Information Document ISAC 2023
By NASA ISAC Boston Organizer team, Binnovative
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Goal: design software, hardware, and design solutions to global challenges.
Since its inception in 2012, NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge has become the world’s largest global hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens across the globe to use NASA’s open data to build innovative solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space.
About NASA ISAC
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WELCOME
to the largest annual
space & science hackathon
in the world!
Join us October 7-8 as thousands of people
across the world come together for Space Apps 2023!
Check out for details on this year’s Challenges, #SpaceApps stories, and more.
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ISAC Participation 2012-2022 �
Space Apps wasn’t always the largest annual global hackathon in the world.
The first Space Apps in 2012 was attended by approximately 2,000 people at 25 events in 17 countries. Since then, the program has grown rapidly in numbers, breadth, and depth. Take a look at the chart below to see how the number of participants, number of events, and number of countries hosting events has climbed steadily over the past decade!
These statistics reached new heights in 2020, during the pandemic, with the addition of the Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge event to the yearly Space Apps 2020, culminating in a grand total of over 40,000 participants engaged and 250+ “local virtual” events run by Local Leads in 87 countries!
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ISAC 2022 BY-THE-NUMBERS �
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ISAC Boston 2023 - all virtual event.
ISAC Boston 2023 will be an all-virtual event. In other words, all local events will take place online. Through the website, participants will be able to meet teammates and create their teams; talk with other participants and space agency experts in our online chat rooms; and submit their projects. In this unprecedented time, the Space Apps community exists as a reminder that we have the tools and talents to tackle the challenges that face our planet, as well as the ability to unite across boundaries and borders of all kinds.
You must attend - ISAC Boston online opening event at 10/7 9:00AM EDT AND ISAC Boston online local presentation & judging event on 10/8 12:00PM EDT.
NASA and the Space Apps Global Organizing Team
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2023 NASA ISAC locations
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Welcome to ISAC Boston !!!
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About Binnovative
Mission
Collaborate to Innovate – Binnovative (Binnovative.org) cultivates the entrepreneurial mindset by producing international, intercultural and collaborative experiences in innovation ecosystems
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Binnovative organizes NASA ISAC�2023 NASA ISAC Boston is our 10th time organizing!�
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Past NASA ISAC Boston
More than 40 participants in 2022 and 300+ participants since 2014
●2021 ISAC Boston 2021 AND 2022 local finalist team won ISAC Global Winner in Art and Technology category
●2019 the top winning team went on to be among the top 5 Global Finalists in their respective categories
●In 2017, and 2018 total of 8 International Teams were formed
● In both 2014 and 2015 competitions, the top 2 winning teams went on to be among the top 5 Global Finalists in their respective categories
● One team from the 2015 competition collaborated with a startup on refining their prototype
Let’s hear past attendees’ experience!
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Past Projects From ISAC Boston
2022 ISAC Boston Local Winner ISAC Global Winner (Art and technology category) Team Earth, Wind and Flare developed an interactive tool to represent data from the Parker Solar Probe to enable us to learn more about solar effects (aka space weather). The team’s submission, “Where you can Uncover the Invisible”, was an Internet of Things (IoT) device that publicizes space weather and its impacts on the Earth in an interactive and artistic way. They considered key elements for the device including a matrix board to display space and Earth weather, how to integrate data from multiple sources, and what visual and acoustic effects would be the most engaging. |
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Past Projects From ISAC Boston
2021 ISAC Boston Local Winner ISAC Global Winner (Art and technology category) Team Jimmy in the box is WOW-ed by how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) uses origami-like folding and unfolding for its launch and deployment. Using our diverse skills and experience, this project builds computerized origami models for JWST in order to showcase its amazing design and "satisfying" deployment steps. |
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ISAC Boston Sponsors
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ISAC Boston Mentor
Harish Kamath @Harish
Tech Entrepreneur
Software, electronics
Harish is one of Binnovative’s founding members.
He works on business development by reaching out to sponsors, key influencers of Boston’s startup ecosystem, and universities.
