The AASHTO Digital TAM Guide Update Hackathon* is an opportunity for individuals and teams to provide input to the NCHRP research team on on how to improve the functionality of the AASHTO Digital TAM Guide and make it more easily used by practitioners. This is a unique opportunity to provide your creative and innovative ideas in order to benefit the broader TAM community. By participating you will also receive networking and community building opportunities as well as recognition and visibility.
*noun hack*a*thon: an event in which many people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming. Also known as a hack day, hackfest, datathon or codefest, a portmanteau of hacking and marathon—a hackathon is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time such as 24 or 48 hours.
Questions? For more information about the hackathon, please email [email protected]
What are we looking for?
Using the list of focus area improvements already identified and other enhancements to be made, the NCHRP research team is looking for the following on how to implement the improvements and enhancements within the digital guide:
- Proof of Concepts—such as computer code to improve functionality;
- Prototypes—identifying a better way to navigate the guide or adding gamification; or
- Examples—providing an interesting application of TAM in practice.
This is a unique opportunity to provide your creative and innovative ideas in order to benefit the broader TAM community. By participating you will also receive networking and community building opportunities as well as recognition and visibility.
Submissions don't just have to be code-based. They can fall into one or more of the following focus areas. Have a great idea for the AASHTO Digital TAM Guide that's not listed here? When filling out your registration form, make sure to select "Other" for Focus Area, and elaborate on your idea in the Description.
Focus Area Improvements:
- Navigation enhancements regarding moving around the digital guide better.
- More practice examples that connect with real data and tools.
- Improved visualizations and ways to communicate information and concepts in the digital guide better.
- Linking GIS/mapping to the guide.
- Use and application of gamification.
- Introduction of web-based training functionalities.
- Integration of multimedia audio and video into the delivery of content.
- Other ideas and concepts to improve functionality.
Judges:
- Judges will be announced soon!
Important Dates:
- Promotion Begins: April 24, 2023
- Hackathon: June 5-11, 2023
- Kick-Off Meeting #1: June 5 at 2:00pm ET
- Check-In Meeting #2: June 7 at 2:00pm ET
- Submissions Due: June 11, 2023 at 11:59pm
- Judging: June 12-June 23, 2023
- Evaluation by Consultant Team: June 12-16, 2023
- Evaluation by Judges: June 19-22, 2023
- Presentations by Entry Teams: June 23, 2023
- Winner Announcement: June 26, 2023
- Submission Presentations: July 9, 2023 (TRB TAM Conference)
Hackathon Resources:
- AASHTO Digital TAM Guide
- Workshop on Updating the AASHTO Digital TAM Guide
- TAM Portal
- Chapter Mock-ups in a Sandboxed Development Environment
- Link TBD
- Asset Data for practice examples
- Link TBD
- Example video and audio files
- Link TBD
Eligibility:
- Open to anyone interested in improving the AASHTO Digital TAM Guide.
- Examples
- Teams
- Individuals
- Student Groups
Check back later for updates to the hackathon:
How to register?
In order to participate in the hackathon, please fill out and submit the registration form below.