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Haskell (programming language) Conferences and workshops
1 Since 2006, there have been a series of organized "hackathons", the Hac
series, aimed at improving the programming language tools and
libraries.
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KDE - Camp KDE
1 The schedule included
presentations, hackathons and a
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OpenBSD - Funding
1 For a two year period in the early 2000s, the project received DARPA
funding, which "paid the salaries of 5 people to work completely fulltime, bought about $30k in hardware, and
paid for 3 hackathons."
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DataWind - Hackathons
1 To help develop a new generation of software programmers that would
focus on applications for humanitarian causes, DataWind
regularly sponsors ‘hackathons’.In 2012 and 2013, DataWind sponsored two hackathons with Geeks Without
Bounds, an accelerator for humanitarian projects.
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Hackathon
1 Hackathons tend to have a specific focus, which can include the
programming language used, the operating system, an application, an
API, or the subject and the demographic group of the
programmers
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Hackathon - Origin and history
1 Some major companies were born from these hackathons, such as
GroupMe, which began as a project at a hackathon at the TechCrunch
Disrupt 2010 conference; in 2011 it was acquired by Skype for $85
million
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Hackathon - Structure
1 For hackathons that last 24 hours or longer, especially competitive ones,
eating is often informal, with participants often subsisting on food
like pizza and energy drinks
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Hackathon - Structure
1 At BarCamp-style hackathons, that are organized by the development community, such as iOSDevCamp, the judges are usually made up of peers and colleagues in the field
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Hackathon - For an application type
1 Some hackathons focus on a particular platform such as Mobile Apps, a desktop Operating System, web development or Video Game
development.
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Hackathon - For an application type
1 Mobile App hackathons like Over the Air, held at Bletchley Park, England, can see a large
amount of corporate sponsorship and interest.[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201
1/09/16/hackers-get-hired-at-blet_n_966246.html Hackers Get Hired At
Bletchley Park], Huffington Post|HuffPost Tech UK, September 19,
2011[http://web.archive.org/web/20111221093855/http://www.techventure2011.com/
hackathon ATT Mobile App Hackathon 2011]
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Hackathon - For an application type
1 Hackathons have been held to develop applications that run on various mobile device Operating
Systems, such as Android (Operating System)|Android, iOS and MeeGo.
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Hackathon - For an application type
1 Hackathons have also been held to develop video-based applications and computer games. Hackathons where Video Games are developed are sometimes called game jams.
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Hackathon - For an application type
1 Neuroscientists have also used hackathons to bring developers and scientists together to address issues that range from focusing
on a specific information system (e.g., Neurosynth Hackathon and the Allen Brain Atlas Hackathon) and providing reserved
time for broad scientific inquiry (e.g., Brainhack), to using specific challenges that
focus hacking activity (e.g., HBM Hackathon).
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Hackathon - For a specific programming language, API, or framework
1 There have been hackathons devoted to creating applications that
use a specific language or framework, like HTML5[
http://www.hackathons.com/?event=html5-hackathon-new-york
HTML5 Hackathon – New York], August 1, 2011 and Ruby on Rails.
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Hackathon - For a specific programming language, API, or framework
1 Some hackathons focus on applications that make use of the
application programming interface, or API, from a single company or
data source
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Hackathon - For a cause or purpose
1 There have been a number of hackathons devoted to improving government, and specifically to the cause of open government.[http://govfresh.com/2011/08/open-
government-hackathons-matter/ Open government hackathons matter], Mark Headd, govfresh, August 24,
2011 One such event, in 2011, was hosted by the United States
Congress.[http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/12/08/in-hackwetrust-the-house-of-representatives-opens-
its-doors-to-transparency-through-technology/ In #HackWeTrust - The House of Representatives Opens Its Doors to Transparency Through Technology], Daniel Schuman, Sunlight Foundation blog, December 8, 2011
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Hackathon - For a cause or purpose
1 Various hackathons have been held to improve city transit
systems.[http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/aboard+transit+hackathon+express/5869790/
story.html All aboard the transit hackathon express], Roberto Rocha, The Gazette, December 16, 2011 There
have also been a number of hackathons devoted to improving education, including Education Hack Day and
on a smaller scale, looking specifically at the challenges of field work based geography education,
the Field Studies Council[http://www.field-studies-council.org/news/fieldwork-hackday-a-real-success.aspx Fieldwork HackDay a Real Success] hosted FSCHackday
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Hackathon - As a tribute or a memorial
1 A number of hackathons around the world have been planned in memory
of computer programmer and internet activist Aaron Swartz, who
died in 2013.
