Code Camp is a learning and hacking experience. The code camp approach can be defined as a collaborative learning setting that aims to promote profession-oriented skills. In code camp, the term camp refers to a situation where students assemble and stay a while together. The term code refers to coding, i.e. writing computer programs. During a code camp, students write programs together, solve problems related to their work together, eat together and even might relax together in a sauna.

This page is a portal that compiles information about all Code Camps and Hackathon events going on at LUT and cooperating with LUT collaboration universities, specially organized by LUT Software engineering group. Usually, at LUT we have at minimum of one or two Hackathon events / Code Camps for each semester (fall, spring and summer). Course signup is mostly organized by registration link on the event description or by direct contact with the teacher in charge. Please read the following event description information, and the find the sign up link / method for the specific event of your interest!

Year 2024-2025 Open to register / on going / in evaluation process Code Camps:

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Week 1-2	7.1. - 17.1.2020	React.js, UX & Software design	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 / 6 ECTS)	LUT Software Engineering Masters programme with Visma offers special change to learn React.js, UX / Usability concepts and Software design ideologies (https://reactjs.org/) Course includes 3 lectures in different days (note! At least the react lectures might be given in FINNISH!) Apply before 6.01.2020, send an e-mail to happonen AT lut.fi (your name, e-mail address and student number) to join. Code Camp program will include previously mentioned 2-3 days of lectures and concept presentation day. As a bonus, if possible for react.js specialist a code review session will be offered for course participants. Final results presentation is designed to be on 24.01.2020 Friday. Course includes a report to write to pass 4ECTS version (6ECTS version includes extra self studies agreed with the teacher) Overview content of react.js lectures and exercises: React + React Native & Redux. Including: ideologies & ways to think, technical basics & components, “best practices”, React router, Redux (action, reducer, store, dispatch), Async model(s) and of course workshop learning examples! For this course, prepare yourself with your own computer (laptop) and NodeJs installation (6+ version should be ok, but old is not gold in this case). Time Table: 7.1. klo 9.00 UX & service design ( 9 to 12 at Room 1326 and for afternoon time 12 - 16 at room 7443 ) 9.1. klo 15.00 - 17.00 CEO lecture on Software business & applications at room 1316 10.1. klo 9.00 React.js - lectures at 7343.1 + 7343.2 17.1. klo 13.00-15.00 Bonus option for Code review at 1443 24.1. klo 13.00-15.00 Results presentation at 1443 For the course project, students shall form 2 to 4 people groups. The end results size and level of details are expected to reflect directly with the team size. 3 people groups are highly suggested by the teacher. Promised link for Visma summer positions :) https://www.vismaconsulting.fi/koodarihommia
Week 5	31.1. - 02.2.2020	Global Game Jam FGJ CodeCamp 2020 pages	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 ECTS / 6 ECTS)	Participate to the Lappeenranta event of the Finnish Game Jam! You get the credits by 1. Signing up to the event following the event instructions 2. Send e-mail to course teacher that you want to participate into the FGJ 2020 Code Camp (happonen AT lut dot fi), by 30.1.2020 time 23.59) 3. Participate to the event full time 4. Prepare your project presentation and required course documents and return them by the set deadline, 5. Link to 2020 FGJ instructions of all the needed course parts to get the 4 credits. Those of you, who would like to extended the course to 6 ECTS length, contact the teacher for the extended game industry related research packet. Remember to sign up to the FGJ event before all places are reserved!
