Major League Hacking

Major League Hacking, officially abbreviated as MLH, is a company that operates a league for student hackathons.

Major League Hacking
Major League Hacking's official logo.
AbbreviationMLH
Founded2013
FounderMike Swift, Jonathan Gottfried
TypeB-Corporation
HeadquartersManhattan, New York City, United States
Region
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Oceania
Key people
Mike Swift, Jonathan Gottfried, Nick Quinlan

Founded in 2013 by former developer evangelists Mike Swift (formerly of SendGrid) and Jonathan Gottfried (formerly of Twilio), Major League Hacking initially provided support for student-run university hackathons in North America.[1] In April 2014, Major League Hacking announced their first international expansion into United Kingdom and later Mexico and Europe in August 2014 and January 2015 respectively.[2][3][4]

In March 2016, it became a Certified B-Corporation.[5]

League History
Season Region Start Date End Date Events Countries Season Winner
Fall 2013 North America 6 September 2013 13 October 2013 5 1 University of Maryland, College Park
Spring 2014 North America 17 January 2014 27 July 2014 38 2 N/A
Fall 2014 North America 30 August 2014 6 December 2014 36 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2014 Europe 4 October 2014 7 December 2014 10 1 University of Manchester
Spring 2015 North America 10 January 2015 16 August 2015 60 3 University of Waterloo
Spring 2015 Europe 7 February 2015 28 June 2015 18 7 King's College London
Fall 2015 North America 7 August 2015 29 November 2015 52 3 Rutgers University
Fall 2015 Europe 2 October 2015 20 December 2015 14 6 University of Manchester
Spring 2016 North America 15 January 2016 29 May 2016 91 3 University of Waterloo
Spring 2016 Europe 30 January 2016 15 May 2016 25 8 University of Edinburgh
2017 North America 27 August 2016 - 163 3 Georgia Institute of Technology[6][7]
2017 Europe 7 October 2016 - 36 10 University of Manchester
2019 North America August 2018 July 2019 185 3 University of Toronto[8]

Structure

Major League Hacking works with independently run university hackathons and provides them with various benefits such as the MLH Hardware Lab, Code of Conduct, eligibility for Season Rankings and Event Support.[9] At the end of every season, it formulates a winner of the League based on participation and prizes and organizes an awards ceremony at their school where the MLH Hacker Cup is provided to the school.

Typically, there would be two hackathon seasons per region per year: Fall and Spring. The Fall Season would be between late August and early December and The Spring Season would be between early January and mid May.[10] In August 2016, Major League Hacking announced it would instead have a single, year-long season beginning late August and ending in mid May to be more aligned with the academic year.

References
  1. "The Official 2014 Spring Season Hackathon Schedule". Major League Hacking. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  2. "MLH is Coming to the United Kingdom". Major League Hacking News. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  3. "Mexican Hackathons Come to MLH: La Liga Mexicana de Hackatones". Major League Hacking News. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  4. "MLH Comes to Europe for Spring 2015". Major League Hacking News. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  5. "Major League Hacking (MLH) | B Corporation". www.bcorporation.net. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  6. "Georgia Institute of Technology Wins the 2017 MLH North American Hackathon Season". Major League Hacking News. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  7. "We Can Hack That: Georgia Tech Takes First Place in Hackathon Competition | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  8. "University of Toronto Wins the Official 2019 North America MLH Hackathon Season". Major League Hacking News. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  9. "Become a MLH Member Event". Major League Hacking. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  10. "The Official 2014 Fall Season Hackathon Schedule". Major League Hacking.
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