Not only did Hackpoly 2017 break an attendance record for the second straight year, the annual challenge to bring ideas to life also ventured into uncharted territory. For the first time, a college from outside California competed among a field…
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While most people were setting up for Super Bowl parties, more than 500 technology enthusiasts gathered at Cal Poly Pomona for Hackpoly, a 24-hour innovation challenge. Organized by the student club Poly Founders, Hackpoly brought undergrad and graduate students from…
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A student-organized collaborative programming competition, or hackathon, drew 200 participants to campus in January. Hackpoly, as the event was dubbed, opened with lectures by guest speakers Robert Rose, director of Flight Software at SpaceX, and Alex Capecelatro, CEO/founder of At…
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Their impressive showing also bumped up Cal Poly Pomona’s ranking in the Major League of Hacking, an organization that organizes hackathons and provides student hackers with tools and resources. Cal Poly Pomona is now ranked 15th, ahead of Caltech, UC…
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