Third Annual GeauxHack: Hackathon to be Held Nov. 1-3

Students at a table with thumbs up October 24, 2024

BATON ROUGE, LA – For the third year, the LSU Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) and LSU Computer Science will welcome college and high school students to campus for the annual GeauxHack: Hackathon event. Over the course of three days, from Nov. 1-Nov. 3, participants will engage in programming, pitching, and playing and be tasked with creating an application that addresses a themed prompt.

This year’s prompt is “Create a project that promotes users to travel internationally, learn about foreign lands, or assist users in international countries (or anything that pertains to world tourism).”

The deadline to register is Sunday, Oct. 27. Those interested can register as a team or register as an individual looking to join a team. Attendance is free, and food will be provided.

“Participants will research consumer demands and interest when it comes to traveling and develop an appropriate application to address some niche they discover,” said Ricky Liang, this year’s Hackathon director and a junior in computer science. “For example, if they find that tourism for some country or region is incredibly low due to barriers, [such as not being well-known], they can create a website dedicated to advertising lesser-known places.

“Participants learn a lot about the full development cycle of a project, having gone through the entire process by the end of the Hackathon. They will also learn about their own individual limits/wants when it comes to development, as our Hackathon provides an experience that mimics real-world software development, letting participants realize if they truly want to choose computer science as a career.”

GeauxHack begins Friday, Nov. 1, with an opening ceremony, where attendees will learn their prompt, meet the judges, and discuss last-minute concerns. The next day will be dedicated to working on the application and include workshops that help participants with their programming skills. The event will conclude on Sunday, when students pitch their applications to the judges and the top projects are honored at the closing/award ceremony. In between these activities will be an Endless Board Game Night, a game room for playing Smash Bros, and yoga.

To learn more about the GeauxHack event, click here.

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