‘Hacking’ is creative problem solving, commonly through emerging technology and often at short fast-moving, caffeine-assisted events. The Hackathon for Wildlife aimed to develop innovative approaches ...

As hackathon co-chair Jake Chen, Ph.D., associate director of the Informatics Institute, shared in his keynote talk, cancer has the attention of bioinformaticists and data scientists. “Research on ...

Companies hold code hackathons to help build team spirit, learn new skills and even create valuable products. If the company has offices around the globe, some careful scheduling can create an ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. For 36 hours, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, approximately 500 coding ...

The word hackathon is nothing new to most programmers. For years in Silicon Valley, ideas were born from a weekend of breaking things and hoping for the best. From events such as startup weekend to ...

Cincinnati officials are launching a global search for innovative ideas to increase recycling. Council Member Liz Keating announced the second "hackathon" contest, funded with $20,000 in the current ...

Facebook designer Blaise DiPersia addresses the first Congressional Hackathon in the Congressional Auditorium at the Capitol Visitors Center December 7, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip ...

A hackathon this week generated dozens of ideas for how Cincinnati can better control litter. Close to 20 teams spent a few days working on projects, culminating in Friday's pitch session. The winning ...