Mission Statement

BellHacks's mission statement is to be people for and with others. Our hackathon is aimed at those from underrepresented groups that wish to make an impact. We hope that through this hackathon, students will get inspired to incite change in their respective communities. Thus, we are offering 3 pathways that we believe best embody challenges society faces: Education, Social Justice, and Environment.

About the challenge

This Hackathon is for any student in the Bay Area who is passionate about computer science or programming and wants to make a difference in their community.

Get started

Participants will create groups of 1-4 students each. No previous knowledge of programming is needed, just be ready to bring a computer and your best self, ready to learn and engage!

Requirements

What to Build

Students will choose one of the following pathways and build a product that adheres to that specific topic. For example, for environment: a student can build a product that boosts environmental efforts, or for education: build a product that can accelerate learning, or for social justice: create a product that can tackle modern social issues plaguing our society.

What to Submit

Students will submit a finished product with functioning code.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$4,696 in prizes
MetaQuest + Wolfram Access
1 winner

1st place overall prize

Monitor + Wolfram Access
1 winner

2nd place overall prize

Mechanical Keyboard + Wolfram Access
1 winner

3rd place overall prize

JBL Speaker
1 winner

Health Track prize

Sony Headphones
1 winner

Environment Track prize

Drone
1 winner

Education Track prize

Drawing Tablet + Axure RP Team Subscription
1 winner

Best UI/UX prize

Half off Blast AI Summer Program
1 winner

Best AI/ML Implementation

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Sweta Singh

Sweta Singh

Manoj Rana

Manoj Rana

Hemant Maheshwari

Hemant Maheshwari

Rashmi Maheshwari

Rashmi Maheshwari

Shufang Tan

Shufang Tan

Divija Hasteer

Divija Hasteer

Judging Criteria

  • Criteria shown in opening slideshow

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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