HACKING FOR DEFENSE™ is a university sponsored class that teaches students to work with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community to rapidly address the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges
Corporate Sponsors play an integral role in H4D by mentoring talented student teams and lending them their technical expertise. In return Corporate Sponsors establish new in-roads into the DOD/IC, gain early exposure to emerging problems, and develop unique bonds with the nation's top students.
Corporate Sponsors play an integral role in H4D by mentoring talented student teams and lending them their technical expertise. In return Corporate Sponsors establish new in-roads into the DOD/IC, gain early exposure to emerging problems, and develop unique bonds with the nation's top students.
CORPORATE SPONSORS...
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Build a relationship with government customers as student teams work on problems well before these problems reach the requirements stage.
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Gain access to a highly specialized talent pool from which to recruit potential employees.
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Student participation in the course acts as a test-bed for real-world development environments.
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Brand yourself as a thought-leader in innovation for the National Security Community.
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
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MENTORING
Provide Subject Matter Experts on call for students as they tackle problems far beyond their own experiences
FUNDING
Work with universities to provide money for teams to travel, prototype, and test solutions.
This can be funded for single teams or multiple teams, and can last specifically for the prototyping phases or throughout the whole process.
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ADVANCED FACILITIES
Provide access to advanced manufacturing or computing facilities for prototyping and testing
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