Annual Hackathon

Every Spring, Humboldt students gather at the Cal Poly library over the course of a weekend to engage in deep, collaborative problem solving activities.  Hackathons unleash creative talents and result in diverse projects that tackle everything from solving issues relevant in our local community to playing with the latest VR-based video game technology.   Teams may comprise members from any background ranging from art, business, psychology and sociology, to environmental, geospatial engineering and computer science. It’s about solving difficult problems with a unique, effective and elegant solution.

The Hackathon provides a capstone event at the end of the school year.  It’s a platform that is meant to be fun, engaging, stimulating, creative, innovative, and a little competitive.  To be successful, participants will need to work with a diverse set of backgrounds, execute on the vision, sell their ideas, and deliver a working product.  

Just as importantly, Hackathons provide a way to network people together with their surrounding communities to and highlight real problems that we need solved.  Hackathons are a great way to develop a culture of innovation, rapid-prototyping and building technical solutions to common problems. And they are a path for success; students are able to add their projects to their digital resumes.

https://csclubhumboldt.org/activities/hackathon/index.html