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What is the
SPARC codeathons are focused on projects which use SPARC data and/or SPARC tools and resources in novel ways, particularly in enhancing, demonstrating, or measuring the findability, accessibility, interoperability, or reusability (FAIR) of the data.
Projects must demonstrate the value of SPARC’s public data and/or directly integrate into or with any of the following SPARC tools and resources to improve their existing capabilities via the various APIs and services available:
- SPARC Portal
- o²S²PARC simulation and analysis platform
- ApiNATOMY anatomical connectivity models
- Biolucida image server
- SPARC collection of experimental protocols
- Pennsieve data management platform
- SCKAN SPARC connectivity knowledgebase
Various SPARC experts are available during the codeathon to help with technical advice as needed. Prize pools of US $50,000 have been distributed.
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The 2024 Codeathon was August 10-12, 2024
SPARC.RL
Grand Prize, $15,000 USD
SPARC.RL Offers a proof of concept toolchain that simplifies the training of state-of-the-art reinforcement learning agents, even for those without deep expertise in the field.
oSPARC-Hub
Grand Prize, $15,000 USD
The oSPARC Hub framework is a comprehensive suite of SPARC pipelines, modules, and applications designed to enhance the capabilities of the oSPARC platform.
sparc-spy
2nd Prize, $7,000 USD
A cross-platform Python visualisation tool called the SPARC Scaffolding in Python (SPARC-SPy) to run within o2S2PARC that can produce VTK visualisations from data scaffolds.
SPARCTA
3rd Prize, $3,000 USD
A web-based viewer for TIFF files with annotation capabilities, called SPARCTA.
The 2023 Codeathon was August 5-7, 2023
SPARC Flow
Grand Prize, $20,000 USD
A python tool to explore, enhance, and expand SPARC datasets and their descriptions in accordance with FAIR principles
Team members: Chinchien Lin, Matthew French, Thiranja Babarenda Gamage, Linkun Gao, Michael Hoffman, Jiali Xu
AI SPARC Flows
2nd Prize, $10,000 USD
A tool for Fast and Small savable workflows for SPARC data analysis
Team members: Charles Horn, John Bentley, Mason Mings
SCKAN-Compare
3rd Prize, $7,000 USD
Python package and web app to retrieve and visualize data contained in SCKAN
Team members: Hiba Ben Aribi, Pranjal Garg, Gautam Kumar, Shailesh Appukuttan
MetaCell does Apinatomy
4th Prize, $3,000 USD
The repository contains 2 tools hacked during the last 3 days, an updated version of the open-physiology-viewer and the sparc_converter
Team members: Dario del Piano, Jerry Stefkos, Giovanni Idili Jesus Martinez, Nicolas Gomez, Alex Burdusel
2022 Codeathon event
2021 Codeathon event