Harish co-founded EHLabs. with Eriko Nishimoto and has held senior engineering leadership positions in technology companies. His hardware+software startup, Headtalk, was part of the Techstars Boston accelerator program.
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ISAC Boston Organizers/Staff
Eriko Nishimoto
Hiroko Kajimoto
- ISAC Boston organizer
- Music performance
Yuki Nagatoshi
Lauren Croop
Sougou Tojima
- ISAC Boston organizer
- Marketing and logistics support
Harish Kamath
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NASA ISAC Challenges
This year’s event theme is “Explore Open Science Together”. This year’s theme celebrates the benefits and successes created through the equitable and open sharing of knowledge and data. You can find all challenges at: https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/challenges/
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NASA’s Open Data
You can access to NASA’s open data to tackle challenge for example...
https://open.nasa.gov/open-data/ Images
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We are on Discord!!
Questions for mentors :
Post question in #mentor-room
Kintone specific #kintone-questions
Looking for teammates? #team-formation
Questions for organizers or any other comments #general
*After team is formed, we will create your Discors team channel and we are all in so that you will be connected with us more closely.
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Register ISAC Boston !!
https://isacboston2023.eventbrite.com/
https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/boston-ma/
(Please register for both!! )
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How to be connected
Find teammate
Form team
Work on project
You
Us (Organizers)
Register for ISAC Boston
Register Discord
Ask questions for mentors, organizers
Inform team info to organizer
Create Discord team
Along with member and mentors
Connect mentors, organizers on team level
Send invitation for Discord
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Days of Hackathon!!
Saturday, October 7th
Organizers/mentors are on Discord all the time!!
ISAC Portal site
8AM Registered participants online check in
9AM Opening Ceremony and Welcome by NASA ISAC Global Team and Boston local team
10 AM Online pitching & team formation
Online meeting (Zoom)
Discord
Register team and project
2PM
(1h) Mentor Office Hour
5PM
(1h) Mentor Office Hour
8PM
(30min) Music performance !
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Days of Hackathon!!
Saturday, October 7th
8PM Music
Performance
Join our 8PM music performance !!!
Music performance by our ISAC organizer team
Igor Golger (guitar) and Hiroko Kajimoto (flute)
We will meet on ZOOM and YouTube.
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Days of Hackathon!!
Sunday, October 8th
Organizers/mentors are on Discord all the time!!
ISAC Portal site
12PM
Stop hacking
Submit project
12PM
Presentations
& judging
3:30PM Winner announcement & closing
10AM
(1h) Mentor Office Hour
Online meeting (Zoom)
Discord
Submit Presentation for organizer
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About Teams
* recommend to have teammate and attend to save time and maximize performance at hackathon)
* Use Discord channel to find teammates
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About Teams from ISAC Participant FAQ
Do I need a team?
How many members should a team have? Are there limits to the size of my team?
When are teams formed and sart woking?
You can submit a project independently. However, we encourage all attendees to be part of a team.
The sweet spot for teams is typically 4 to 5 people. The limit for a team is 6 people.
Now! You'll find an eventbrite registration link on our website: spaceappsboston.org After you register for the event, you'll receive the email with a Discord link.
Please join our Discord now and introduce yourself to share what kind of challenge you are planning to tackle and who (i.e. what kind of skills) you are looking for as your teammate(s) in #team-formation channel.
-> However Regardless of when your team forms, participants are not permitted to start working on their solutions until the Space Apps event begins on October 1st.
https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/resources/faq/
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About Challenges from ISAC Participant FAQ
Can people start working on the challenges as soon as they are published?
participants can start the actual work when the hackathon begins on October 7th.
What if I have questions about one of the challenges or datasets?
Post mentors at Discord channel “mentor room” from now until October 8th.
Also, on NASA site Subject-Matter Experts from NASA will be available on hackathon weekend (October 7-8) in ISAC chat channels.
Can teams work on more than one challenge?
Participants and teams are encouraged to focus on one project and one solution
How are projects/solutions submitted?
