Applications for the Leaders of Digital Transformation hackathon are open in Moscow

Applications for participation in the Moscow Mayor's project "Leaders of Digital Transformation" have been accepted in the capital. Online registration will last until September 18, said Deputy Mayor Natalia Sergunina.

Russian and foreign IT specialists over the age of 18 can join the hackathon.

"The participants will form teams and offer their digital solutions for one of 20 tasks — they will be prepared by city departments and large companies. For example, the contestants will have to create an assistant based on a neural network to work with a large amount of data," Sergunina said.

Also on the list of tasks is the development of a medical service using AI and an electronic system for determining the coordinates of real estate objects based on photos.

The entire competition will be held online. 200 teams will qualify for the finals.

The total prize fund of the hackathon is 40 million rubles. The winning teams will receive 1 million rubles, and the second and third place winners will receive 600 and 400 thousand rubles, respectively.

The competition has been held since 2019. During this time, more than 40 thousand people took part in it. Last year, the Leaders of Digital Transformation project won the Global Innovation & Tech Excellence Awards, an international award in the field of modern technologies.