Week 15	9.4. - 12.4.2020	Global Hack - Fighting a Global Crisis Global Hack Corona 2020 team solution pages	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 ECTS / 6 ECTS)	Participate to the Global event Fighting a Global Crisis! and follow the course instructions to get the credits To get your project to pass as code camp course solution, it should be somehow connected to digitalization, process optimization, management systems, data bases and big data analysis, technology and ICT, software, cloud solutions, (automated)data analysis, information transfer and/or sharing, edge computing etc. etc. If you are unsure, just contact the teacher for clarifications. Process to follow: 1. Signing up into the Fighting a Global Crisis event and follow the online Hack events instructions 2. Send an e-mail to the course teacher that you want to also get the code camp course credits (happonen AT lut dot fi), by 08.04.2020 time 23:59) 3. Do your full participation to Global Hack - Fighting a Global Crisis event 4. Prepare your project presentation (video / PP slideshow recording etc.) and make short web page / wiki page about your team solution by the set deadline (end of day 20.04.2020), 5. Link to 2020 Global hack CC reporting instructions and write short personal reflection work (deadline for this report part is end of day 27.04.2020) about your participation to get the 4 credits. Those of you, who would like to extended the course to 6 ECTS length, contact the teacher for agreement of extension requirements. Remember to sign up into the event on time! Just to have a bit of context understanding, what we are facing here, take a look into this data based YouTube video of Coronavirus vs. Every 2000s Epidemic For information sharing example, you can take a look the YouTube Coronavirus Pandemic Real Time Counter live video (and also read the description of it's data sources)
Week 22	25-29.05 (Keynote lectures) & 30.5. - 31.5.2020 (main event)	#HackBack hackathon - A hackathon to help support SMEs and Startups	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS )	Participate to the #HackBack hackathon event to support SMEs and Startups during the Covid crisis recovery and follow the course instructions (how to report your learnings) to get the credits To get your Hackathon participation to pass as code camp course solution, it should be connected to digitalization, process optimization, management systems, data bases, digital transformation, new software services, big data analysis, technology and ICT, wireless & mobile communication in 2020 (4G vs. 5G), SaaS, cloud solutions, (automated)data analysis, information transfer and/or sharing, edge computing, data security in remote services etc. etc. If unsure, just contact the teacher for clarifications. Process to follow: 1. Signing up into the event itself and follow the events instructions 2. Send an e-mail to the course teacher to list to the Code Camp course (happonen AT lut dot fi), by 25.05.2020 time 23:59) 3. Do your full participation to the event 4. Prepare your short team project presentation (video / PP slideshow recording etc.) by the set deadline (end of day 07.06.2020), 5. Link to 2020 HackBack hackathon CC course instructions and write short personal reflection report fro this course (deadline for report is end of day 14.06.2020) to receive the 3 credits. Remember to sign up into the event on time!
Week 38-40	14.09. Intro lecture + preparation for the course. 05.10.2020 final result presentation afternoon	EduHack with Eficode - DevOps(Sec) and education development	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS )	Student participates to the course in 2-3 person teams. Course intro slides here. Course credits will be given based on participation, presentations and report To get the credits, team self-studies DevOps(Sec) teaching / learning options, considered the expert lectures given by Eficode and prepares an presentation and report based on experience on hacking your own views for what would be a “best possible DevOps(Sec) course content and learning approach for LUT SWE. Process to follow: 1. Send an e-mail to the course teacher to list to the Code Camp course (happonen AT lut dot fi), by 14.09.2020 time 15:59) 2. Prepare to participate by the given course timeline 3. Do the required presentations and make the final report as a team (report deadline 18.10.2020), 4. Short personal reflection will be also required to pass the course and to provide teacher knowledge on how to develop Code Camp / Hackathon events even further. Zoom link to join the opening lecture: Join the session Tuesday 15.09.2020 Eficode lecture slides and Eficode webinar, DevSecOps Webinar, Secure Continuous Development in IT environments Monday 14.09.2020 Eficode company presentation on I&B course Tuesday 15.09.2020 Eficode lecture recording Thursday 17.09.2020 Eficode evening time DevOpsSec lecture recording Monday 28.09.2020, time 17:00, Eficode Final EduHack guidance session Monday 05.10.2020, time 16:15, Eficode EduHack results session Remember to sign up into the event on time!
