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?

Hackathon Sponsors

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

Markus Mock
Former Senior Software Engineer at and Google and Amazon. Currently a visiting Professor of Mobile and Distributed Systems at UCSB

Randy Modos

Randy Modos
President of PayJunction

Soeren Thust

Soeren Thust
Director of Engineering at LogMeIn

Archana Babu Rajendran

Archana Babu Rajendran
MS Student at UCSB

Kevin Burk

Kevin Burk
Ph.D. Student at UCSB

Caitlin Davis

Caitlin Davis
Director Software Engineering at Invoca

Zexi Huang

Zexi Huang
Ph.D. Student at UCSB

Mert Kosan

Mert Kosan
Ph.D. Student at UCSB

Keith Long

Keith Long
MS Student at UCSB

Sujaya Maiyya

Sujaya Maiyya
Ph.D. Student at UCSB

Ziad Matni

Ziad Matni
Lecturer At UCSB

Brian McKinnon

Brian McKinnon
Senior Software Engineering Manager at LogMeIn

Kevin Vallance

Kevin Vallance
Manager Software Development at Arthrex California Technology

Richert Wang

Richert Wang
Former Software Engineer at Amazon, Current Lecturer at UCSB

Judging Criteria

  • 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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