Hack3's Free Intro to Hackathons Class

Learn more and signup here. The course will be taught by Eric and Jonathan of the Hack3 team

Monday 6/20

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  Intro to Computer Science & Python

  We'll introduce computer science and get started with Python

Tuesday 6/21

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  More Python

  We'll dive deeper into Python. We'll create variables, loops, and functions. We'll even import modules

Wednesday 6/22

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  Integrating an external API

  APIs let us connect services from different companies together. We'll integrate an external API to do cool things!

Thursday 6/23

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  Integrating a database

  Airtable is just like Google sheets. We'll integrate its API to build a simple to-do app!

Friday 6/24

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  Making the most of Hack3

  We'll wrap up our course here and overview everything that Hack3 has to help you make the most of it.

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Hack3 Hackathon

The actual 24 hours where students build cool projects!

Saturday 6/25

• 11:30 AM

  Check-in

  We'll be online in Slack! You'll be excited, and we'll be excited too :)

• 12:00 - 1:00 PM

  Opening Ceremony with Keynote by Kevin Liu, Stanford '24 and Co-Founder of Chord

  We'll kick off the Hack3 event and overview rules. Then, we'll have an amazing keynote with Kevin Liu.

• 1:00 PM

  Hacking Begins!

• 1:15 - 1:30 PM

  Check In: Team Formation

  If you don't have a team and are looking for one, come join this hacker check in to look for new friends.

• 2:00 - 3:00 PM

  Workshop: Host your own VPN server with Rafał Hacuś

  You'll learn about the Linux terminal and networking concepts as you host your own VPN! You'll receive free cloud credits to run a remote server.

• 3:00 - 4:00 PM

  Workshop: Introduction to Cloud by Suresh Sankar from Amazon

• 4:00 - 5:00 PM

  Workshop: Breaking into Blockchain by Jobin Ayathil

• 5:00 - 6:00 PM

  Workshop: Build a website with Rafał Hacuś

  Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and host your own website after installing Cyberpanel on a server.

• 7:00 - 8:00 PM

  MLH Mini-Event: Bob Ross MS Word Paint Activity

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM

  Check In: Hacker Hangout

  Play games, chat, and maybe karaoke? Anyways, just a fun hangout with other participants.

Sunday 6/26

• 9:00 - 10:00 AM

  Workshop: Machine Learning on Amazon Web Services with Amazon's Randy Moy

• 10:00 - 10:45 AM

  Workshop: Presenting & Slideshow Karaoke with Amanda Sherman, University of Massachusetts '26

  You'll practice your presentation skills by being given a random slide deck that you must speak about to your audience!

• 1:00 PM

  Submit projects!

• 1:15 PM

  Hard Submission Deadline

• 1:30 - 3:30 PM

  Live Judging

  Participants will hop into video calls with judges to present their projects. Get live feedback!

• 5:00 - 5:30 PM

  Closing Ceremony