On October 27th, join us at HackOHI/O—the Ohio State University's largest hackathon—for a weekend of building and creating real projects with awesome people. Over 750 undergraduate and graduate students will design, build, and demonstrate projects to a live audience of students, faculty, and representatives from tech companies. HackOHI/O is put on by OHI/O, a student-led organization that aims to build and foster the tech community at Ohio State University.
Meet other passionate, fun and creative students from OSU and universities across the nation. Our industry partners are also sending professional developers, designers, marketers, and hustlers to provide mentorship. If you're interested in participating, all attendees must adhere to our Code of Conduct.
Best Software Hack
Best Hardware Hack
Most Impactful Hack
Best Designed Hack
Most Original Hack
Most Ambitious Hack
Best New to Hack
Best Clutch
Here are some common questions that people ask. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at hackathon@osu.edu.
Registration for HackOHI/O is now closed. If you're having trouble receiving emails or confirming your application, please reach out to registerhackohio@gmail.com. The first waves of acceptances to the event have already been sent out, and more acceptances will be sent out on a rolling basis starting Monday, Oct 15. Keep an eye on your email for updates, and you can check your application status anytime by logging into the registration portal. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to registerhackohio@gmail.com.
Come in the morning and you will entered onto the waitlist. Everyone from the waitlist will be let in on a first-come, first-served basis if there are open spots when the morning check-in deadline ends. So if you ARE registered, be sure to get there before the deadline!
A hackathon is a fun 24 or 36 hour event that brings together multi-disciplinary students with varying experience from across the nation together to create, innovate, and build a project all within one weekend. Students have access to professional mentors, workshops, and loaner hardware during the event. They also have the opportunity to showcase and demo their work projects to judges and other exposition attendees at the end of the event.
All sorts of things! Previous projects have included mobile apps, websites, smart mirrors, light-up glasses, pancake printers...the possibilities are endless.
Not to worry! HackOHI/O provides opportunities for first-time programmers. From workshops, to resources to mentors and teammates, you'll be sure to pick up skills over the weekend. Past that, teams need more than just coders and great projects always start with diverse teams. Everyone has some knowledge and perspective they can bring to the table.
HackOHI/O is free to participate in! We'll be providing you with great meals, snacks, and drinks throughout the entire event. We've got participants' food restrictions covered, too.
Anyone who is a student at a university! We encourage all levels of expertise to join.
Whether this is your first hackathon, or you've been to hackathons around the nation,
HackOHI/O provides an opportunity to collaborate and create something amazing.
All participants are expected to follow our Code
of Conduct.
Anyone is welcome to attend our Sunday showcase, where our winners will present their
projects.
Registration to the showcase is located here.
Bring a laptop, a phone, some comfy clothes, appropriate chargers, and toiletries! Remember your toothbrush and paste. Leave any pre-written code at home; your projects should be started and completed at the hackathon.
Upon verifying your account, you can pick a team to join in the application portal. Please
note that everyone on the team must join it individually!
If you are still in need of a team, no worries! OHI/O provides opportunities before and
during the hackathon to find a team. We have a
team formation group on Facebook, which you are welcome to join.
We'll be posting more information on team formation events in our newsletters and on our
social media accounts - be on the lookout!
All participants should be in teams of 2 to 4. We hope to encourage teamwork while keeping team sizes manageable for a 24 hour event.
Nope! Many students come up with an idea at the hackathon. By talking to fellow students and coming to our pre-hype events, you'll find opportunities to join an idea that piques your interest. If you get stuck, we'll have a nice list of ideas to help you out.
Yes! We welcome individuals with knowledge and expertise in various topic areas to help mentor students at HackOHI/O. If you're interested, please contact us to find out more information!
We're currently in the process of reviewing all applicants and sending acceptances out in waves through mid-October. Stay tuned - you can check your application status anytime in the registration portal.
HackOHI/O is proud to have dozens of judges consisting of academia, industry professionals, and alumni. On Sunday, participants will share their projects with two sets of two judges, who will score the project based on several criteria: technical difficulty, functionality, intuitiveness, usefulness/impact, creativity, teamwork, and overall wow factor. Remember - the competition is only a small part of the event! The most important part is to have fun and build something amazing.
We plan on sending buses to schools in and around Ohio who have a high number of registrants. We also have a limited number of Marathon gift certificates for students who carpool to HackOHI/O from out of the Columbus area. If you're in need of travel reimbursement or would like to learn about bus options, please reach out to us at hackathon@osu.edu.
There will be no lockdown this year (so students may leave and re-enter the event at any time throughout the weekend), but we will be requiring the buddy system for students who choose to leave during the building's non-public operating hours, 11:30 PM - 7 AM. If you'd like to leave the event for the night, please keep this in mind.
Yep! Each participant's space isn't too big, but there should be enough space on the table top and ground for a desktop/monitor setup. Please note that we do not have ethernet connections available - you should come with a wireless adapter, if you do not have one already.
HackOHI/O is hosted by several Ohio State student organizations united under OHI/O. You can check out our other events at https://hack.osu.edu.
| Time | Event | Location |
| 7:30 AM | Sponsor check-in begins | 1st floor, center tables |
| 8:00 AM | Doors open; student check-in | 2nd floor, outside Ballroom |
| 8:00 AM | Team-building event | Round Room |
| 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 9:30 AM | Opening keynote | Ballroom and Live-Streamed! |
| 10:00 AM | Hacking begins! | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 12:00 PM | Chris Orban Tech Talk | Maudine Cow Room (Basement) |
| 1:00 PM | Lunch | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 2:00 PM | Microsoft Panel | Maudine Cow Room (Basement) |
| 4:00 PM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. Tech Talk | Maudine Cow Room (Basement) |
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 AM (Sat) - 9:00 AM (Sun) | Hacker Lounge + Xbox Room | Round Room |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Relaxation Lounge | Dance Room 1 (Basement) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. Networking & Interviews | Founders' Room |
| Time | Event | Location |
| 12:00 AM | Midnight Snack | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 2:00 AM | 🎃 Halloween Movie! 🎃 | Great Hall |
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 8:00 AM | Teams register for judging | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 10:00 AM | Hacking ends! | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 10:30 AM | Judging begins | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 11:00 AM | Lunch | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 1:00 PM | Judging ends | Ballroom / Great Hall / Senate Chamber |
| 1:30 PM | Showcase Begins | Performance Hall |
| 3:00 PM | Showcase ends | Performance Hall |
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