The Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Satbayev University and Yandex Qazaqstan announce the hackathon "Archive Hack: Smart Archive"

 The Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Satbayev University and Yandex Qazaqstan for the first time will hold will hold the hackathon "Archive Hack: Smart Archive". Competition is aimed at developing innovative technological solutions in the field of archival affairs.

The event will be held on September 24-25 in Almaty in the format of team competitions and will become an important milestone in the digital transformation of archives in Kazakhstan. The winners of the hackathon will be selected by a jury, and awarded with educational grants from Satbayev University, as well as cash prizes from Yandex Qazaqstan.

 At the hackathon, teams of university and college students with IT and history specializations (and related areas), as well as 10-12 grade school students (Almaty) will compete in creating projects aimed at improving access to archival data, their digitization, protection and preservation. The hackathon organizers set the task for participants to develop solutions that will help make historical materials more accessible and interesting, and will facilitate public access to the cultural heritage of Kazakhstan. Throughout the hackathon, the participants will receive support and mentoring from Yandex Qazaqstan experts.

Mustafina Aliya, Director of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan: "We pay special attention to educational initiatives aimed at developing IT skills among young people and introducing modern digital technologies into archival work. This hackathon is a truly unique project, all participants will gain valuable experience and carry out work that is truly important for our country."

Arystanbek Joldasbekov, General Manager at Yandex Qazaqstan: "The participants face important tasks: recovering data from damaged documents, improving images, creating a text recognition algorithm or a virtual archive. We are confident that modern technologies combined with their efforts will help preserve cultural heritage and make it accessible to future generations. Yandex Qazaqstan will provide the necessary resources and mentoring support for the successful implementation of projects."

Uskenbaeva Raisa, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Satbayev University: "We are proud to have become a platform for the hackathon 'Archive Hack: Smart Archive'. This is a unique opportunity for students and schoolchildren to apply their knowledge in the field of IT and artificial intelligence in practice. We believe that this hackathon will become an incentive for the creation of new technologies that will help preserve and popularize our cultural heritage. The winners will receive educational grants from our university, and we will be glad to see such talented individuals among our students".
Anyone interested can register using a special form on the website.