Excited for a weekend of networking with the coolest people and mentors, competing for incredible prizes, and coding solutions for the real world? UCSB's 5th annual hackathon is ready for you all... Mark your calendars for January 11th-13th! Students of all backgrounds and skill sets welcome :)
Get PUMPED AF because this means:
- A 36-hour adrenaline rush from problem-solving, coding, and collaborating
- Hands-on experience using company tech and hardware not accessible elsewhere
- Getting mentored by industry professionals from companies like Google
- Developing your skill set from workshops
- Starting off the new year with a mini beach getaway
- FREE food, snacks, and drinks all weekend (just one less adult responsibility to worry about)
- Did we mention you'll be coding in paradise?
Prizes
$6,630 in prizes
Grand Prize
Apple Airpods and MLH medals for each team member!
SB Hacks - Best Hack for College Students
Corsair K68 RGB Mechanical Keyboards, 1 for each team member!
Provided by Corsair!
Arthrex - Best Security Hack
Canakit Raspberry Pi 3+ for each team member!
Google Cloud - Best Use of Google Cloud Platform
Chromecasts and Google Home Minis for each team member!
Invoca - Best Use of Ruby on Rails
$50 Amazon gift cards for each team member!
LogMeIn - Best Use of Machine Learning
(3)
$1,000 cash prize pool split between 3 teams!
- 1st : $500 cash
- 2nd: $250 cash
- 3rd: $250 cash
Twilio - Best Use of Twilio API
Sonos Play:1 for each team member!
Domain.com - Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
Raspberry Pis & PiHut Essential Kits for each team member!
Qualcomm - Best IoT Hack using a Qualcomm Device
DragonBoard 410Cs for each team member!
Snapchat - Best Use of SnapKit
Sunrise Alarm Clock by Snapchat for each team member!
GitHub - Best Octocat Drawing
Octocat Plushie for each team member
Slack Meme Challenge
Corsair K68 RGB Mechanical Keyboard for the best meme sent in the Slack!
Provided by Corsair!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Markus Mock
Former Senior Software Engineer at and Google and Amazon. Currently a visiting Professor of Mobile and Distributed Systems at UCSB
Randy Modos
President of PayJunction
Soeren Thust
Director of Engineering at LogMeIn
Archana Babu Rajendran
MS Student at UCSB
Kevin Burk
Ph.D. Student at UCSB
Caitlin Davis
Director Software Engineering at Invoca
Zexi Huang
Ph.D. Student at UCSB
Mert Kosan
Ph.D. Student at UCSB
Keith Long
MS Student at UCSB
Sujaya Maiyya
Ph.D. Student at UCSB
Ziad Matni
Lecturer At UCSB
Brian McKinnon
Senior Software Engineering Manager at LogMeIn
Kevin Vallance
Manager Software Development at Arthrex California Technology
Richert Wang
Former Software Engineer at Amazon, Current Lecturer at UCSB
Judging Criteria
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Technical Merit
What type of technical challenges did the group deal with? -
Originality
How unique and innovative is the demo? Can it be found in previous submissions? -
Practicality
How useful is this demo based on the problem they are trying to solve? -
Design
Is the project visually appealing? Does the project have a pleasant user experience? -
Wow Factor
Are you blown away by what you see?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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