In this age characterized by ceaseless technological advancement and digital transformation, the hackathon, a creative instrument has gained remarkable popularity among both industry and policy-makers ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

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Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million.

Picture a hackathon. Likely you’re imagining images similar to those that come up when you search “hackathon” on Google Images: rows and rows of developers seated at tables in a hotel conference room, ...

On a Friday evening after classes, the last thing that Vickie Angie ’13 (new media design) wanted to think about was schoolwork. “I needed a change of pace and I wanted to be creative,” said Angie.

When Moshe Tamssot walked out of a Chicago hackathon in August 2010, he had a new business and a new business partner. Most hackathon attendees go just to have fun, of course, and that’s been enough ...

Queen's "Under Pressure" blasts from the speakers in Facebook's Building 18 Cafe. A DJ spins on one side of the room, and on the other end there are two kegs of beer next to a rack of granola bars, ...