Create a project page in NASA ISAC site to describe their work.
https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/resources/faq/
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Judging
Boston Local Judging :
Your team must register your project on https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/boston-ma/ page and attend online pitch session on 10/8 12:00PM EDT - to present your project to local judges
The local winner team which will be chosen on the event will be proceed to global judging.
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Local Judges
Branden Allen is a Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard College Observatory, a part of the
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard-Smithsonian, who has long been engaged in the development, launch and operation of large high-altitude balloon payloads, spaceflight missions, and next-generation X-ray detector systems for use in both astronomy and planetary science.
Shinji Sato is an IT industry veteran with over three decades of experience in Silicon Valley. He has held various roles, including software developer and product manager, contributing to a wide range of software development projects. Currently, Shinji serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Mechanical Intuition, a data science startup based in California.
Naotake Murayama - Born in Japan, made in the US. San Francisco Bay Area resident and global citizen. Startup Chief of Figuring it Out, investor, board member, and mentor to founders. Former banker and management consultant. Cross-industry, cross-functional, and cross-cultural synthesizer. BA Keio University, MBA Stanford University. Building startups in the US, Japan, and Croatia.
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Local Judges
Sameer Kenkare leads the Corporate VC and Innovation group at AWS Startups, a group of 1000+ former entrepreneurs and investors that help startups succeed from inception to IPO. He has been recognized as a top 50 emerging Corporate VC and featured in the Powerlist in 2022.
Prior to Amazon, Sameer has spent over 10 years as an engineer, VC, equity researcher, startup advisor and operator across American Express, Lazard, Con Edison, G51 Capital, and JPMorgan and earned his degrees from MIT and Mumbai University.
Mirza Samnani is a robotics engineer at NASA JPL working on various research projects. He led teams in prominent robotics competitions and founded Ignite Labs, where he developed robots for COVID-19 relief. Previously at Georgia Tech's Planetary eXploration Lab, he's also contributed to the ISS-bound BioX2 payload amongst other projects.
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Local Judging Criteria
Impact: How much impact (quality and quantity) can this project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem? Will it inspire or help many, or a few?
Creativity: How creative/innovative is the approach? Is the project novel and something that hasn’t been attempted before, or is it an incremental improvement on something that already exists?
Validity: Is the solution scientifically valid? Will it do what it sets out to do? Can it work in the real world?
Relevance: Is this project responsive to the challenge for which it was submitted? Is it a complete solution or does it have a long way to go? Is it technically feasible? How usable or user friendly is the solution?
Presentation: How well did the team communicate their project? Were they effective in telling the story of the project: the challenge, the solution, and why is it important?
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NASA’s criteria regarding submission
Any original content (that is, content that you have created for the International Space Apps Challenge) needs to be made freely available without restriction or is licensed as open source as defined by the Open Source Initiative (OSI): https://www.opensource.org/docs/osd�
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After hacking.. You will get
We will provide special ISAC Boston / Binnovative original swag (TBD) to all participants who successfully submit a solution to the ISAC Boston event and have a shipping address in the conterminous United States. (sorry if you are not in US..)
SUCCESSFUL PROBLEM SOLVERS WILL GET A NASA ISAC BOSTON / Binnovative ORIGINAL SWAG !! ( We will ship to your home.. If you are in the US)
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If you win.. You will also get
1st and 2nd prize team members (have a shipping address in the conterminous United States) will get an awesome prize from ISAC Boston (TBD)
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Sponsor Prize
Best use of Kintone API prize by Kintone
Detail will be informed by Kintone
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Amazon AWS Award
Amazon AWS award by AWS
Detail will be informed by AWS
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Summary- Here’s Your Homework
https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/boston-ma/
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Social Media - please tag us!!
https://www.facebook.com/SpaceAppsBoston
https://www.facebook.com/BinnovativeBos
https://www.instagram.com/binnovative_org/
@Binnovative_org
Hashtag
#SpaceApps
#SpaceAppsBoston
#BinnovativeBos
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thank you!!�Looking forward to seeing you on Discord !! (#^.^#)
Any questions, email
Binnovative - International Space Apps Challenge (ISAC) Boston team
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