Results of Cambridge Coding Festival hackathon

IT Park hosted a youth hackathon in collaboration with Cambridge International University and ‘Millat Umidi’ Foundation’s support. The hackathon took place on June 3–5 as part of the Cambridge Coding Festival among 16-20 year olds.

Contestants are given 72 hours (hackathon envisages a limited timeframe in which participants should create a product prototype or startup project) to develop an MVP for an IT solution.

Hackathon received over 350 applications across the country involving over 200 participants that have united into more than 60 teams. 45 made it to the final.

The winning team will be awarded 50 000 000 UZS out of contest’s 100 000 000 UZS prize fund. The 1^st runner up will be awarded 30 000 000 UZS and 2^nd runner up gets 20 000 000 UZS.

Winners’ list:

1^st place – the Phoenix team (has developed an educational platform based on WEB 3.0. - a website with courses that pays with tokens for completing tasks on time);

2^nd – SearchBusters team (has developed a unique tool for the browser, with the help of which the user can easily get an access to the English-speaking part of the Internet in his native language);

3^rd – BBC team (has developed a sales platform for furniture, with the introduction of the AR system, in order to make a selection and further purchase easier).

Furthermore, Green White Solutions, a resident of IT Park, has allocated 30 000 000 UZS for 3 nominations (10 000 000 UZS each) to support active girls of hackathon. The winners in the following categories were:

The best Developer - Marifat Zhamalova, #Marstiff team;

The best project manager - Mukhamedova Aziza, «NovaTech» team;

The most active participant - Umarova Sevara, «hBack» team.

Project mentors:

1. Sardor Bayramov, full-stack developer at Green white Solutions. Key developer at uzpharminfo.uz

2. Sardor Hujaev, software engineer at the Smartup ERP system.

3. Siroj Samadov - Senior Software Engineer, Oracle Certified professional, Head of Research and Development Department at Green white Solutions

4. Otabek Toshkanov - Oracle Certified professional, member of the Research and Development team

5. Agabek Bazarbaev - Team Leader in charge of Smartup

6. Abbos Bukabaev - Oracle certified lawyer, key developer at the Smartup ERP system

7. Munira Begmuratova – Senior Software Engineer & Community Leader

8. Ernest Fink-Yakovlev - Product Manager at qiwi.uz

9. Islam Tashpulatov - Lead Developer at Najot Ta'lim / Abutech

10. Bakhodir Nazarov – Project Manager at Verifix HR

11. Kim Svetlana — Project Manager at Digital Intellect Solutions IT company

The Jury:

• Muslimbek Pirnazarov, the founder of several startups including Mammo Cancer

• Murodjon Muslimov - specialist at Payme, startups founder

• Baxtiyor Yoqubov, the blockchain specialist

• Nuruddin Iminoxunov - Product Manager at EPAM, founder of the GDG community in Tashkent

• Iskandar Kurbanov, the founder of the ‘Avlo’ startup.