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Hackathon - For a demographic group
1 Some hackathons are intended only for programmers within a certain
demographic group, like teenagers, college students, or
women.[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/159/female-hackathon Female Geeks Flex Their Skills At
Ladies-Only Hackathon], Jed Lipinski, Fast Company, September 14, 2011
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Hackathon - For a demographic group
1 Several hackathons are organized by collegiate computer-related student
groups, such as HackTX at The University of Texas at Austin, PennApps at The University of Pennsylvania, MHacks at The
University of Michigan, and HackMIT at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These hackathons are
often competitive, with awards provided by the University or
programming-related sponsors. They are usually open to college students
at all universities.
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Hackathon - Internal company hackathons
1 Some companies, such as Facebook and Google, hold internal hackathons to promote new product innovation
by the engineering staff. For example, Facebook's Like button was
conceived as part of a hackathon.
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Hackathon - Developing a single application
1 In some hackathons, all work is based around improving a single application, such as an
Operating System, programming language, or content management system. Such events are often known as sprint (software development)|sprints or code sprints, and they are especially
popular for open source software projects, where sprints or hackathons are sometimes the only opportunity for developers to meet face-to-face. Unlike other hackathons, these events rarely include a competitive element.
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Hackathon - Developing a single application
1 Programming languages that have had such hackathons include Perl, Haskell (programming language)|
Haskell, Scala (programming language)|Scala and the PyPy
interpreter for Python (programming language)|Python.
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Hackathon - Developing a single application
1 Drupal and MediaWiki are other applications that hold development hackathons.
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Hackathon - General
1 Some hackathons have no restrictions on content or attendees, and are simply a contest to generate
interesting software applications quickly. SAPO Codebits, sponsored by
the Portugal|Portuguese internet service provider SAPO (company)|
SAPO, is one example.
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Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook
1 The company provided music, food, and beer at the hackathons, and many Facebook staff members, including Zuckerberg, regularly
attended
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Numenta - The NuPIC Open Source Project
1 A series of hackathons, started in Summer 2013, allow community
members to meet up and collaborate on particular aspects of NuPIC and its
applications.
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Haskell (programming language) - Conferences and workshops
1 Since 2006, there have been a series of organized hackathons, the Hac
series, aimed at improving the programming language tools and
libraries.
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FIJI (software) - Development
1 The development benefits from occasional hackathons, where life
scientists with computational background meet and improve their
respective plugins of interest.
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Adam Kennedy (programmer)
1 He is a frequent presenter at open source conferences such as OSDC, O'Reilly Open Source Convention|
OSCON, and YAPC as well as the Perl QA hackathons.
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Altoros
1 The company actively supports and brings up technology communities in Northern and Eastern Europe by organizing related non-
commercial events (such as CloudCamp, user group meetings,
hackathons,[http://article.techlabs.by/50_31285.html $1000 за 24 часа: в Минске проходит
хакатон hacby’11 webmobile] A report from the first hackathon in Belarus, which was organized by Altoros etc.), participating in IT conferences as a speaker or expert,«Открытые технологии
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East London Tech City - History
1 On 28 September 2011 it was announced that Google had acquired a seven-storey
building near Old Street roundabout. Google said that the building, in Bonhill Street, would host a range of activities, such as
speaker series, hackathons, training workshops and product demonstrations in addition to providing workspace for new
companies. The building, known as Google Campus, opened in March 2012.
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Tokbox - Developer Outreach
1 TokBox has a long history of active engagement with the developer community. It has sponsored numerous hackathons since
2010 such as TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon,http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/27/disrupt-ny-2013-hackathon-team-wants-to-build-a-webrtc-based-pandora-for-exercise/
API Hack Dayhttp://www.tokbox.com/blog/api-hack-day-chicago-2/ and Music Hack
Dayhttp://sf.musichackday.org/2013/index.php?page=Main+page/
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Computer security conference - Hacker conferences
1 Common topics include wardriving, lockpicking, corporate and network
security, personal rights and freedoms, new technologies, as well as general 'geek' motifs. Some may
also have contests and general collaborative events such as
hackathons.
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Kainos - Initiatives
1 Kainos established Digital Academy, which is a series of initiatives to bring coding education to young people and identify technology
talent. These have included hackathons, summer camps, work placements and competitions for young people, as well as talks for
parents, teachers and government.
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Kainos - Health Hack
1 It is based on the concept of a hackathon, which is an event where
people involved in software development collaborate intensively
on a software project and quickly take ideas to a working prototype.
These small projects can be delivered in a short period of time, and assumptions can be tested for
creating ideas in healthcare. Since Health Hack was launched, many
other healthcare-based hackathons have been established, including
North West Health Hack in Manchester, United Kingdom|UK.
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CHINICT - Franck Nazikian
1 Huffington Post] - a series of pitch competitions
hackathons[http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6oMs8MXn3K8feature=youtu.be Developers, Entrepreneurs,
Executives Investors Talk About DEVELOPNEUR.] - he created in 2011.
[http://www.developneur.org DEVELOPNEUR Official Website.]
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