Earthhacks

Note: This blog post by Kaitlin Provencher Chu originally appeared in MIT News. It is re-posted here with the organizers’ permission. Almost three years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic changed the world. Many are still looking to uncover a “new normal.” “Instead of going back to normal, [there’s a new generation…

Note: This blog post by Catherine Chu, Bella Chang, and Preetha Kumar — organizers of the Datathon for Social Good Vuksic — an event which Earth Hacks supported as a partner — originally appeared on the Data Science Society at Berkeley’s Medium Page. …

TriHacks was a virtual hackathon that took place on October 7–9th, 2022. The event was aimed at helping beginner hackers — specifically young developers between 13 and 22 — develop their skills and, providing opportunities for them to learn from experts, who provided workshops, talks, and more. Students were encouraged to create projects that could produce innovative solutions for the real world, focusing on addressing the challenge statement, which focused on Supply chain issues. Projects were judged based on creativity, effectiveness, and efficiency.

Earth Hacks: Tell us a bit about yourself (i.e., where you’re from, your background, what you’re in school for, etc.)! Angela Anil: My name is Angela Anil. I’m currently pursuing my bachelor’s degree in Microbiology at the Amrita School of Biotechnology. I’ve always loved anything to do with innovation, research…

Earth Hacks: Tell us a bit about yourself (i.e., where you’re from, your background, what you’re in school for, etc.)! Ali Osman: My name is Ali Osman from the Republic of Sudan. I live in Khartoum and I am currently working as a project manager. I graduated from the Faculty…

Earth Hacks: Tell us a bit about yourself (i.e., where you’re from, your background, what you’re in school for, etc.)! Prajna Soni: Currently I am a Master’s student at MIT pursuing the Technology and Policy Program with a dual degree in EECS with a focus on responsible and ethical AI…

Earth Hacks: Tell us a bit about yourself (i.e., where you’re from, your background, what you’re in school for, etc.)! Danny Banko: I am a current senior studying Computer Science at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) and former president of UWB Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). I am passionate…

On May 13–15th, 2022, the University of Washington Bothell’s (UWB) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) club hosted its 5th annual and 3rd virtual UWB Hacks the Cloud hackathon. This 2-day virtual event welcomed students from around the nation and challenged them to use Cloud Computing to create solutions in Sustainability…

HackNCode 5.0 was the 5th annual 2-day hackathon organized by IET MPSTME (Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering) On Campus, based in Mumbai, India; which took place on March 26–27th, 2022. This was the second year the event was held virtually, and over 400 participants attended with a…