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NVIDIA Cybersecurity Hackathon

November 21-22, 2022
NVIDIA Tel Aviv Offices. Space is limited!

Registration will be open until October 31st
or by the time we have fulfilled all available seats.

Reshape the Future of Data Center Security

Join the NVIDIA Cybersecurity Hackathon and be part of the next evolution of AI-driven data center cybersecurity. Supercharge data processing unit (DPU) capabilities with AI-based solutions, networking, security, and storage by familiarizing yourself with the NVIDIA^® DOCA^™ software framework and the NVIDIA Morpheus SDK. BlueField DPUs and the DOCA software stack provide the ideal open foundation for partners to build NVIDIA zero-trust solutions and extend them to all parts of the network, to address the cybersecurity of the modern data center. Build innovative accelerated applications, grow your network, meet NVIDIA experts, and experience what you can accomplish with NVIDIA Software.

To learn about our DOCA Hackathon, click here.

Why Should You Join the Cybersecurity Hackathon?

If you’re passionate about advancing cloud and data center computing, the power of innovation is at your fingertips. Use the Hackathon to build the hands-on skills needed to leverage next-generation cybersecurity and data center innovation that will help advance your infrastructure. Starting at the pre-hackathon bootcamp, get direct access to NVIDIA hardware, technological mentors, knowledge, and best practices.

Who Should Attend?

The Cybersecurity Hackathon is Open to All

If you love technology and cybersecurity is your focus, we want you here. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher, a data scientist, a novice developer, an independent software vendor partner, or a cloud service provider.
Be prepared to learn, brainstorm, and build amazing real-world skills to support your work in cybersecurity affairs. Throughout the event, we’ll provide the support and tools you need to understand the DOCA software framework, Morpheus SDK, and NVIDIA DPU, as well as how to use these SDKs and tools to develop DPU-accelerated cloud applications.

NVIDIA GPU-accelerated cloud applications

NVIDIA Hackathon News

Read more about how Hackathons are unleashing breakthrough technologies and furthering advancements in AI, Cloud, and Accelerated Computing.

Data Center Innovation with Pioneering DPU-Based Applications Demos

At NVIDIA, where non-stop innovation is our culture, we’re hosting a global series of regional DPU software hackathons that will take place over the next 12 months. These virtual events are aimed at advancing research and development in data center and AI technologies.

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AI, Cloud, and Accelerated Computing Breakthroughs

The last NVIDIA DPU Hackathon brought together 11 teams with the goal of creating new and exciting DPU innovations. The event spanned 24 hours from December 8-9 and included 50 team applications from various universities and enterprises.

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NVIDIA Hackathon Boot Camp Agenda

Schedule (CET)	Topic	Presenter
9:00 - 9:10	Welcome to the Hackathon Bootcamp	Dror Goldenberg
9:10 - 9:20	DOCA Bootcamp Agenda and Logistics	Diana Sharouf
9:20 - 9:45	DOCA Overview and Short Mentor Introduction	Ariel Kit
9:45 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:30	DOCA Overview	Chen Rozenbaum
10:30 - 11:00	DOCA Libraries	Chen Rozenbaum
11:00 - 11:30	DOCA Samples, Applications, Services & Tools	Chen Rozenbaum
11:30 - 12:30	Building AI-Based Cybersecurity Pipelines with Morpheus	Vadim Gechman
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:00	Set-up Overview	Itai Levy
14:00 - 14:15	Q & A Session	DOCA Team
14:15 - 14:30	Closing Remarks	Dror Goldenberg

DOCA Speeds Development and Accelerates These Key Areas

Network Virtualization and Management

Software-Defined Storage

Security Software

Data Center Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions

Artificial Intelligence

Telemetry, Automation, and Network Visibility

Hackathon Judges

Yael Asseraf Shenhav

VP Ethernet SmartNIC and DPU
Products & Business

Amit Krig

SVP of Software R&D

Dror Goldenberg

SVP of Software Architecture

Ariel Levanon

NVIDIA Networking VP Cybersecurity

Galit Lubetzky Sharon

Wing Security Co Founder and CTO

Prizes

Along with the below prizes, the top three teams^* will receive special recognition in an NVIDIA blog about the hackathon, and each winner will get three credits to the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.

1ST PLACE

$400 Amazon Card

(per participant)

One NVIDIA^® BlueField^®-2 DPU card for the winning team

2ND PLACE

$300 Amazon Card

(per participant)

2ND PLACE

$200 Amazon Card

(per participant)

* Up to five participants per team

Prizes

1st Place

$400 Amazon Card

(per participant)

One NVIDIA^® BlueField^®-2 DPU card for the winning team

2nd Place

$300 Amazon Card

(per participant)

3rd Place

$200 Amazon Card

(per participant)

Along with the below prizes, the top three teams* will receive special recognition in an NVIDIA blog about the hackathon, and each winner will get three credits to the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.