Week 39-40	21.09. Intro lecture + preparation for the course. 01.10.2020 result presentation	DevOpsHack with Abloy	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS )	Student participates to the course in small few persons teams. Course intro slides. Course credits will be given based on participation, presentations and report To get the credits, team selects an approach line for given product development related challenge, participation to given lectures and presentation + report based on experience in the course. Process to follow: 1. Send an e-mail to the course teacher to list to the Abloy hackathon event (happonen AT lut dot fi), by 21.09.2020 time 10:00) 2. Prepare to participate by the given course timeline 3. Do the required presentations and make the final report as a team (report deadline 25.10.2020), 4. Short personal Hackathon experience reflection will be asked for to support the development of similar events in future. Remote meeting link to join the opening lecture: Join the Abloy hack course opening session Tuesday Q&A session starting 16:15 Thursday 18:00 Abloy vision of the future & TEAM situation presentations 29.09. Tuesday Final mentoring session for hacking projects 16:15 01.10.2020 Abloy hack results presentations 17:00 Remember to sign up into the event on time!
Week 45	6.11. - 8.11.2020	Junction Connected 2020	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS )	Junction is an international hackathon organized annually. In 2020 Junction will be On-Line hackathon event LUT students who have been approved to participate to Junction 2020 event can apply to this Code Camp. In In this course, students receive small post event strategy study packet related to online hackathons like the junction 2020 event. The goal is to build an improved strategy how to achieve best possible results in short online hacking time, based on the Junction experience, for future events one shall participate. Students shall also participation into the actual junction 2020 event and write reflective document from the event, after the participation. Shortly put: to pass the course student needs to 1) report the strategy task, reflect the event time and after the event learnings & experiences. To enroll to the 3 ECTS LUT junction 2020 on line hackathon course, please contact happonen AT lut.fi IMPORTANT!! To list into the junction 2020 connected event the deadline given by Junction event organizers is OCTOBER 9th 2020 (the Application period ends) For details, look into Junction connected 2020 website
Week 46 (+ extension)	12-13.11.2020 + possibility for extension	Hackathon for Digitalized future and digital twins DigiEduHAck CodeCamp 2020 subpages	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 / 6 ECTS )	DigiEduHack is special innovation and new concepts / ideas / future options focused hackathon with multiple company based and research generated options for participation. Coding is not mandatory / requirement to participate. Hackathon is part of larger European wide competition, where LUT DigiEduHack is offering local hackathon prices (e.g. Amazon gift card(s)) followed by submission of best solution to the extended evaluation with a promise of 5000eur for winning team. This hackathon is full On-Line hackathon event, designed to include LUT and company based mentors and EU wide content to follow. In this course, students receive small post event task related to best strategies how to proceed and participate in future hackathon events to improve your teams change to win the event. After the 11.11.2020 test date, students shall participation into the actual DigiEduHack event with the digital twins connection. After the event, participants who want to receive the 3ECTS study points packet from master level, will write a report related to their learnings and activities in the event. In case you want to aim to 6ECTS packet, teacher and team will discuss with the challenge giving company, for shared continued hacking work, after the intensive 12th and 13rd days in November. Shortly put: to pass the course student needs to 1) Register to the event, 2) participate & enjoy, 3) write the report do the small post-event task. To enroll to the course, use the registration link. IMPORTANT!! Register on time in DigiEduHakck website on November 11th 2020 The tentative list of hackathon challenges, click here to see your options to fame and fortune click here For tentative time table, click here For details, look into our DigiEduHack online website

