Hackathons are short-term events at which participants work in small groups to ideate,
develop and present a solution to a problem. Despite their popularity, and significant …

Hackathons are time-bounded collaborative events that typically take between 1 and 3 days
of intense teamwork to build prototypes usually in the form of software, aiming to specific …

Hackathon formats have been praised for their potential for promoting innovative thinking
and making in a short time-frame. For this reason, hackathons have also been embraced by …

The number of hackathon events worldwide has nearly quadrupled in the last five years.
Despite exponential growth across diverse industries and increasing interest across …

This paper provides an overview and appraisal of the International Design Engineering
Annual (IDEA) challenge-a virtually hosted design hackathon run with the aim of generating …

Hackathons have become a popular tool for bringing people together to imagine new
possibilities for technology. Despite originating in technology communities, hackathons have …

Based on our empirical studies of 10 hackathons held by scientific communities, a
corporation, and universities as well as the review of published literature, we discuss that …

Hackathons are techno-creative events during which participants get together in a physical
location. They may be hosted by civic communities, corporations or public institutions …

This paper reports on a “Hackathon” attended by 195 participants at an event in the
University of Dundee in September 2015. In collaboration with a leading retailer of greeting …

A Bhackathon^ is a computer-programming event in which volunteers work intensely in
small teams for a short amount of time to develop a program prototype. These events …