
RevolutionUC Returns May 15-17
RevolutionUC
is a college
, hosted every semester at the University of Cincinnati by various tech industry companies. This semesters
is hosted by
and will be held in the
UC CEAS Learning Center
from
May 15-17,
beginning at
5 p.m.
Friday and drawing to a close with an award ceremony at
2 p.m.
Sunday.
A hackathon brings together people who are excited about programming for a weekend, and they collaborate to build innovative things. Fueled by a continuous supply of caffeine and food, entrepreneurs, designers and developers work in teams over a 36-hour period to create hacks and apps for web or mobile platforms. At RevolutionUC, these hack creators are students. Projects will be judged based on creativity, technical difficulty, polish and usefulness.
Hackathons have taken the country by storm as of late, dawning an event niche that gives programmers the rare opportunity to meet for collaborative computer programming. As a testament to their ever-growing popularity, two of the largest student hackathons,
and
, brought together over 1,000 hack-generating individuals from universities worldwide.
And students arent the only ones who are displaying a vast interest in these events numerous well-known companies such as
,
and
attend hackathons in search of future employees. Therefore, these events are increasingly being considered as a Career Fair 2.0, allowing students the chance to showcase their innovative handiwork to potential employers.
RevolutionUC organized by CEAS computer science students Chris Crowell and Caleb Goodreau, along with the support of computer science faculty has received additional sponsorship from
,
,
,
, the UC
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
student chapter, and the
College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS)
. RevolutionUC also has partnered with the
UC Engineering & Applied Science Tribunal
and
to create a better experience for the hackers. Through the help of these sponsors, partners and the official student hackathon league,
, RevoutionUC hackers will have access to some of the most high-tech hardware around, allowing them to thrive in the all-inclusive programming community here at UC.
The hackathon kicks off on Friday with an opening ceremony and reception, followed by an Idea-forming Workshop, led by UC student Byron Hutchins and recent UC alumnus Danielle Green, BS in Neuroscience. Also being featured at the event is an ongoing stress break area, sponsored by RevolutionUC partner, AnimeUC.
UC successfully joined the renowned hackfest ranks with its first hackathon last spring. This semester, 200 participants are expected to make UC their home for the productive weekend as they #makesomethingawesome!
Is your team ready to join RevolutionUC? Good luck, hackers!
Dont forget to follow the event on Twitter @Revolution_UC and use #RevUC!
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For more information about ACM, please visit:
http://ceas.uc.edu/news-1213/acm-recharges-its-batteries.html
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