Iowa State University study trip and International Accessibility Hackathon
The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (UAS Technikum Wien) in cooperation with the Iowa State University are organising a study trip (May 20-25, 2024) including an International Accessibility Hackathon from May 22-23, 2024. The study trip and the hackathon will be held in Vienna, mostly at the facilities of UAS Technikum Wien.
The aim of the hackathon is the design of applications taking into account accessibility data of places. Open Data interfaces will be used for the implementation. Students will form international teams and analyse and evaluate data from e.g. wheelmap.org and develop concepts and prototypes using the data.
Facts
- Internationalization opportunity for part-time students
- Transferable for the compulsory UASTW Internalization module, provided the participant attends at least 4 days.
- No Attendance fees!! The costs of the social events have to be borne by the students themselves.
- Monday, 20th and Saturday, 25th are optional for UASTW students
Prerequisites
- Study semester 2 or higher (application before already)
- Programming skills recommended, but no must
Participants
- Approx. 16 students from Iowa State University
- 10 Students from UAS Technikum Wien
Funding
The event and the mobility of the ISU students is funded by ERASMUS+.
The international accessibility hackathon is operated by the project Inclusion International funded by the City of Vienna (call nr. 33-02).
Schedule
The schedule is a draft. A more detailed schedule with meeting points and contact person will be announced after application.
Monday, May 20 | Tuesday, May 21 | Wednesday, May 22 | Thursday, May 23 | Friday, May 24 | Saturday, May 25 |
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Weekend | Accessibillity Hachathon | Accessibillity Hachathon | Weekend | ||
10am-4pm Experimental Learning: Explore the city by testing multi-modal transportation (Walking and public transportation) | 10:30am-12:30pm Transportation and Mobility: Smart City Vienna – UIV Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH | 9am-11am Introduction to Inclusion International, disability and barriers. 11:15am-12:30pm Introduction to wheelmap.org | 9am-11:30am Task definition, presentation of various open data sources and online maps 11:30am-12:30pm Team formation | 9am-12:30pm Refugees in Austria guided tour | 9am-1pm Individual & Group projects Donube island / Old Danube Travel diary Presentation + video |
2:30pm-5pm Seestadt Aspern guided walking tour – solutions for the future of transportation and mobility | 1:30pm-5pm 2 groups alternating Group A: Assessment of places with regard to accessibility. (accompanied by wheelchair user) Group B: Introduction to Accessibility Cloud + Schema | 1:30pm-5pm Concept creation in mixed international groups Presentation of the concepts | 1:30pm-5pm WU Campus Tour Social housing in Vienna tour | 2pm-5pm Dinner at Danube | |
6pm-10pm Social program in the evening tbd. |
Registration form
Do you want to apply for participation?
There is limited capacity of 10 UAS TW students. If you want to transfer it for the UASTW Internalization module, the attendance of 4 days is compulsory. The weekend days (Monday and Saturday) are optional, please indicate in the form below, if you would like to join.
Please use the form below and apply until 04.03.2024. We will inform you within 1 week about your approval status.