Throwback to HackICA 2025 in Boulder 📸
Two days full of ideas, energy, and collaboration.
From early brainstorming to real projects in less than 48 hours #HackathonSpirit.
Ready for the next round in Stellenbosch🇿🇦?
Registration is still open! Join now! #HackICA26
www.icahdq.org/event/Hackat...
🚌 Beep beep! Important Info for all participants of #HackICA26
Marvin’s free shuttle service will operate on both event days between Convention Square (CTICC) and Stellenbosch University.
🌅 Morning pickup (both days): between 07:30 and 08:00 a.m.
🌃 Return to Cape Town (both days): After the event
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @what-if-horizon.bsky.social @gesis.org @mddcoop.bsky.social @icacm.bsky.social @ifkw.bsky.social @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social & many more🙌
It's three months to go until #hackica26 and a good moment to say THANK YOU to our sponsors from all over the world ❤
You bring the hackathon to life and we couldn't do it without you!
Isn't Marvin cute?!
Unfortunately, Marvin might not be present at this year's hackathon, but we hope you are! 🚀
🚨Register by May 4!🚨
Just a quick reminder to sign up for #hackica26 so you can hang out with other hacker friends, just like Marvin here!
👉 hackingcommsci.org
Hi, it’s Marvin again, sending you a little postcard while I’m exploring some wildlife🦒before we all meet in Cape Town #hackica26.
And what excites you most about this year’s Hackathon?
🧑💻Collaborating
🛠️Learning
🌊Cape Town
🔗Don’t forget to register: lnkd.in/dd9usKpE
See you soon!
Best,
Marvin🐧
DDC: A ᴘʀᴏᴜᴅ co-sᴘᴏɴsᴏʀ ᴏꜰ @icahdq.bsky.social's #ɪᴄᴀ26 ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀᴛʜᴏɴ (ᴊᴜɴᴇ 3-4)!
ʀᴇɢɪsᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɴᴏᴡ ᴏᴘᴇɴ!
Follow the event here:
@hackingcommsci.bsky.social
Find out more via the website:
hackingcommsci.org
And/or register here:
www.icahdq.org/event/Hackat...
Hi dear hacker friends, it's Marvin again! 🐧
I just wanted to give you a quick reminder to register for this year’s Hackathon in Cape Town. In this year's logo you can spot two of my favorite things: the ocean 🌊 and the King Protea 🌺, South Africa’s national flower.
Register here: lnkd.in/dd9usKpE
Dear hackers, meet Marvin!! 🐧 Marvin is a South African Penguin who loves eating squid and developing R packages for his friends. Marvin's also here to remind you to register for some #hackica26 fun 🔽
One of my favourite events of the year! Learn about new tools/methods/people and hack on some dataset/tool/project 😍
Good news! 🎉
The registration issue has been resolved — everything should now work smoothly.
🔗 Direct link: www.icahdq.org/event/Hackat...
🗓 Registration is open until April 5, 2026
Looking forward to seeing you at the ICA Hackathon 2026 @SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! 🚀💡
#note for the registration: you need to be logged in to be able to register through this link.
Otherwise use this link to get an Hashtag#overview of all the pre conferences. When you access the page for the 4th of June you should be able to see the registration link. www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-...
In case the link does not work, here is the official website with all the pre conferences where you can also find the registration link for the Hackathon. - Looking forward to seeing you in Stellenbosch www.icahdq.org/BlankCustom....
📅 Also: Registration for the Hackathon is now open on the official ICA Pre- and Post-Conferences Site — register here! www.icahdq.org/events/regis...
✨We’re live!
Our updated Hackathon website is online — explore it here for more information: hackingcommsci.org 🎉
You’ll find everything you need to know for the event at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in Stellenbosch on 3rd–4th of June 2026 🇿🇦
The updated website and registration link are on their way — stay tuned!
A big thank-you to all our #sponsors for their generous support this year. This #event would not be possible without you. 🙌
🚀 Save the Date!
If you're considering joining us, now is a great time to block the dates and start planning your #trip.
We can’t wait to see you at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in Stellenbosch on 3rd and 4th June 2026 for this year's #Hackathon! 🌍✨
To be continued - Can’t wait to see you for the 2026 Hackathon in Cape town.
🚀 May your bugs be shallow,
🔐 your systems secure,
📊 your data be meaningful,
🎯 and your ideas disruptive.
To the HackingCommsci community:
where code meets communication, and ideas become experiments.
Keep hacking.
Keep researching.
Keep building change.
💫 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 - HackingCommSci 💫
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
We’re excited to share that #hackica26 on June 3 & 4 will be hosted at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! Huge thanks for welcoming us 🫶🇿🇦
Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/
Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.
🚨 Big reveal! New year, new logo, same event! 🚨
Join us for some fun at the 2026 ICA pre-conference hackathon in Stellenbosch, June 3-4. Stay tuned!
📩 Contact our SEC Rep Aditi Dutta at ad882@exeter.ac.uk
to share leads, volunteer, or ask questions.
This hackathon is a fantastic way to meet collaborators, learn by building together, and make #ICA26 even better.
1️⃣ UCT venue leads:
Have contacts at the University of Cape Town or nearby venues with solid Wi-Fi, power, & breakout rooms? Please get in touch — any leads are welcome! 🙌
2️⃣ Organisers:
We’re recruiting a few more organisers (early-career especially!) to help plan & be on-site during the hackathon.
🚀 Exciting news! The CM Hackathon is back at #ICA26 in Cape Town — and this year’s edition has been officially accepted as a pre-conference 🎉
It’s one of our signature community-building events, especially for early-career scholars. And we need your help 👇
Patrick walks us through some of the highlights of the #ICA25 @hackingcommsci.bsky.social preconference
Over 50 participants engaging in 16 projects!
This year's #ica25 hackathon was a blast! A huge thank you to @hackingcommsci.bsky.social for making it a reality!
With 13 other great participants, we explored +2 million of Telegram messages around the 2024 US election. I can really recommend checking out the data!
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Photo credits: @jbgruber.bsky.social 🙌