[mat-wg] Two weeks left to join RIPE NCC IXP Tools Hackathon, 22-23 October, Madrid

Dear colleagues,

together with Euro-IX, Comcast and ISOC, the RIPE NCC is hosting a 
hackathon focused on developing tools for Internet Exchange Points 
(IXPs), in the weekend before RIPE73, in Madrid:

https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/ixp-tools/#!the-event

While the past three hackathons have specifically focused on
RIPE Atlas, this event will include other data sources as well,
such as: the Routing Information Service (RIS) and the PeeringDB.

We will work on existing software tools that deal with 
IXP-data-integration in order to solve some of the challenges that 
operators have when making peering decisions, and to illustrate the 
impact of IXPs on the Internet routing and connectivity.

We are looking for designers and developers, students and network 
operators, and of course colleagues from IXPs, to work together on 
hacking the new & old toolsets and visualizations!

All source code developed during the hackathon will be publicly licensed 
and available on GitHub, and will be free for the entire community to use.

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How to Apply
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Interested? Learn more and apply online today!

https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/ixp-tools/#!application-form

*The application deadline is 15 September*

Thanks to our generous sponsors, there is a (limited) travel funding 
available for certain categories of applicants.

Please find more information in this RIPE Labs article:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/announcing-the-ixp-tools-hackathon

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,
Vesna Manojlovic
Community Builder
RIPE NCC