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Fresno State will host more than 100 students from community collegesand universities across the state at the third annual HackFresno, a 24-hour collegiate hackathon in which teams will develop their ideas intoworking prototypes based on four core themes: education, health andwellness, environment and agriculture and social good.
HackFresno runs from
noon Saturday to noon Sunday, Feb. 23 to 24
, atthe
North Gym (Room 118)
at Fresno State.
The ve-person teams will be judged by industry professionals on theirideas, technical quality, presentations and pitches. Meals and snacks willbe provided. The budgets for the prototypes are small, as students willarrive with only a laptop and be provided basic equipment and tools.
The event is free and open to college students age 18 and olderregardless of experience or skill. Participants can registerat
HackFresno.com
or at the door.
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Shady Nicolas Misaghi, a Fresno State media, communications andjournalism student, participated in her rst hackathon this past year. Herteam won in the social good category.
“We had the idea for a social media app to share messages of love andsupport with your friends and family when they need them the most,”Misaghi said. “I was the only non-STEM (science, technology, engineeringand mathematics) major participating. I initially felt intimidated, but a fewhours into the competition, I had already made a lot of friends andlearned many interesting things. If, in the beginning, someone told methat I would end up winning one of the categories, I wouldn’t havebelieved it.”
Put on by the University’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersclub and the College of Science and Mathematics’ Computer Science club,the overall goal of the event is to give students the opportunity tocollaborate on a project involving computer coding. It provides studentswith real-world experience working on a team under tight deadlines andhigh pressure, while connecting with companies in the technologyindustry.
Students will also have the opportunity to participate in workshops andlearn from guest speakers like Max J. Tsai, innovation architect andcoordinator of digital transformation at Fresno State.
“Real-world problem solving is what innovators do every day,” Tsai said.“With the new era of smart anything, embracing the digital transformationtrends in education, health and wellness, environment and agricultureand social good will continue to improve the way we live from ‘farms toforks.’”
He will discuss the launch of Fresno State’s
Project Ignite
— a campus-wide technology innovation competition taking place April 22 through 30.
“Innovation is a hot buzzword in higher education,” Tsai said. “ProjectIgnite and HackFresno share the same vision of engaging a campusculture of innovation that encourages students to explore, evaluate,potentially fail and hopefully succeed.”
“Participating in HackFresno 2018 was an unexpectedly amazingexperience,” Misaghi said. “Being in a room full of people trying to makesomething under time pressure is extremely exciting and it stimulatesyour problem solving skills and creativity.”
Orlando Leon, Fresno State’s chief information ocer, serves as theadviser for the student-run event. Fresno State’s Technology Services,Lyles College of Engineering, Root Access Hackerspace, Project Ignite,
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers club, Computer Scienceclub and Associated Students, Inc. coordinated the event.
Sponsors include DPS Telecom, Forward Advantage and Bolted.io.
For more information, contact Rebecca Wass at 559.385.1336 or
rwass@mail.fresnostate.edu
or Aaron Marroquin at 559.308.0634 or
aaronm2112@mail.fresnostate.edu
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