Actionable Intelligence | Predictive News Analytics
✓ Are you a student with IT or data analysis skills? ✓ Are you interested in data visualization, trend analysis, prediction & forecasting, content discovery, protection against misinformation & fake news, and other related topics?
When?
Friday, February 27, 17:00 - Saturday, February 28, 19:30, 2026.
Where?
KYPO Conference Room in the building of the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, 602 00, Brno.
Topics
Each team will be asked to choose one of several topics, such as data visualization, trend analysis, predictive analysis and forecasting, or data digest. More details will be provided later.
Teams
2 to 5 participants per team. Individuals can apply, and we reserve the right to assign them to a team. Pre-formed teams will remain as registered - no additional members will be added, regardless of team size.
Source of data to be used by participating teams
Newsmatics will provide all participants with access to its state-of-the-art news database of annotated English-language articles + we will organize an online workshop in advance to explain how to access and use this database of millions of news articles.
Participants equipment
Your own computers. Optional: sleeping bags – a adesignated room will be available for naps.
Language of the hackathon
English (but participants may use their native languages among themselves).
Prize money
- 1st place 25000 CZK
- 2nd place 19000 CZK
- 3rd place 12500 CZK
Perks
Free food & drinks during the whole hackathon.
Want to see what our last hackathon was like?
Visit the 2025 Newsmatics hackathon website to find photos, videos, and more.
Registration:
The official 2026 hackathon registration process will launch in early January 2026.
However, we highly recommend pre-registering. Just fill out this form, and we will send you an email before the official registration period begins.
Organizer
Contact
Email us at: [email protected]