HackIllinois Email Format
Software DevelopmentIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
HackIllinois is a student-run software development hackathon organized by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with its inaugural event held in 2014. The 36-hour program provides a platform for learning through speakers, mentors, and workshops, and participants form teams to work on projects of interest with prizes awarded to top finalists. The event emphasizes Open Source and seeks to foster collaboration within the student developer community. Based in Urbana, Illinois, the organization functions as a campus-based initiative serving students seeking hands-on, collaborative software development experience. It maintains an open-source orientation, including making its internal tools and infrastructure available for others, and has announced plans to continue this approach with an Open Source-focused edition scheduled for February 2018.