The U of A Association for Computing Machinery hosted this year's HogHacks, which drew more than 140 participants who competed for prizes and recognition by developing computer software and hardware.

Alex Prosser, president of the UARK ACM Student Chapter and one of the organizers of HogHacks, said, "I want to thank the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as J.B. Hunt, SupplyPike, ArcBest and Phillips 66 for all their support."

The HogHacks hackathon is an event where participants form small groups and use their technology skills to create a product based on a theme. Once the theme is announced, teams have 24 hours to complete their projects. After the time limit expires, teams present their work to a panel of judges, who evaluate and rank the projects.

Organizers want HogHacks to emphasize creating opportunities for participants to network with peers across the university and apply the skills they are learning in the classroom while working together.

This year's competition winners were:

• First place: Team SOS (Phillip Drake, Gabe Rea, Malia Weeden, Ananya Vangoor)

• Second place: Team uhhhh (Felix Ochoa, Adian Salazar, Gabriel Vang, Santosh Vangoor, Matthew Wilkinson, Joshua Yustana)

• Third place: Team Github Goobers (Siddharth Balaji, Alyson Chapman, Harshita Chauhan, Rakshith Jayakarthikeyan, Lalit Kameshwaran, Jaithra Polavarapu)

Special awards included:

• Most creative: Team MightDawgs (Katelynn Adair, Savannah Gunnoe, Samantha Jackson, Lillian Morris, Sophie Phillips)

• Most innovative: Team Ctrl Alt Elite (Andrew Amidei, Weston Cox, Dhairya Dodia, James Shufelt, Jameson Thomas)

• Best implementation: Team Sparta (Hardik Alwa, Cameron Ginther, Arnav Jain, Kshrugal Jangalapalli, Omkaara Mehta, Jo Unnam)