BASIS, along with BASIS Student’s Forum & Cloud Camp Bangladesh is organizing consecutively for the 5th time NASA Space Apps Challenge 2020 during October 2-4, 2020.
NASA is going to organize this event in 250 Cities Globally. From Bangladesh 9 Cities (Dhaka, Sylhet, Chattogram, Barisal, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barisal, and Cumilla) will be able to participate in this Global Hack-a-Thon. It will involve any and all University students in Bangladesh virtually, and nearly 1,00,000 (1 Lac) students will be reached in this event.
NASA Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration that takes place over 48-hours in 250 cities around the world. It is going to be organized from October 2-4, 2020, simultaneously and virtually all over the world. Last year, in Bangladesh, we received more than 850 projects from 5 categories. Among them 50 teams were invited to participate at 48 hours global hackathon. It’s been a great honor for us that, among 220 cities all over the world, Bangladesh obtained 3rdand 5thplace in 2017, and Bangladesh won the championship in 2018, along with an additional finalists from Bangladesh. We are on a roll and intent to continue to lead the world for this competition.
All are welcome in Space Apps. The common thread among Space Apps participants is that you are interested in space science and exploration, you are creative, and you want to solve problems. Over 29,000 people from 71 countries and in 225 cities around the world participated in the 2019 International Space Apps Challenge. In May 2020, the virtual-only Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge concluded with over 15,000 participants from 150 countries. If you can’t find a Space Apps event located near you, join the Virtual Event online, and do the Space Apps challenge from your home!
Space Apps builds connections. As a part of Space Apps, you are part of a global hack-a-thon community that embraces collaboration across borders, sectors, and cultures to bring about paradigm-shifting innovation.
Schedule (All times Asia/Dhaka)
Date: Friday, October 2nd – Sunday, October 4th
Tentative Schedule (We are finalizing this, more details coming):
October 2: 7:00 AM – Team Registration / Hack-a-thon Begins
October 2: 9:30 AM – Opening Ceremony
October 2: 11:00 AM – Hack-a-Thon Continues
October 2: 7:00 PM - Live Broadcast with NASA
October 3: 7:30 AM – Hack-a-thon Continues
October 4: 9:00 AM – Presentation & Judging
October 4: 8:00 PM – Closing Ceremony
Our Locations in Bangladesh:
Bangladesh Mainstage: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services
BDBL Bhaban (Level 5 - West), 12 Kawran Bazar, Dhaka -1215, Bangladesh
Cumilla/Virtual
Coordinator: Partha Chakraborty, Chairman & Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Cumilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh // Phone:
+8801717629764 // email: partha.chak@cou.ac.bd
Lead: Tanvir Ahmed // Phone: +8801689234181 // email: programmertanvir420@gmail.com
Dhaka/Virtual
Coordinator: Kaushik Sarker, Associate Head and Assistant Professor, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh // Phone:
+8801847140142 // Phone: kaushik.swe@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd
Lead: Md.Hasibul Hasan Sakib // Phone: +8801999446899 // email: mdsakib082@gmail.com
Sylhet/Virtual
Coordinator: Md. Saiful Islam, Asst. Professor, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh // Phone: +8801717960979 // email: saiful-cse@sust.edu
Lead: Hriteshwar Talukdar // Phone: +8801786044933 // email: hriteshwar@gmail.com
Chattogram/Virtual
Coordinator: Md. Iftekharul Alam Efat, Noakhali Science & Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh // Phone: +8801727208714 // phone: iftekhar.iit.nstu@gmail.com
Lead: Md. Mazbah Uddin Ahammed // Phone: +8801521328913 // email: mazbah142@gmail.com
Barisal/Virtual
Coordinator: Md. Mostafijur Rahman, Lecturer, University of Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh // Phone: +8801739097182 // email: mostafij.csebu@gmail.com
Lead: Niaz Hassan // Phone: +8801819949151 // email: mirmukut@gmail.com
Rangpur/Virtual
Coordinator: Masud Ibn Afjal, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University , Rangpur, Bangladesh
Lead: Shakil Ahamad // Phone: +8801892186018 // email: shakil.ahamadhstu@gmail.com
Rajshahi/Virtual
Coordinator: Md. Rashed-Al-Mahfuz, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi // Phone: +8801723580555 // email: ram@ru.ac.bd
Lead: Hossain Md. Sabir // Phone: +8801677452170 // email: hossainmdsabir123@gmail.com
Khulna/Virtual
Coordinator: Akib Shariyar, Lecturer, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh // Phone: +8801917828888 // email: akib.shahriyar@cse.kuet.ac.bd
Lead: Sumit Chanda // Phone: +8801964158014 // email: chanda1505012@stud.kuet.ac.bd
Mymensingh/Virtual
Coordinator: Mahbubun Nahar, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam, Mymensingh, Bangladesh // Phone: +8801770393499 // email: mahbuba.knu@gmail.com
Lead: Kanis Fatema Shanta // Phone: +8801987934996 // email: kanisfatemashanta.cse@gmail.com
