Hackathon teams
A great aspect of hackathons is that you will all work in teams on specific projects. Teams can function more smoothly when team members have different roles. The team members will work together to assign roles on the first day.
| Roles | What does this person do? |
| team lead | schedules meetings, manages team, helps organize steps in the project |
| tech lead (computer) |
This is the person who can help with Slack, QUBESHub, iCn3D, Zoom, can help coordinate Zoom meetings |
| tech lead (wet lab) | understands the experiments |
| writer | record group progress, put into QUBESHub |
| technical writer | write instructions |
| data wranglers (find data) | find data, know databases |
| quality control, testing | software - testing software, testing instructions |
| quality control, testing | wet lab - work out QC for wet lab |
| coding (only some teams) | write short pieces of code |
| edu/URE planner? | figuring out how to turn into research project for a course |
|
subject matter |
person who knows about the subject |
| purchasing expert | find where to order things |
| artist | help design logos |
| presentation maker |
This can also be the writer, or team lead. This person makes the Powerpoint or Keynote slides for the presentations |