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FIU take HackFSU

FIU take HackFSU

Hack FSU is a Hackathon hosted by Florida State University in conjunction with FAMU. Celebrating their 5th year hosting a hackathon, FSU welcomed over 400 students from all around Florida for this 36 hour event. 55 students from FIU traveled 8 hours to spend the...

Hacking with Amazon Alexa!

Hacking with Amazon Alexa!

MLH LocalHost event: Hacking with Amazon Alexa is hosted by Women in Computer Science (WiCS) and the Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM). This workshop is designed for beginners interested in creating your first skill for Amazon Alexa, the voice service that...

Experience Organizing MangoHacks 18′

Experience Organizing MangoHacks 18′

Author: Maria-Jose Ramos | Medium On multiple occasions, MangoHacks has been described to me as the most fun hackathon they have ever been to. As an organizer, that is what we sacrifice our sleep for. That is why we spend countless hours discussing which color looks...

Global Game Jam 2018

Global Game Jam 2018

Global Game Jam is the world's largest game creation event taking place around the world simultaneously, but at different physical locations. A weekend long 48 hour event where you experiment, create and develop games or skills. Think of it as a hackathon focused on...

FIU take 2nd place at SwampHacks

FIU take 2nd place at SwampHacks

Florida International University place top 3 at SwampHacks, a student led hackathon at the University of Florida, with the development of SwampBox. "We wanted to make it easier, cheaper, safer, and more convenient for per to per rental of goods. Swamp Box improves the...

Neural gonna give you up – FIU Students place 1st at UHack 2017

Neural gonna give you up – FIU Students place 1st at UHack 2017

UHack is a 24-hour hackathon hosted by the University of Miami. Florida International University students Mark Fajet, Sheila Alemany, and  Jonathan Beltran developed a recurrent neural network that accepts a song and will create sounds like Rick Astley's  "Never Gonna...

“But I don’t know how to code..”

“But I don’t know how to code..”

What does a business major at a Hackathon Organizer Convention have in common with chicken and waffles? At first, it seems odd, but once you give it a try, it might pleasantly surprise you. Someone stop me while we still have the chance.

FIU place top 3 at HackGT New Heights

FIU place top 3 at HackGT New Heights

Team: Angelo Saraceno Maria-Jose Ramos Krista Shuckerow Diana Marsala (UPenn Student) Presenting Cafecito, a transpiler that takes in non-English Java vocabulary and compiles it down to English standard Java. We have a lexicographer within the language tools to take...