Using computers as the "runway" Xinjin will hold an international "marathon"

On September 13, the reporter learned from Chengdu Xinjin District that the International Geek Marathon and Sino-Finnish Mathematical Intelligence Industry Innovation Conference will be held in Chengdu Xinjin Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park from September 15 to 17. The geek marathon is a programming race that usually lasts more than 24 hours. In this competition, geeks use computers as the running track and programming as their physical strength to demonstrate their skills and innovative abilities.

As the largest programming innovation competition in Europe, the competition brings together technical talents from all over the world to work together as a team within 48 hours around the most cutting-edge areas of science and technology today and in the future. use programming creation to solve all kinds of challenges issued by track partners.

Since the first event in 2015, the event has accumulated more than 30000 contestants from 107 different countries around the world and created more than 6000 innovative projects, including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Stanford, MIT and other universities around the world. It has reached cooperation with more than 180 top global companies, including Microsoft, Intel, Nokia and Accenture. It has been held in 17 countries and regions around the world, including Chengdu, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Barcelona, Vienna, Budapest, Exeter, Einhorn and so on.

The race in Xinjin will last for three days and include four track challenges, with more than 300 geek contestants participating. At the same time, more than 30 industry celebrities will attend, more than 40 universities will join forces, and more than 50 enterprises will cooperate. It will be a gathering of science and technology, industrial talents and creativity.