Congratulations to the ‘Hacks of Random Kindness’ team who won $10,000 in a hackathon sponsored by the National Archives of Australia.

The team of Curtin students and academics from Master of Information Science, as well as industry professionals tackled the challenge of finding new ways to value information.

Their innovative solution was to focus on forecasting, offering a forward-thinking approach by drawing on a wide range of sources, including environmental accounting and performance tracking in elite sports, to come up with a forecasting model. The team plans to use the prize money to fund a research partnership with RIMPA, the professional association that accredits Curtin’s records and information science programs.

(L-R) Josephine Secis, National Archives of Australia and representatives from the winning team Hacks of Random Kindness Debbie Menzies, Department of Defence, Machelle Tennent, student, John Cox FujiFilm Data Management Solutions, and Anne Cornish, Records and Information Practitioners Alliance (RIMPA) CEO. Absent: Dr Louise Curham, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Sciences and student Alicia Slamkovic who joined the hackathon online.