HACKING BULLIPEDIA WITH TELEFÓNICA
An investigative challenge, carried out in conjunction with Telefónica, to examine which tools are available online to order information and taxonomic categories, and how these could be compared with Bullipedia. The aim of this exercise is to capture new ideas applicable to the development and enrichment of the Bullipedia project. The challenge, aimed at universities worldwide, was part of Telefónica Research’s Open Innovation programme.
The project launch was held on 9th September 2013 by video conference. Pablo Rodríguez (Telefónica’s Research Director) and Ferran Adrià, together with the Hacking Bullipedia team, answered all the questions related to the challenge.
The Demo Day was held on 22nd November 2013. Twelve teams were selected as finalists from among the projects submitted. After long deliberation owing to the quality of the submissions, the jury chose two winning proposals from the HUEVO and the GÉNESIS teams. The prize for each was the bestowal of a three-month grant on one team member to allow them to advance their proposal, working with the elBullifoundation and Telefónica R&D teams in Barcelona.
