College of Computing Alumni & Student Hackathon

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday August 28, 2015 - Saturday August 29, 2015
      6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Location: Technology Square Research Building & Klaus Advanced Computing Building
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Contact

Jennifer Whitlow

Director of Computing Enrollment

jwhitlow@cc.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: The Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community will host the first Alumni & Student Hackathon on August 28th and 29th.

Full Summary: Teams consisting of two undergraduate computing students and two alumni will compete in a challenge involving mobile apps. Teams will be selected at random, so if you don’t know any undergraduates or alumni don’t worry! This is a great opportunity to network with  undergraduate students, College of Computing alumni, and representatives from several  corporate-affiliate partners. 

The Office of Outreach, Enrollment & Community will host the inaugural "College of Computing Alumni & Student Hackathon." Teams consisting of two undergraduate computing students and two alumni will compete in a challenge involving mobile apps. Teams will be selected at random, so if you don’t know any undergraduates or alumni don’t worry! This is a great opportunity to network with undergraduate students, College of Computing alumni, and representatives from several corporate-affiliate partners.

Event Schedule:

Friday, August 28, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Technology Square Research Building Banquet Hall

  • Dinner, team draft and official announcement of the challenge

Saturday, August 29, 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. in Klaus 1443, 1456, 1447

  • 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. – Breakfast and chance for teams to reconnect and prep for competition
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Welcome and release of APIs/Developer sites provided by corporate participants for the competition
  • 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Competition
  • 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Dinner and Judging
  • 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – Award Ceremony

 

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College of Computing

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Undergraduate students, Public, Graduate students
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Status
  • Created By: Jennifer Whitlow
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 20, 2015 - 12:50pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:18pm