Orlando hackathon uses tech to solve food insecurity
Jasky Foundation, the family foundation of Stax Payments co-founder Jacques Fu, has partnered with the global nonprofit DataKind to assemble and guide volunteers to use their tech skills to solve a persistent problem: food insecurity.
Fu believes technology can help solve the problem, and that’s why he engaged DataKind's help. Area data scientists have been invited to participate in a weekend "data dive” that begins Friday, Oct. 13. The event will be held at Credo Conduit at 1001 N. Orange Ave., kicking off at 6 p.m.
Like a hackathon — where computer programmers come together for a social coding event to improve upon or build a new software program — a data dive organizes technical experts specializing in data to find and use data. In this case, volunteer teams will build and showcase data-driven applications aimed at benefiting society.
