A hackathon to build resilient research data rescue nodes that backup at-risk research data

For details, see our project page: https://github.com/lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon

Are you interested in joining the group? Please register your interest here - whether you plan to join the specific hackathon on August 7, donate old hardware, or just want to stay informed about the local activities.

The hackathon takes place at:

📅 Thursday, 7.8.2025, 16:00 - 19:00
📍 Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 Munich (exact location will be announced to registered participants)
🍕Free pizza!

Please indicate your interest and skills in the questions below.
With your participation you agree that your data is stored on the server of the LMU OSC for the sole purpose to contact you about the hackathon or follow up data rescue activities. It is only accessible to the OSC coordinator and the managing director, and will be deleted upon request. For more information, please read the privacy policy.

For any questions, please write to Felix Schönbrodt felix.schoenbrodt@psy.lmu.de.

Your name:

Your email address:

We can better plan the hackathon if you (optionally) answer the following questions:

I attend the in-person hackathon on August 7.

Yes No

What are your main interests in the hackathon? (Multiple choice):

Add data rescueing capabilities to my own computer

Work on software (e.g., build one-shot installation scripts for easy deployment)

Work on hardware (e.g., add a HDD to an RPi; develop a solar-powered low-power instance)

Learn how to scrape an existing data set and to add it to the swarm

Scout for at-risk data sets

Help to improve the https://sciop.net documentation

Create flyers, memes, infographics, social media posts

Outreach: Help to spread the word about the data rescue movement

Other (please add a comment)

(Optionally) Add other interests:

I bring my own hardware to the hackathon.

Yes No

⤷ Please describe the kind of hardware that you bring along (e.g.: "an old laptop", "a Raspberry Pi with an external harddrive")

I can donate old hardware!

Yes No

⤷ Please describe the kind of hardware that you can donate (e.g.: "an external 2.5" HDD with 1 TB", "a Raspberry Pi 3", "an old internal 3.5" HDD with 500 GB")

⤷ When can you provide the hardware donation?

I bring it to the hackathon.

I can't join the hackathon, but can drop the hardware somewhere before the event.

I can't join the hackathon, but can drop the hardware somewhere after the event.

Do you know how to use the terminal (e.g., bash)?

What is a "terminal"!?

I already used it a bit

I use it regularly

Give me a shell and I hack myself into the Pentagon.

Your experiences with SSH: I have already ...

... logged into a remote server via SSH

... created a SSH key pair

... what is SSH!? 😳