hackNY is a New York City-based initiative seeking "to create and empower a community of student-technologists." hackNY was created in 2010 by Evan Korth,

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, and

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. The organization is organized by faculty at both

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and

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. hackNY holds semiannual, 24-hour "hackathons," and runs a summer Fellows Program which pairs students in the computational sciences with local

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. Each semester, hackNY holds a 24-hour coding marathon, or "

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," often at

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, but in Spring 2013 at Columbia's

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. The events are open to all students, not just of Columbia and

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. The hackathons begin with brief presentations from startups that make their APIs available to the participants. The students are encouraged, though not required, to work together to come up with creative solutions or build new features before the time runs out. The hackathons conclude with a presentation of the students' work, and judging. hackNY organizes a summer program that pairs quantitative and computational students with

. A list of startups that hosted students during previous years can be foun
here
The students are compensated, receive free housing, and attend a lecture series showing them what it's like to join, or found, a

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Notable alumni

* Abraham Stanway (2011), cofounder of Amperon.

References

External links

*
Computer geeks king in job hunt
Video on role of hackNY in job market.

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