Students from various colleges and universities across the county gathered on the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College to participate in a hackathon event organized by five NOVA cybersecurity and information technology students. The event was held at the Regional Center for Workforce Education and Training (RCWET) on April 8-10.
"inNOVAtion," a 36 hour long hackathon competition offered hands-on experience to students interested in cybersecurity and secure coding methods. Participants came prepared for the weekend with sleeping bags and overnight items, eager to work in teams to “hack” several challenges provided by corporate sponsors True IA, General Dynamics, University of Maryland University College, Rapid Cycles Solutions, (ISC)² and RPI Group. The challenges involved creating apps and successfully programming data for first-, second-and third-place teams to win an iPod Shuffle, Galaxy Tablet, Playstation 4 and a host of gift cards and certificates.
Thomas Mitchell, NOVA-Woodbridge student and president of the inNOVAtion hackathon team initiated the idea to host the event after he attended a hackathon at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Mitchell, along with NOVA students Chris Dabo, Rizvan Rashik, Zach Wood and Ibrar Tariq, shared their plans with NOVA-Woodbridge faculty Dr. Evette Davis, dean of business and social sciences and Dr. Paula Ford, assistant dean of information technology to help bring their vision into reality.Â
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