Past Code Camps in Year 2019:

Week	Date	Topic	Course ID (cr)	More information
Week 1-2	2.1. - 11.1.2019	React.js & Software design	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 / 6 ECTS)	LUT Software Engineering Masters programme with OCTO3 offers special change to learn React.js & Software design ideologies (https://reactjs.org/) First 3 days include expert lecture series in software design, software consept innovation and react.js (note! React lecture might be given in FINNISH!) If there ever has been a change to get easily into world of building user interfaces in guidance of an expert, then it is this one! Apply before 29.12.2018, send an e-mail to happonen AT lut.fi (your name, e-mail address and student number) to join. Code Camp program will be a set of previously mentioned 3 days plus concept presentation day, Code review session and results presentations in second week. Overview content of react.js lectures and exercises: React + React Native & Redux. Including: ideologies & ways to think, technical basics & components, “best practices”, React router, Redux (action, reducer, store, dispatch), Async model(s) and of course workshop learning examples! For this course, prepare yourself with your own computer (laptop) and NodeJs installation (6+ version should be ok, but old is not gold in this case).
Week 4	25.1. - 27.1.2019	Global Game Jam FGJ CodeCamp 2019 pages	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 ECTS)	Participate to the Lappeenranta event of the Finnish Game Jam! You get the credits by 1. Signing up to the event following the event instructions 2. Send an e-mail to happonen AT lut.fi (your name, e-mail address and student number) to join to LUT Code Camp course (deadline 24.1.2019 time 23.59) 3. Participate to the event full time 4. Participate to the project presentations in February (date and place will be announced later on for Code Camp participants) 5. Do follow these instructions of all the needed course parts to get the 4 credits. Remember to sign up to the FGJ event before all places are reserved!
Week 8-9	22.2. - 03.03.2019	eSports solution Hackathon	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (4 ECTS)	You get the credits by participating this eSports related hackathon Code Camp and by building solution proposal for given challenges available in the course. To participate into this course, send an e-mail to happonen AT lut.fi (in the message state: your name, e-mail address and student number) to join this particular LUT Code Camp course (deadline 20.2.2019 time 23.59). You need to participate in the mandatory sessions (start event, midcourse presentation session, and final presentations, plus one results steering meeting with the challenge giver (might be skype session). Exact instructions and times will be given to participants in the course starting day (course teacher tries to stay away from typical exam timetables)
Week 12-13	22.3. - 29.03.2019	Digikaappaus 2019 Hackathon	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS)	(course will be given in Finnish, because of needs of the company giving the challenge). You get the credits by participating the DigiKaappaus hackathon, building the solution analysis report inside the hack week and writing report after the week. To participate into this course, send an e-mail to happonen AT lut.fi (Viestissä kerro nimesi, sähköpostiosoitteesi ja opiskelijanumerosi). Deadline for the message is 21.3.2019 time 13:00). You need to participate in the mandatory sessions (start event, midcourse presentation session and final presentation). Exact instructions for the challenge presented by Eksote in this Hackathon spirited Code Camp will be given by DigiKaappaus event organization. To receive the 3ECTS course credits, please follow these instructions (ohjeet Suomeksi)
