Boost Your Software Development with Cillers Hackathons

World Class Hackathons: Learn How To Build Better Software Systems Faster!

Cillers hackathons are fun and transformative experiences that significantly boost the speed and quality of your software development. Our hackathons foster engineering excellence and enable you to play around with new ground-breaking technologies, such as AI, new powerful APIs and cutting-edge software infrastructure tools. Everyone who wants to learn is welcome, from fresh beginner to seasoned expert.

We have hosted hackathons in collaboration with many of the world's leading software technology companies, such as Google, Couchbase, Redpanda, Kong, Curity, and Polytope.

Winning the Google and Cillers Hackathon

What an incredible day it has been! Travelling from Karlstad, I set out with hopes to collaborate with the brightest minds, build connections and learn as much as I can from this amazing opportunity.

Winning the Google and Cillers Hackathon has been the cherry on top of a rewarding experience. 🏆

Student on Winning Brembo Hackathon Team | Sierra College

Thank you to my team Daniel Larsson, Ria Raj and Vanessa Anna-Maria Andersson for such a collaborative effort. Despite the hurdles along the way, our team came together, stayed resilient and tackled it with determination.

A huge thank you to the organizers Peder Linder, Per Lange, Anton Popovine for creating such an amazing opportunity. Thank you to all the participants and to all the people who have supported us.

Junior Data Engineer | Transforming Data into Actionable Insights

A transit app interface showing realtime updates and scheduling public transportation

🎉 We Won the Google & Cillers Hackathon! 🎉

Yesterday, my incredible team, Ria Raj, Mithun Peddakalva, Daniel Larsson and I participated in the Google & Cillers Hackathon, tackling one of the managers' biggest challenges: last-minute scheduling disruptions due to employee sickness. Using cutting-edge technologies like Google OR-Tools, Gemini AI, and a mobile SMS service, we built an innovative solution that stood out and secured us the WIN! 🏆 😁

Here's what we achieved:

Real-Time Scheduling Updates: Employees who call in sick can now notify their managers via SMS. This triggers an automatic schedule update and sends SMS alerts to other employees who can fill the shift. Available employees can respond directly, ensuring seamless coverage.
Predictive Scheduling Insights: Leveraging historical sickness data and trends, we developed a predictive model using Scikit-learn to forecast potential sick leaves. This helps managers proactively prepare, optimizing both operational efficiency and employee satisfaction.
Our solution directly addressed the Hackathon’s theme: improving employee scheduling by combining operational efficiency with employee satisfaction, all while leveraging the power of AI and optimization tools.

This victory is a testament to teamwork, focus, and the immense potential of combining OR-Tools' optimization capabilities with Gemini AI's natural language processing. It was a fantastic experience, and we are thrilled to have showcased these technologies' paradigm-shifting possibilities.

Thank you to Google, Cillers - especially to Per Lange and Peder Linder, and the amazing jury: