A year ago, a group of students organized the University of Windsor’s first hackathon. WinHacks 2020 drew over 400 participants and this year’s is expected to be even larger – projected to attract more than 600 competitors from across the globe this March 26th to 28th.

The term “hackathon” combines “hacking” and “marathon”, describing competitions where participants solve challenges in a prescribed time period (in this case, 36 hours). Teams of between one and four students work together to develop solutions to real world problems, presented to them by a combination of local companies, industry giants and academic institutions.