*Up to five participants per team

Get Ready for the Hackathon

To prepare for the hackathon, there will be an optional bootcamp before the event to help you get familiar with the NVIDIA DOCA SDK, as well as the Hackathon’s online platform. To get a headstart, take our free introductory courses and watch a few of our previous GTC sessions:

Introduction to DOCA for DPUs

Getting Started with DOCA Flow

Sensitive Information Detection with Morpheus

From Zero to Hero: Transforming Cloud Data Centers with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs and DOCA SDK

Build AI-enhanced, Next-generation Cybersecurity Solutions

FAQs

What is NVIDIA DOCA?

The NVIDIA DOCA software framework is a development platform that enables developers to create network, storage, and security, management, as well as AI and high performance computing (HPC) applications and services for NVIDIA BlueField® DPUs, similar to how NVIDIA® CUDA® enables developers to build GPU-accelerated applications. https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca

Learn more about DOCA :

DOCA Programming Guides

DOCA in NVIDIA NGC
What is NVIDIA Morpheus?

NVIDIA Morpheus is an open application framework that enables cybersecurity developers to create optimized AI pipelines for filtering, processing, and classifying large volumes of real-time data.

Learn more about Morpheus:

Morpheus AI Cybersecurity Framework
Morpheus in NVIDIA NGC™
Morpheus on GitHub
What is the deadline for registration?

Registration will be open until October 31, 2022 or until we have ten accepted teams.
What kind of server setup is available to the teams?

Each team can use their own server setup, or they can request a pre-configured DPU or GPU environment setup from the NVIDIA Hackathon team.
How do I get access to the DPU/GPU?

Your team will be contacted a few days before the event and provided with connection details and credentials to access your team’s dedicated setup.
How do I register or join a team?

Register here.

You can register a team of up to five people. If you don't have a team, please email DOCAHackathon@nvidia.com and we’ll try to match you with others to form a team. We encourage participants to start forming teams before registration.

Have your team leader submit the form on the registration page. Then the team lead will receive a confirmation email with a registration link for the rest of the team. After your team has registered, you may still modify your application by re-submitting the form and indicating that you’re amending your previous registration. Submissions will be evaluated by an admissions committee who will decide which ideas to include in the hackathon.
Is my idea a good fit?

The competition is open to any cybersecurity solution that runs on and/or leverages the hardware acceleration of the BlueField DPU or GPU.
How will the judges determine the winners?

The judges will evaluate both the level of innovation and the vision and execution of the idea.
Do all team members need to be from the same country or organization?

Teams can be formed by people from different countries and organizations.
When does the hackathon event start and end?

Participants will have a full 24 hours to develop and test their application. The schedule will be customized for each event.

For further inquiries you can send an email to DOCAHackathon@nvidia.com.

Join the Hackathon

See what you can create with DOCA and Morpheus, and take part in the next evolution of AI-driven data center cybersecurity.

Registration Deadline: November 6, 2022
Or by the time we have fulfilled all available seats.

Dror Goldenberg

SVP of Software Architecture

Dror joined Nvidia in 2020 as part of the Mellanox acquisition. He joined Mellanox as an architect in 2000 to work on exciting network innovations. Dror drove silicon and system architecture of multiple generations of NICs, Switches and SoCs. Dror’s main focus nowadays is on software architecture, enabling network accelerations of cool technologies like artificial intelligence, HPC, cloud, storage, big data, security and more. He has organized more than a dozen Hackathons and is passionate about innovations. Dror holds several patents in the field of high speed networking. He graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and holds an MBA from the Technion Institute of Technology Israel.

Amit Krig

SVP of Software R&D

Amit Krig joined NVIDIA 2020, through the NVIDIA acquisition, In Mellanox Amit was Senior Vice President of Software and NIC product line and previously Vice President of solution validation and program management Mr. Krig joined Mellanox in 2000 as a software engineer, holding numerous roles including software development, solution validation, post-silicon program management and customer project management. Prior to Mellanox, Mr. Krig worked at Intel Corporation. Mr. Krig graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Computer Science from the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.

