Florida International University's School of Computing and Information Sciences will host the Smart City Challenge Hackathon Miami March 6 - 8. There is still time to join; about 100 people are registered so far.
This event which is taking place around the world (http://www.global.datafest.net) is open to the public. All South Florida students, professional developers, urban hackers, and domain experts are welcome to participate. The hackathon theme is improving the lives of people living in South Florida.
The application you and your team will develop at the event should solve a social, economic, environmental or health problem using existing data sets, crowdsourced data, and/or data collected by a device(s) connected to the Internet (perhaps one you create). There will be prizes awarded and refreshments.
For more information and to register for the free event visit: http://j.mp/smartcityhackmia15