Alexander Nolte

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In-person, Online and Back Again - A Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons

Hybrid hackathons, which combine in-person and online participation, present unique challenges for organizers and participants. Although these events are increasingly conducted globally, research on them remains fragmented, with limited integration between hackathon studies and hybrid collaboration. Existing stra…

CHI '25CorrespondingGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

How Do Hackathons Foster Creativity? Towards Automated Evaluation of Creativity at Scale

Hackathons have become popular collaborative events for accelerating the development of creative ideas and prototypes. There are several case studies showcasing creative outcomes across domains such as industry, education, and research. However, there are no large-scale studies on creativity in hackathons which can ad…

CHI '22CorrespondingParticipatory Design +1

The CAT Effect: Exploring the Impact of Casual Affective Triggers on Online Surveys' Response Rates

We explore the impact of Casual Affective Triggers (CAT) on response rates of online surveys. As CAT, we refer to objects that can be included in survey participation invitations and trigger participants' affect. The hypothesis is that participants who receive CAT-enriched invitations are more likely to respond to a s…

CSCW '201st AuthorCoordination and Collaboration

What Happens to All These Hackathon Projects? - Identifying Factors to Promote Hackathon Project Continuation

Time-based events, such as hackathons and codefests, have become a global phenomenon attracting thousands of participants to hundreds of events every year. While research on hackathons has grown considerably, there is still limited insight into what happens to hackathon projects after the event itself has ended. While…

CSCW '201st AuthorLearning, Education, and Mentoring

How to Support Newcomers in Scientific Hackathons - An Action Research Study on Expert Mentoring

Time-bounded events such as hackathons have become a global phenomenon. Scientific communities in particular show growing interest in organizing them to attract newcomers and develop technical artifacts to expand their code base. Current hackathon approaches presume that participants have sufficient expertise to work…

CHI '183rd AuthorMakerspace Culture +1

The 2nd Workshop on Hacking and Making at Time-Bounded Events: Current Trends and Next Steps in Research and Event Design

Hackathons or Hackathon-style events, describe increasingly popular time-bounded intensive events across different fields and sectors. Often cited examples of hackathons include the demanding overnight competitive coding events, but there are many design variations for different audiences and with divergent aims. The…

CSCW '182nd AuthorMeetings and Decision Making

When to say “Enough is Enough!”: A Study on the Evolution of Collaboratively Created Process Models

Organizations conduct series of face-to-face meetings aiming to improve work practices. In these meetings, participants from different backgrounds collaboratively design artifacts, such as knowledge or process maps. Such meetings are orchestrated and carried out by facilitators and the success of the meetings almost s…

CSCW '181st AuthorCivic engagement and Hacking

You Hacked and Now What? - Exploring Outcomes of a Corporate Hackathon

Time bounded events such as hackathons, data dives, codefests, hack-days, sprints or edit-a-thons have increasingly gained attention from practitioners and researchers. Existing research, however, has mainly focused on the event itself, while potential outcomes of hackathons have received limited attention. Furthermor…

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