{"326541":{"#nid":"326541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Sponsors South\u0027s Largest Hackathon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHundreds of the nation\u2019s top student hackers will swarm the Georgia Tech campus this weekend, as Tech sponsors its first official hackathon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt stake is the largest hackathon prize to date: $60,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHackers from across the nation will travel by bus and plane to represent more than 100 universities in the South\u2019s largest hackathon. The mission: Build products to improve the state of software and hardware today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are no limits and no restrictions during the 36 hours, except for the limits of the hackers\u2019 imagination and their stamina,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EShehmeer Jiwani\u003C\/strong\u003E, a computer science major at Georgia Tech and an organizer of the student-run event. \u201cThey can explore the vulnerabilities of existing hardware, create new apps, or develop new code.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor HackGT, we\u2019ve said that you should be able to come to a hackathon and build a chair, as long as it\u2019s the best chair we\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EPavleen Thukral\u003C\/strong\u003E, also a computer science major and organizer. \u201cAs long as students come here with a determination to build and to \u2018Expect Greatness\u2019.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESponsors range from eBay to twilio to Microsoft to Bloomberg, with several providing hardware and programs for hackers to improve or to discover vulnerabilities. These include Intel\u2019s Edison modules, the Leap Motion Controller, the Thalmic Myo, and the Oculus Rift.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top team will win a $10,000 grand prize, along with an additional $50,000 in investments from Tech Square Labs to launch their winning project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThad Starner\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor with the School of Interactive Computing and the technical lead for Google Glass, will serve as the event\u2019s closing keynote speaker on Sunday, Sept. 21.\u0026nbsp; Scott Grimes, CEO of Cardlytics and a partner sponsor, will provide the keynote during the opening ceremony on Friday, Sept. 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudges include \u003Cstrong\u003ECarie Davis\u003C\/strong\u003E, global director of innovation and entrepreneurship at The Coca-Cola Company; \u003Cstrong\u003EDave Jagoda\u003C\/strong\u003E, technical director at Andreessen Horowitz; \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Judge\u003C\/strong\u003E, an entrepreneur cited by MIT Technology Review as one of the Top 100 innvoators in the world; \u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Koziol\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Atlanta office of Huge, a leading digital design and development firm; and \u003Cstrong\u003EJoe Uhl\u003C\/strong\u003E, operation director for MailChimp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hackgt.com\/\u0022\u003Ehackgt.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech lures hundreds of student hackers to campus for 36 non-stop hours of hacking with promise of a $60,000 grand prize"}],"uid":"27998","created_gmt":"2014-09-18 08:41:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:07","author":"Brittany Aiello","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"326531":{"id":"326531","type":"image","title":"HackGT Logo Image","body":null,"created":"1449245041","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:01","changed":"1475895037","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:37","alt":"HackGT Logo Image","file":{"fid":"200227","name":"hackgtnodate.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hackgtnodate_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hackgtnodate_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":148246,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hackgtnodate_0.jpeg?itok=VtcD_CRU"}}},"media_ids":["326531"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8859","name":"hack"},{"id":"61371","name":"Hackathon"},{"id":"98591","name":"hackgt"},{"id":"103731","name":"Intel Edison module"},{"id":"103721","name":"Joe Uhl"},{"id":"335","name":"Microsoft"},{"id":"103711","name":"Oculus Rift"},{"id":"103701","name":"Paul Judge"},{"id":"114601","name":"Press Release"},{"id":"1944","name":"Thad Starner"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhillip Taylor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENews and Media Relations Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}