Hackathon tracks

Everyone is welcome to join the Hackathon and use their skills.

You can reach out to the hackathon leads using all our means of communication:

• OSS Mailing list: https://list.gaia-x.eu/postorius/lists/oss-community.list.gaia-x.eu/
• Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/gaia-xworkspace/shared_invite/zt-2h4mpqmqb-aUjwCkG9FDBtZoAiCLVLfQ
• Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#gaia-x-hackathon:matrix.org

In case you need to contact directly a lead, feel free to reach out to sumiya.sultana+tech-x@gaia-x.eu to get in touch.

Data Space On-Boarding with Gaia-X Credentials

Team lead

Stefan Wiedemann

 Pre-requisites

• Basic understanding of Verifiable Credentials and the Gaia-X Framework
• Basic understanding of ODRL
• (optional) experience with local K3s environments

Gaia-X Ontology Bridge

Team lead

Antonio Santacaterina

 Pre-requisites

• Python
• pySHACL
• Streamlit
• Jupyter
• RDFLib
• JSON-LD
• GPT-4 API
• Ollama (Mistral)
• GXDCH CLI 

Gaia-X Federated Metadata Repository

Team lead

Antonio Santacaterina

 Pre-requisites

• Python
• openAPI
• web scraper
• metadata management
• OpenMetadata
• Airflow
• Playwright

ODRL Evaluation Library

Team lead

Tom Last

 Pre-requisites

• ODRL
• RDF
• Verifiable Credentials
• Gaia-X Loire Ontology
• Gaia-X Loire Credential Format

Semantic Catalogue for Loire release, upgrading the XFSC Federated Catalogue (Ontology, Credentials, Signatures)

Team lead

Paul Moosmann

 Pre-requisites

• Familiarity with the Gaia-X Ontology
• Familiarity with the Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0
• Enterprise-style Java software development
• Knowledge of JWT/JWS

Gaia-Sense: A GenAI Assistant for Gaia-X Developers & Users 

Team lead

Maharshi Suchak
Ronak Thacker
Samir Thacker
Harshil Purohit

 Pre-requisites

• Basic understanding of Gaia-X concepts (VC, LP, SO, GXDCH, eIDAS)
• Familiarity with YAML/JSON service descriptors
• Strong and practical development experience with GenAI models (e.g., OpenAI, LLaMA, or similar)
• Python/JavaScript development (for API integration)
• Optional: Knowledge of SPARQL or semantic data querying

Extending the GAIA-X Digital Clearing House: Automated RDF & SHACL and Driven Certification for Marketplace Access

Team lead

Giulia Biagioni (TNO)
Alex Montoya Franco (TNO)
Ioannis Tolios (TNO)
Inés Martínez (TNO and CoE DSC)

 Pre-requisites

• Semantic Web Basics: Understanding of RDF and SHACL.
• AI Fundamentals: Basic grasp of symbolic and sub-symbolic techniques.
• Software Development: Ability to script or prototype in a common language (e.g., Python).