StolenBike-athon
June 22 – 23, 2025
Explore how low-cost low-energy IoT can help provide insight and prevent bike theft in Amsterdam.
In collaboration with:
MIT Senseable City Laboratory
Join the Hackathon
In this hackathon, we explore how the use of digital technologies enables the fine-grained analysis of specific crimes over time and space.
The Challenge
Crime has major influences in urban life, from migration and mobility patterns, to housing prices and neighbourhood liveability. However, urban crime studies still largely rely on static data reported by the various institutions and organisations dedicated to urban safety.
Stakeholders
- City of Amsterdam (Bike theft policy advisors);
- Police of Amsterdam;
- Insurance companies;
- Bike producers;
- Cyclists.
The case is the issue of bike theft in Amsterdam—a city with a dominant cycling culture, where reportedly more than 80,000 bikes are stolen every year. Recently, a study by MIT and AMS Institute researchers used active location tracking to unveil where stolen bikes travel to and what their temporal patterns are.
Deliverables
- Presentation & pitch;
- Product ideas;
- Scripts written for data analysis & visualisation.
In this hackathon, the goal is to extract information from the data and create products or ideas about how the City of Amsterdam can reduce bike thefts.
Resources
Tracking stolen bikes in Amsterdam (Venverloo et. al., 2023)
Prizes
There is no such thing as a hackathon without prizes. We believe that creativity, innovative mindset, and commitment should be rewarded.
Winning Team: € 1000
The team demonstrating exceptional teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving abilities will be awarded € 1000 cash to be split equally among team members.
Bonus Prizes (x2): € 200
To add an extra element of excitement, there will be two surprise prizes given to teams that excelled in specific areas.
Our values
Going Beyond & Above
Making a Difference
Nurturing Diversity & Inclusion
Providing Equitable Chances
Learning to Learn
Our values
Going Beyond & Above
Making a Difference
Nurturing Diversity & Inclusion
Providing Equitable Chances
Learning to Learn
Team formation
It’s been proven that best innovations were created by the diverse teams. That’s why, for this hackathon we are bringing together students from AMS Institute, Codam and Amsterdamse Hogeschool van Kunst to co-create solutions together.
One hackathon team = 2 Codam students + 2 AMS Institute students + 2 AHK students
Team’s Formation Process:
- Find a partner within your school with whom you’d like to create a pair-team;
- Fill in the registration form for yourself and your comrade BEFORE June 9, 23:42;
- Match with other student pairs and form a full team DURING the first 2-hour of the hackathon.
