Organization

Details

ETSI is pleased to be the official partner of THE EDGE COMPUTING WORLD who hosted this annual Hackathon on 12-14 October 2021. The Hackathon was held virtual over the summer. Edge Computing World was hosting the Hackathon information portal and was the venue for final pitches and judging of the Hackathon entries during the Edge Developers Conference on 12 October 2021.

This year’s challenge was “What innovative Edge Application or Service can you imagine using MEC Service APIs?” Contestants will be asked to bring that app or service to life with the ETSI MEC Sandbox. Teams are encouraged to be creative in selecting an application vertical to focus on for their submission, include:Automotive, Drones, AR/VR, media, and entertainment & Smart Cities.

Supporting organizations

Hackathon phases:

Submissions Due: 28 July 2021
Teams Notified: 6 August 2021
Hackathon: 9 Aug -- 1 Oct 2021
Winners: 12 October 2021 (Edge Developers Conference)

Jury members

Technical challenge

Teams were provided with a dedicated instance of the ETSI MEC Sandbox for their work over the duration of the Hackathon. The MEC Sandbox is an online environment where developers access and interact with live ETSI MEC Service APIs in an emulated edge network set in Monaco, which includes 4G, 5G, and WiFi configurations.

The MEC Sandbox offers edge contextual information via the following ETSI MEC Service APIs:

Location (MEC013)
Radio Network Information (MEC012)
WLAN Access Information (MEC028)

Awards

Prizegiving day

Winner team

The MEC Hackathon 2021 winner (The “A Team”, composed by personnel from Optare Solutions) developed a solution called “Follow Mec”, consisting in a surveillance drone application. Outside the hackathon, Optare Solutions helps Telecoms to streamline their OSS and BSS Systems. More than 11 years of experience and a specialized team makes them the go-to choice for many to fulfill their system integration demands.

MEC Hackathon 2021 Edge Computing World