Hack Shanghai – bilingual Hackathon hosted by NYU Shanghai

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On November 7-8, the students of NYU Shanghai are hosted the first bilingual hackathon for top hackers from around the world. HackShanghai is the largest such event in China to date. The 250 participating graduate and undergraduate students were chosen from applications from over 100 universities, including Harvard, Tsinghua U, Peking U, MIT, and CalTech. The 24-hour marathon event was sponsored by 21 companies, such as ICBC, Goldman Sachs, IBM, DBS. A dozen startups will manned booths on location to engage with the students throughout the event. The top three teams were selected by twelve judges from, among others, NYU Shanghai, Fudan University, ECNU, and Goldman Sachs. The winners were also be recognized for their individual efforts with prizes from sponsors. It was an intense, exciting, and exhausting two days!

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