What are Hackathons for?

Abstract

Industrial experiences of organizing a hackathon to assess a device-centric cloud ecosystem The author of this thesis was the second author. He performed the research design, including data collection protocol and interview questions, together with the first author. He acted as the interviewer in all interviews with the other authors. The author of this thesis contributed to the main body of analysis and documenting the results. All the authors contributed in the writing and reviewing the paper.

How do the design features of health hackathons contribute to participatory medicine?

“…There is no screening to select people with certain skills. There is no attempt to control who attends and what problems they want to solve, or what skills they bring (Jones, Semel, & Le, 2015;Komssi, Pichlis, Raatikainen, Kindström, & Järvinen, 2015). The only common attempt at control is to define the theme for a hackathon (Komssi et al, 2015).…”

“…Komssi et al (2015) describe three stages: pre-hackathon, hackathon, and post-hackathon. The pre-hackathon period involves participants creating ideas and preparing pitches of their ideas, and building teams to bring to the hackathon.…”

“…The hackathon stage involves intense hacking and building of a prototype, while the post-hackathon stage is the period in which the new technology matures and new relationships are developed. De Passe et al (2014) describe three stages that fit the Komssi et al (2015) description of the hackathon stage. In the first stage pain points are identified for solutions to be developed.…”

“…Hackathons are intensive weekend or day-long events. The primary purpose of a hackathon is to solve problems (Chowdhury, 2012;Komssi et al, 2015). Software is usually developed, although some organisations are using the hackathon model to achieve nonsoftware goals, e.g.…”

Avui

“…Hackathons are coding events in DIY communities where "small teams produce working software prototypes in a short time period" and these events are often centered around a common theme or technology [18]. The hackathon challenge is an important part of the method.…”