Results of the summarizing process for the arXiv paper: 2211.08963v1

Hackathons are collaborative events that have become a global phenomenon, adopted by both researchers and practitioners in various contexts. These events are generally used to accelerate the development of scientific results and collaborations, communities, and innovative prototypes addressing urgent challenges. To address certain challenges such as limited exchange of best practices and research findings, and larger overarching questions that require interdisciplinary collaboration, an interdisciplinary collaborative analysis was conducted at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in December 2021. The results of this analysis were presented in terms of six important areas that contribute to maturing hackathon research and practice: hackathons for different purposes; socio-technical event design; scaling up; making hackathons equitable; studying hackathons; and hackathon goals and how to reach them. A co-authorship analysis using VOSview with a RIS export from the Lens Scholarly Analysis was also conducted. The visualization illustrated how siloed the research in this area is with limited inter-cluster connections between the 470 co-authors who met the threshold. In terms of organizing hackathons, key aspects of logistics and facilitation were summarized based on experience-based anecdotes rather than studies. A key element of successful hackathons is creating an informal atmosphere that allows for spontaneity while ensuring flexible spaces for participants' needs. Overall, there is a need for more formal studies to improve hackathon organization while connecting siloed research clusters through interdisciplinary collaborations to address larger overarching questions.

• Hackathons are collaborative events used to accelerate the development of scientific results, collaborations, communities, and innovative prototypes addressing urgent challenges.
• An interdisciplinary collaborative analysis was conducted at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in December 2021 to address challenges such as limited exchange of best practices and research findings, and larger overarching questions that require interdisciplinary collaboration.
• The results of this analysis were presented in terms of six important areas that contribute to maturing hackathon research and practice:
• Hackathons for different purposes
• Socio-technical event design
• Scaling up
• Making hackathons equitable
• Studying hackathons
• Hackathon goals and how to reach them
• A co-authorship analysis using VOSview with a RIS export from the Lens Scholarly Analysis was also conducted which illustrated how siloed the research in this area is with limited inter-cluster connections between the 470 co-authors who met the threshold.
• Key aspects of logistics and facilitation for organizing successful hackathons include creating an informal atmosphere that allows for spontaneity while ensuring flexible spaces for participants' needs.
• There is a need for more formal studies to improve hackathon organization while connecting siloed research clusters through interdisciplinary collaborations to address larger overarching questions.

Hackathons are events where people work together to create new ideas and solutions to problems. An analysis was done at a center in Leiden to address challenges in hackathon research and practice. The analysis resulted in six important areas for improving hackathon research and practice, including making hackathons fair for everyone. A study showed that there is limited connection between different groups of researchers who work on hackathons. To organize successful hackathons, it's important to create a relaxed atmosphere and have flexible spaces for participants' needs. More studies are needed to improve how hackathons are organized and connect different groups of researchers working on them." Definitions: - Hackathon: An event where people collaborate to come up with new ideas or solutions. - Interdisciplinary: Involving multiple fields or areas of study. - Equitable: Fair for everyone involved. - Logistics: The detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation or event. - Siloed: Separated into isolated groups without much communication or collaboration.

Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Hackathons

Hackathons have become a global phenomenon, adopted by both researchers and practitioners in various contexts to accelerate the development of scientific results and collaborations, communities, and innovative prototypes addressing urgent challenges. To address certain challenges such as limited exchange of best practices and research findings, an interdisciplinary collaborative analysis was conducted at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in December 2021. The results were presented in terms of six important areas that contribute to maturing hackathon research and practice: hackathons for different purposes; socio-technical event design; scaling up; making hackathons equitable; studying hackathons; and hackathon goals and how to reach them.

Co-Authorship Analysis

A co-authorship analysis using VOSview with a RIS export from the Lens Scholarly Analysis was also conducted. The visualization illustrated how siloed the research in this area is with limited inter-cluster connections between the 470 co-authors who met the threshold.

Organizing Hackathons

In terms of organizing hackathons, key aspects of logistics and facilitation were summarized based on experience-based anecdotes rather than studies. A key element of successful hackathons is creating an informal atmosphere that allows for spontaneity while ensuring flexible spaces for participants' needs.

Conclusion

Overall, there is a need for more formal studies to improve hackathon organization while connecting siloed research clusters through interdisciplinary collaborations to address larger overarching questions.