across 6 community college campus• Bring web/mobile/really any kind of dev knowledge – or just a

willingness to learn!!!• Faculty/Mentors and the IBM Technical Team will be onsite to assist

Friday ……… 2pm - 9pmSaturday ...... 8am - 4pm

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeGoals and Objectives

• Opportunity for students to have fun and be creative while learning about IBM’s Platform as a Service – Bluemix

• Opportunity for students to build technical skills by quickly assimilating knowledge and creatively applying it to rapidly build and deploy cloud based applications

• Opportunity for students to collaborate and sharpen their team building skills

• Opportunity to learn skills that can strengthen your resume – technical and managerial!!

2nd Place

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeJudging Rubric

• Pre-Event Surveys• Science Fair setup• Judges

1st Place

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Oliver Rodriguez & Evan Kedzierski

NA Cloud Technology EvangelistEcosystem Development

Planning: What’s being built ?Problem(s) + Tech Requirement(s) = Prompt

• Prompt Recommendations:1. Social application2. Analytics application3. Choose your own

Social ApplicationProblem(s) + Tech Requirement(s) = Prompt

• Build a social-focused mobile application that continues to connect people in new and exciting ways

• Broad theme but gives you freedom to do anything you want• Examples:

1. Multiplayer game2. Challenge your friend application3. Student focused “meetup” site for students to get involved with activities or

meet people in their school or city4. Mentor/Buddy match application to help new students navigate life in a

new city

Analytics ApplicationProblem(s) + Tech Requirement(s) = Prompt

• Build an application which analyzes our data in a way which entertains, helps and inspires us

• Cognitive Computing or Watson• Examples:

1. Processes Facebook posts to understand patterns of emotion2. Translates poems into striking visuals3. Recommends a suitable place to eat depending on your mood

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeVisit the Bluemix Developers Community at

BLUEMIX.NET1. Overview2. Getting Started3. How To & Tutorials4. Videos – link to YouTube

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengePre-event actions to complete BEFORE October 23rd

for points1. What are the three different ways you can build and deploy your

application?2. Post a link to a helpful Bluemix Tutorial Video3. Post a fun/silly/exciting/positive phrase on Twitter to get people

excited about the Mobile Application Challenge4. Post a photo of all your teammates with the Bluemix Logo5. Post your teamname on Twitter

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengePre-event actions to complete BEFORE October 23rd

Respond on Twitter for game points!!!

#wamesa2015hackhttps://twitter.com/WashingtonMESA

Watch your Twitter Feed for bonus actions daily starting Monday October 12th – Remember

the Bonus Actions are worth 20 points

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeHackathon Rules

• Have Fun!• Teams will consist of 4 or 5 students. You can program in any language. Refer to the

Bluemix Community for options.• Student application will need to use one or more cloud Bluemix services. You may use a

social data source such as Twitter or Facebook.• You can use existing code snippets/modules from the web and put them together in a

novel way. Do not just take an existing app and run it unchanged on Bluemix as your submission.

• Each team must demo their mobile application and present work to the judges in 5 minute time periods. No charts required.

• No eating or drinking in the Computer Lab and no overnight access• Wear T-shirts!!

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeForm Competitive Teams

1. Announce Teams2. Give Tshirts

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 1

• Semon Ambaw – Seattle Central• Julian Rangel – Columbia Basin• Sean Healy – Highline• Lei Meng - Highline

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 2

• Steve Pham - Highline• Jezabel Garcia – Seattle Central• Shanika Davis – Seattle Central• Robert Condie - Highline

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 3

• Apars Walia - Highline• Natnael Kahssay – Seattle Central• Elizabeth Castrellon – Columbia Basin• Mominur Islam - Highline

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 4

• Alberto Barrera – Seattle Central• Dixon Mejia-Piters - Highline• Elemo Mussa – Seattle Central• Cody Gagnon – Seattle Central

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 5

• Bonn Ortloff – Seattle Central• Yosefin Hasibuan – Seattle Central• Ricardo Pinon-Garcia – Highline

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeTeam 6

• Ahmed Hassan - Highline• Jason Sanyvinetti – Seattle Central• Yasmin Ibrahim – Seattle Central

Washington MESA Mobile Application ChallengeNext Steps

1. Create a Twitter Account (if you don’t already have one)2. Team Actions:

• Collaborate and Share contact information• Decide on a Team Name and share on Twitter BEFORE October 23rd • Respond to the Pre-Event Actions and daily Bonus Actions on Twitter BEFORE October 23rd • Decide what kind of mobile application your going to build

3. For additional Help and Guidance and to help you better prepare:• Review the Bluemix Developers Community at BLUEMIX.NET• Review the Labs covered in the October 10th Student Enablement• Attend the Virtual Training on Friday October 16th • Reach out to the identified Bluemix Mentor’s or the IBM Bluemix Instructors

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