The first-ofits-kind hackathon for data engineers, `Sentiment Analysis and Stock Performance', will be held at the Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad in collaboration with software giant IBM. The hackathon, which will be held on April 8 and 9, is a part of the 5th IIM-A International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICADABAI). The conference has been a platform for academicians and practitioners to share research-based knowledge, case studies, and novel business applications in business analytics.

“Since 2009, IIM-Ahmedabad has been organizing ICADABAI every other year,“ said Professor Arnab Laha of the IIM-A, the convener of the event. “This year, we are undertaking an initiative that will stimulate students, practitioners, and academicians to connect theory with practice via a hackathon.“

Laha went on to say: “ICADABAI 2017 Hackathon is an attempt to blend handson learning and research.Participants will solve real life business problems.“ Sriram Raghavan, the director of India Research Labs of IBM India and South Asia, said: “IBM enables next-generation data engineers solve real world problems and drive business value.“ He said the hackathon will facilitate the collaboration between data engineers to share knowledge about “ the best in class“ tools.