2020 SGCI Hackathon

hack-a-thon /ˈhakəˌTHän/
A gathering where programmers collaboratively code in an extreme manner, over a short span of time.

SGCI Hack@PEARC20

In conjunction with PEARC20 SGCI sponsored a virtual Hackathon to challenge up-and-coming programmers for tomorrow's science gateways.

Undergraduate and graduate students competed on gateway projects established by SGCI partners and community members.

The competition took place from Monday, July 27 to Thursday, July 30. Final awards were announced on Thursday, July 30.

Hackathon YouTube Videos

• Team Presentations

VizPipeline1 Nia Blake Christian Thomas Gabrielle Toutin Chase Busacker Helping parents protect their children from COVID-19 https://github.com/BranRitz/Pearc20VizPipeline

Three Amigos Daniel Lamb Kellen Hill Colton Grainger Interactive Viz https://github.com/jchuahtacc/CloudHPCHackVizPiplineTeamA

Team Delta Steven Galloway II Ronesha Shaw La'Andrea Gates Interactive Community Gateway https://github.com/laandreagates/Delta

Charlie’s Angels  Helena Coker Najm Mohamed Cesar Monsalud III Hector Santiago III QuickViz https://github.com/hectorsantiago5/pearc20_quickviz

 

SGCI PEARC20 Hackathon Schedule

Pre-event Activities

Mentor Pre-event Prep call 7/21/20

• Meeting Slides
• Meeting Video

Mentor Pre-event Overview call 7/23/20

• Meeting Slides
• Meeting Video

Event Schedule

Monday, July 27

• Kickoff Meeting (Slides)
• Ethics
• Schedule
• Google Project Setup Boyd Wilson
• Team Pointers and Announcements
• Active Hacking Picture (Individual) [Prize] - Winner Lena Coker
• Intel Speaker Tom Krueger - Slides
• Project Introductions and Goals by the teams [Prize] - Winner Team Charlies Angels

Tuesday, July 28

• Status Checkpoint
• Lego@HackHPC Picture (Individual) [Prize] - Winner Lena Coker
• Cloudy Cluster Overview Boyd Wilson
• Status Checkpoint [Prize] - Winner Team Amigos
• Virtual Background Challenge (Individual) [Prize] - Winner Daniel Lamb

Wednesday, July 29

• Final Presentations
• People’s Choice Award Opens
• Post Survey
• YouTube Live Stream

Thursday, July 30

• Awards Ceremony