Hundreds of students gathered to practice their coding and design skills at the 10th semi-annual HackRU.
The 24-hour software and hardware design event, took place at the Rutgers Athletic Center on April 16 and 17 with about 800 students in attendance, the majority of whom were from Rutgers.
The remainder hailed from different institutions ranging from local high schools to the University of Maryland, Temple University, Drexel University, Stony Brook University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Cornell University.
HackRU is the second oldest student-run hackathon in America behind PennApps, which is run by the University of Pennsylvania, said Michelle Chen, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and the executive director of the event.
HackRU is seeking to better itself not in terms of money or hackers but rather in terms of quality, she said.
One way they are working to improve its quality is through Tech Talks.
Tech Talks are 30 to 60-minute long technical seminars or workshops that are given by either representatives of sponsors, alumni, on-campus organizations or the Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists (USACS), the organization that runs HackRU, Chen said.
“This year we ramped-up our tech-talks. We have over half a dozen going on during this hackathon,” she said.
The panels focus on central topics, she said. Introductory talks were included this year, which allowed both beginners and advanced hackers to learn new things. For the full article click here
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