Hundreds of students to code, program and invent at 24-hour hackathon

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HackOHI/O 2016, The Ohio State University’s fourth annual 24-hour hackathon, is the reason more than 700 students will innovate around the clock in the Ohio Union Nov. 19 – 20.

Hackathons are technical project marathons where student teams go from idea to prototype in a single weekend, solving a problem or meeting a need in the marketplace.

A record number of students from Ohio State and other Midwest schools will converge on Columbus to spend the weekend building exciting technology projects. After 24 hours of “hacking,” the teams at HackOHI/O will present their ideas to fellow students, faculty, and tech company representatives. Teams will be judged on categories including technical difficulty, creativity, usefulness and presentation.

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Dozens of industry professionals interested in the talent and technology on display also are expected to attend the final showcase on November 15 at 2:00pm, where more than $8,000 in prizes will be awarded to the most innovative projects. The showcase is open to the public.

HackOHI/O 2016 is sponsored by Amazon Web Services, JP Morgan Chase, Wexner Medical Center, Aver, JobsOhio, Capital One, Battelle, Harris, Paxata, Esri, CAS, GitHub, Namecheap, Accenture, rev1 ventures, Nationwide, TEKSystems, Hyland, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Translation Data Analytics, CoverMyMeds, Exact, Cisco and Pillar.