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 Topic: Another data challenge to add to the list!

Kathleen Danielson <[hidden email]> Apr 19 12:21PM -0700 ^

 
Hi All,
 
Just in case there weren't enough data challenges open right now, I
wanted to let you all know about another one, the CDC Flu App
Challenge (http://fluapp.challenge.gov).
 
The CDC has released some flu data that they'd like to see you combine
with any other public datasets you can find to develop an app aimed at
educating the public about flu trends and encouraging healthy behavior
(flu shots!).
 
The CDC is offering $35,000 in prizes. Here's the breakdown:
First Place - $15,000
Second Place - $10,000
Third Place - $5,000
People's Choice - $2,500
Honorable mention - $2,500
Judges will have the discretion of awarding up to five "honorable
mention" prizes at $500 each.
 
I've copied some of the information below, but if you'd like to skip
all of that, you can head straight to the challenge itself:
http://fluapp.challenge.gov
 
If you have any questions, please let me know-- I'll do my best to
answer them. (my employer, Forum One Communications, is helping the
CDC to run this challenge).
 
Cheers,
Kathleen Danielson
 
 
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Build an App to Help Fight Flu. $35K in prizes!
 
Channel your inner geeks
 
Like building apps, tools and techy widgets? Know someone who does?
Check out the CDC Flu App Challenge.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for an
innovative and creative use of technology to raise awareness of
influenza and/or educate consumers on ways to prevent and treat the
flu, be it for:
 
the web
a personal computer,
a mobile handheld device,
or any platform broadly accessible to the open Internet.
 
 
What's in it for you?
 
Challenging competition. Potential cash prize. And satisfaction in
contributing to a healthier public!
 
The tools and technology products that best satisfy the competition
criteria will receive cash prizes ($35,000 in prizes offered) and the
opportunity to have the apps featured on the CDC website. Applicants
are encouraged to mashup CDC data with any other publicly-accessible
data feeds from around the web, and to be creative in exploring
approaches for realizing the goals.
 
 
 
You pick the technology and design the idea, we’ll provide the data
 
CDC compiles a wealth of data that often go unnoticed by the technical
community. The mission of the CDC Flu App Challenge is to introduce
the software development community to those resources and generate
useful and innovative applications with those data. We require that
you use at least one of the following data sets in your technical
solution:
 
Influenza Vaccination Estimates
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/reporti1011/resources/2010-11_Coverage.xls
XML source of the Weekly Flu Activity Report
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flureport.xml
RSS Feed of Influenza pages through content syndication
http://t.cdc.gov/feed.aspx?tpc=26829&days=90
RSS Feed of Influenza updates
http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/createrss.asp?t=r&c=20
RSS Feed of Influenza podcasts
http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/searchandcreaterss.asp?topic=flu
RSS Feed of CDC Features pages through content syndication
http://t.cdc.gov/feed.aspx?tpc=26816&fromdate=1/1/2011
JSON Feed of Influenza pages through content syndication
http://t.cdc.gov/feed.aspx?tpc=26829&days=90&fmt=json
JSON Feed of CDC Features pages through content syndication
http://t.cdc.gov/feed.aspx?tpc=26816&fromdate=1/1/2011&fmt=json
In addition, you can draw on data and resources from any other online
public sources, related to flu or otherwise. We anticipate winning
entries to draw on one or more of the CDC data sources, but you can
combine them with any interesting array of other resources.
 
 
 
Learn More & Enter to Win!
 
Prizes are as follows:
 
First Place: $15,000
Second Place: $10,000
Third Place: $5,000
People's Choice: $2,500
Honorable Mention: $2,500 (judges will have the discretion of awarding
up to five "honorable mention" prizes at $500 each)
Submissions are due May 27, 2011.
 
Enter to win at http://fluapp.challenge.gov.


 

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