Yaël Asseraf Shenhav

VP Ethernet SmartNIC and DPU Products & Business

Yaël Asseraf Shenhav is Vice President Ethernet SmartNIC and DPU
Products & Business at NVIDIA, leading the Ethernet network adapter and DPU business and products. Previously, she was managing all product lines at Mellanox Technologies and earlier was head of Application Engineering and ROW Presales. Yaël also held a number of architecture and design positions at Mellanox, Intel and in the space telecommunications industry over her 20 years in technology and management. She holds an engineering degree from Sup’Aero, the French National Aeronautics and Space Engineering School, with a major in telecommunications and space engineering.

Galit Lubetzky Sharon

Wing Security Co Founder and CTO

A retired Colonel from the prestigious IDF 8200 Unit, Galit Lubetzky Sharon has vast, hands-on experience designing, developing and deploying some of the Israeli Defense Forces’ most vital defensive and offensive cyber platforms as well as leading large development teams. Galit was an integral part of developing the IDF’s first cyber capabilities and continued improving and enhancing these capabilities throughout her military career. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including the prestigious Israeli Defense Award. Galit Co Founded Wing Security and is Chief Technology Officer, leading the company’s cutting edge cybersecurity technology.

Ariel Levanon

NVIDIA Networking, VP Cybersecurity

Ariel Levanon is an expert on cybersecurity and managing complex intelligence projects. Mr. Levanon currently serves as NVIDIA Networking, VP Cybersecurity, responsible for defining Cybersecurity Products, architecture, roadmap and solutions for AI-based Cloud Security infrastructures. Levanon’s areas of expertise include cybersecurity threat intelligence, as well as cybersecurity networks analysis. Levanon specializes in cybersecurity for complex systems and networks, including hardware and software technologies. Mr. Levanon holds a B.S.C in Electrical and Software engineering and an M.B.A from Tel Aviv University, specializing in Technological Management & Entrepreneurship, Cybersecurity and Marketing.

DOCA BOOTCAMP AGENDA

March 16, 2022

Schedule (CET)	Topic	Presenter
9:00 - 9:10	Welcome to the Hackathon Bootcamp	Dror Goldenberg
9:10 - 9:20	DOCA Bootcamp Agenda and Logistics	Diana Sharouf
9:20 - 9:45	DOCA Overview and Short Mentor Introduction	Ariel Kit
9:45 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:20	DOCA SW Package	Ariel Kit
10:20 - 11:00	DPU for HPC and AI	Gil Bloch
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 11:45	Getting Started with Bluefield	Paz Barkan
11:45 - 12:15	Set-up Overview	Itai Levy
12:15 - 12:45	Lunch Break
12:45 - 13:00	Introduction to DPDK and RTE Flow	Erez Ferber
13:00 - 13:45	DOCA Overview	Chen Rozenbaum
13:45 - 14:00	Break
14:00 - 14:30	Real Example - Application Recognition	Chen Rozenbaum
14:30 - 14:45	Real Example - RegEx Hello World	Gareth Douglas
14:45 - 15:00	Q & A Session	DOCA Team
15:00 - 15:15	Closing Remarks	Dror Golderberg

NVIDIA Cybersecurity Hackathon

Reshape the Future of Data Center Security

Why Should You Join the Cybersecurity Hackathon?

Who Should Attend?

The Cybersecurity Hackathon is Open to All

NVIDIA Hackathon News

Data Center Innovation with Pioneering DPU-Based Applications Demos

AI, Cloud, and Accelerated Computing Breakthroughs

NVIDIA Hackathon Boot Camp Agenda

DOCA Speeds Development and Accelerates These Key Areas

Network Virtualization and Management

Software-Defined Storage

Security Software

Data Center Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions

Artificial Intelligence

Telemetry, Automation, and Network Visibility

Hackathon Judges

Yael Asseraf Shenhav

Amit Krig

Dror Goldenberg

Ariel Levanon

Galit Lubetzky Sharon

Prizes

1ST PLACE

$400 Amazon Card

(per participant)

2ND PLACE

$300 Amazon Card

(per participant)

2ND PLACE

$200 Amazon Card

(per participant)

Prizes

1st Place

$400 Amazon Card

2nd Place

$300 Amazon Card

3rd Place

$200 Amazon Card

Get Ready for the Hackathon

FAQs

What is NVIDIA DOCA?

What is NVIDIA Morpheus?

What is the deadline for registration?

What kind of server setup is available to the teams?

How do I get access to the DPU/GPU?

How do I register or join a team?

Is my idea a good fit?

How will the judges determine the winners?

Do all team members need to be from the same country or organization?

When does the hackathon event start and end?

Join the Hackathon

Dror Goldenberg

Amit Krig

Yaël Asseraf Shenhav

Galit Lubetzky Sharon

Ariel Levanon

DOCA BOOTCAMP AGENDA