
Department of Computing and Mathematics Hackathon
During this year’s Future Me Week, the Department of Computing and Mathematics are excited to be hosting a dedicated Hackathon! The Hackathon is open to all students in the Department of Computing and Mathematics, whether you’re an undergraduate or a postgraduate student.
The Hackathon takes place over the course of three days:
- On Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to meet other students on other courses, find out what the brief is, and start designing your team’s solution.
- On Thursday, you’ll implement your team’s solution building on your problem solving and development skills.
- On Friday, we’ll celebrate the work of all the teams and award prizes and certificates!
Hackathons are a great way for you to meet other people, build your confidence, and develop your problem solving, team working, and communication skills. You can bring your own team along to the Hackathon, or, for anyone who doesn’t have a team we’ll run some team-forming activities on the first day to help you find some new friends to work with.
Hackathons are open to participants of all skill levels, and even if you don’t feel confident in your skills everyone will have something to contribute. It’s also a great way to learn from your peers and find out what people on other courses are learning and how your skills fit together!
Associated Badges:
In A Nutshell...
- Build confidence... in your own skills, and gain insight into how a Hackathon works.
- Collaborate... with students from all courses in the Department of Computing and Mathematics.
- Solve problems... inspired by real-world challenges.
- Gain experience... of problem solving, communication, and team working.
- Earn up to 100 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.
Schedule
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10:00 to 12:00 on 23/01/24 - DB C3.52 and DB C3.53
Hackathon Launch At the Hackathon Launch, you'll be introduced to the ways of working through the Hackathon and discover the details of the exciting brief! -
12:00 to 18:00 on 23/01/24 - DB C3.52 and DB C3.53
Hackathon: Day One On Day One of the Hackathon, you'll have the chance to form a team, and get stuck into the process of designing your solution. -
09:00 to 18:00 on 25/01/24 - DB C3.52 and DB C3.53
Hackathon: Day Two On Day Two of the Hackathon, you'll be working in your teams to build your solution to the challenge. -
09:00 to 16:00 on 26/01/24 - DB C3.52 and DB C3.53
Hackathon: Day Three On Day Three of the Hackathon you'll share your solution with others, see what everyone else has been up to, and take part in the award and prizes ceremony!