Universität Bonn

Institute of Computer Science

23. April 2025

Register now for the #Hack4Surgery - Hackathon on digital surgery Register now for the #Hack4Surgery - Hackathon on digital surgery

One day. One challenge: saving human lives

Improving medical decisions in the emergency department with machine learning - that is the challenge of the #Hack4Surgery hackathon. Students and young scientists are developing innovative solutions to optimize emergency surgery and thus save lives. They use machine learning methods and artificial intelligence to do so. The hackathon will take place all day on June 6, 2025 at the Bonner Bogen. Interested teams can register until May 30. The event is a cooperation between the Bonn Surgical Technology Center (Boster) of the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Transfer Center enaCom of the University of Bonn.

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In everyday clinical practice, doctors make difficult decisions every day that have an impact on life and death. Machine learning tools can help them to make the right decisions faster and more precisely and thus actively influence patients' lives. At #Hack4Surgery, the teams immerse themselves in the possibilities of digital surgery: they work on solutions for prediction models and use real data from the UKB Emergency Center as a basis. For example, the aim is to better predict whether emergency surgery is necessary for certain symptoms, such as abdominal pain. The hackathon offers a unique opportunity to deal with real medical issues and make valuable contacts at the interface of medicine and modeling.

After an input on the challenge, the participants work in teams and are supported by experts from Boster and the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it) on their solution approaches. Participants will also be given insider insights into the laboratories and working environments at Boster, which specializes in digital surgery and medical robotics. The best three teams will then pitch their results. After the award ceremony, there will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and network at the final get-together.

The offer is aimed at Master's students and junior researchers at the University of Bonn from the fields of machine learning and modeling, especially from computer science and life science informatics. Participation is possible in groups of 2 to 3 people. Register by May 30th!

More Info on the  #Hack4Surgery-Website.

Dr. Daniela Treutlein
Innovation Scoutin am Transfer Center enaCom
treutlein@verwaltung.uni-bonn.de
+49 228 73-6503

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