Week 21	20.5. - 24.05.2019	LTKY 50v development challenge Code Camp	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS)	You can participate into the course in Lappeenranta and in Lahti. The course will start on Monday 20.05.2019 around midday. You shall receive the credits by taking part to building the demonstration application solution to solve the LTKY 50years challenge (inc. participating to start session), by giving the middle course and end of the course presentations and by writing short final results & reflection report. For more detailed information about the challenge itself, look into the LTKY Challenge webpages. To participate into this course, please use the following form to register (deadline extended to 17.5.2019, time 23:55) into the course: tinyurl.com/ltky50 . For detailed calculation about the 3ECTS course credits, please see the PDF document about (LTKY 50y challenge course instructions). Short promotional details about the event, look at (LTYK 50y challenge in brief) document. For events inside the course, please look at the (LTYK 50y challenge week agenda / timetable) The challenge is build around the history data of skinnarila areas, skinnarila spirit and ideology of preserving the star moments of “Teekkari culture”.
Week 22-24	01.06. - 14.06.2019	EnerKey case challenge Hackathon	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS / 6ECTS)	Event build around 3 cities (LUT Lappeenranta, Lahti and Kuopio). Participate into the course in any of these locations. Course starts on Saturday afternoon 01.06.2019 with hack challenge presentation for 6ECTS course participants. All other course related meeting times are after 16:00 in afternoon / evening time or in weekends (winning team have 30min slot on last Friday to present the solution between 11:00 to 12:00) (Tentative course timetable) Hacking is HIGHLY recommended to happen in 2 to 4 people teams, BUT if requested, single person “teams” will be allowed. Please do note, the requirement of generating results is same for all team sizes, the team size does of course affect a little bit on expectation of how versatile the proposed solution is HOW TO GET THE CREDICTS? * Team member present on solution presentations * if team wins, participate to end presentation and * produce short personal course reflection document. * Your team project presentation Power Points etc. will work as group result documentation EnerKey will be providing us with their case presentation, challenge setting, mid course hints & support comments and most likely evening time distance support “service” for all course participants. General promotion document: the EnerKey hackathon one pager To register in to the course (deadline for 3ECTS course registration is 07.6.2019, time 23:55): (*Click here*) 3ECTS (8-14.06.2019) course participants make one solution (e.g. business related data visualization) 6ECTS 1-14.06.2019 participants produce two different solutions inside given hack focus areas 8.6.2019 Saturday is special day with mid-course presentations AND possibility for 3ECTS participants to join to 6ECTS group to work in the second focus area the 6ECTS teams have left OR 3ECTS course participants can make their own group and build their own solution. Some nice sauna events etc. extra curricula activities have been promised by the company and a winning teams shall have rewards too!
Week 39	25.09.2019	TechRace	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (1 ECTS )	TechRace is a preparation innovation and competition event for the Junction international hackathon event series. LUT students who participate to the TechRace event 2019 at LUT are also alloved to apply to this Code Camp. In In this course, students will do short reflective work on short hackathons, comparing related literature into the tehcrace event experience to receive the course credit. To enroll to the course, please contact happonen AT lut.fi
Week 46	11.11. - 17.11.2019	Junction	CT10A7041 - Code Camp (3 ECTS )	Junction is an international hackathon organized annually in Helsinki, Finland LUT students who have been approved to Junction 2019 event can apply to this Code Camp. In In this course, students start by studying junction like events, to build up a strategy on how to achieve better results in the actual event. After the background work, students shall participation into the junction 2019 event and build reflective document from the event. Finally, reporting of background studies and event time and after the event learnings and experiences of the event will be needed to pass the course and to get the credits. \\To enroll to the course, please contact happonen AT lut.fi

The PERCCOM Summer School 2018, themed “Building Our Future Together” aims to bring together students, alumni, researchers, city representatives and industry practitioners to discuss the role of humans and technology in building a sustainable future for our societies. The summer school is being held at Lappeenranta University of Technology from 11th to 15th of June 2018. In this wiki you will find useful information about this summer school.

If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask us by sending an email to jari.porras@lut.fi

Past Code Camps in Year 2018:

Past Code Camps in Year 2017:

Past Code Camps:

• Otso Case Code Camp, 24.10.2016 - 28.10.2016 (CT10A7040 Code Camp, 4 cr) - A business case -based Code Camp with a local company, LTC Otso. Brainstorm and bring out your most creative ideas for the health and wellbeing sector! Develop new application for engaging user to improve his / her or the team/company health and wellbeing. Application should encourage user to perform actions that are beneficial for health purposes. This can be walking, exercising, dieting, regular sleeping, mindfulness anything you can think of! The application could be either web application or mobile app. You can work with any prototyping tool you are familiar with from React to Unity.
  • We start on Monday 24.10. in the Linux classroom at 09:30AM and conclude by Friday afternoon with project presentations.
  • Signup for the course in order to receive updates and materials! Sign up HERE
  • Course pages open by the end of week 42. Course is on week 43 from Monday to Friday.
  • If you have questions or comments, write to Antti Knutas (firstname.lastname@lut.fi)
  • See course pages: Otso Case 2016 pages
• 5.8. - 7.8.2016 - Gadget CodeCamp - see Gadget CodeCamp 2016 pages
• Gamification Protocamp, 18.4.-22.4.2016 (Independent part of CT60A8000 Game Development Project, 2 cr) - A short, one week protocamp where the concept is to design a gamified service or product, or application for Serious Games or Games for Health, and develop the first proof-of-concept prototype either by programming work, visual design, paper mockups, interactive play, balladic rock-opera, or any other way you consider feasible!
  • No prior programming experience needed!
  • No pre-signup, just show up on the introduction lecture and start designing!
  • Recommended especially for the student enrolled on the course CT30A5110 Gamification - from Concepts to Implementations
  • More info at “CT60A8000 Game Development Project” Noppa-pages.
• Sustainability Code Camp, 29.2. - 4.3.2016 (Week 9) (Code Camp on Platform Based Application Development, 4 cr) - Code Camp on sustainability with a visiting Professor Olaf Droehagen from Hartz University, Germany. Development platform and theme is home automation. No signup. Just arrive to Linux-classroom 6218 on Monday 29.2. at 9:00 AM.
  • Course pages HERE

Gadget Code Camp – Hacking Technology (1 cr)
72h weekend: 5.8. - 7.8.2016

More information and schedule: Gadget CodeCamp 2016 pages

There's a weekend-long Gadget Code Camp at Lappeenranta University of Technology! Brainstorm and bring out your most creative ideas! Develop for all sorts of gadgets from eye trackers to brainwave scanners. We will bring out all the exotic gadgets that the IT department has collected into its storage through the years. What's the most creative you can implement with these devices? The weekend event will be held at the university beachfront sauna.

Course arrangements and news, in brief:

• Location: LUT Beachfront Sauna
• Main contact persons are Antti Knutas (firstname.lastname@lut.fi)
• Bring your own laptop (no PCs available)

See the summer school description at http://www.lut.fi/web/en/admissions/lut-summer-school/academic-guidelines/courses . (For summer school participants - everyone can sign up for the Gadget Code Camp, even if you are not participating in the summer school!)

.. and more to come ..

• 2014-02-24 Lappeenrannassa pikakoulutetaan ohjelmointia Jollan Sailfish-käyttöjärjestelmälle – Tekniikka&talous
• 2014-02-24 Jollalle aivan uudentyyppinen koodarijoukko - "win-win-tilanne" – Talouselämä
• 2010-10-18 LUT ja Digia tehokouluttavat yhdessä Qt-osaajia - LUT Press Release
• 2010-03-13 Android-sovelluksia taotaan tehokurssilla - IT-viikko
• 2010-03-13 Tehokurssilla koodataan Android-sovelluksia – Digitoday
• 2010-03-13 LUT: Opiskelijat koodaavat ohjelmistoja Android-matkapuhelimiin – Kauppalehti
• 2009-10-21 Koodileirillä päntätään Qt-teknologiaa – IT-Viikko
• 2009-10-21 Yliopistot ja Digia kouluttavat yhdessä mobiiliohjelmoinnin huippuosaajia – TUT
• 2009-10-16 LUT ja IT Mill: Tulevaisuuden nettisovellusten huippuosaajia koulutetaan – Kauppalehti
• 2009-10-16 Vaadin: Rakenna nettisovellus rajatussa ajassa – IT-Viikko
• 2009-10-08 LUT's Information technology students win technology competition – LUT
• 2008-11-18 TKK:lle opetuskäyttöön IT Millin ria-välineet – IT-Viikko
• 2008-09-01 LTY:n koodileirit leviävät – IT-Viikko
• 2008-01-09 Teknologiateollisuuden 100-vuotissäätiöltä 200 000 euron apuraha LTY:n, TTY:n ja TKK:n opetusyhteistyöhön – LUT
• 2007-03-10 Code Camp venyttää opiskelun aamuun – Etelä Saimaa