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ABOUT HACK@DAVIDSON (IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)
Hack@Davidson is the only hackathon currently held at Davidson College. We are excited to host Hack@Davidson in the Davidson area to connect hackers, mentors, and sponsors from all around the globe. This event will be held on January 31-February 2, 2025 at the Hurt Hub@Davidson (210 Delburg St, Davidson, NC 28036), where the best and brightest students from the NC area will create, code, and collaborate to build the projects of their dreams. We want you to be a part of this incredible experience! You can be a computer science major or NO experience programming needed!
Requirements
- Each team must designate a single member to submit their project on Devpost, who will then add all other team members to the submission.
- The submission must include a link to a public GitHub repository or a link to your project created within the dates of February 2nd-4th, 2024. A live demonstration of the project is required in the judging area.
- Make sure to describe your project in details in your submission: What is your team's inspiration? What challenges did you encounter? What did you learn? What technologies did you use? What's next for your project?
- While it is optional, uploading a video demo of the project under 3 minutes is highly recommended. The video should be a short walkthrough of the team's project
- When submitting, teams must choose the relevant categories and prizes they wish to compete for. For instance, if the project pertains to Finance, the team must select the "Finance" category in order to be eligible for the Finance track prize
Prizes
First Overall
Ipads
Second Overall
Nintendo Switches
Third Overall
Airpods
Best Games Project
Playstation
Best Accessibility Project
Apple Watches
Best No-code Project
Kindles
Best AI Project
Drones with Camera
Best Cybersecurity Project
Yearly premium subscription to 4 services:
- Incogni
- Saily
- NordVPN
- NordPass
Best AI Chat Tool
JBL Speakers
Best .Tech Domain Name - MLH
Prize: Blue Snowball Microphone (for each team member) & a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!
Description: Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!
Best AI Project with Databricks Open Source - MLH
Prize: Assorted Lego Sets (for each team member)
Description: Databricks is an open analytics platform that helps you build, deploy, and maintain large scale data & AI solutions! Whether you’re working with large language models using Mosaic AI, storing data with Databricks Data Lakes, or deploying GenAI powered applications using MLflow, Databricks Open Source software has the tools you need to make your hackathon project state of the art.
Build an AI powered project utilizing Databricks Open Source projects like the ones mentioned, and/or Databricks friendly Open Source projects like LanceDB and Llama Index, for a chance to win some assorted LEGO sets for you and your teammates. Be sure to list the Databricks and Databricks friendly Open Source projects you have utilized in your project description!
Sauce Labs Hot Sauce Raffle - MLH
Prize: Sauce Labs Hot Sauce + Backpack
Description: Sauce Labs empowers you to develop, test, and deliver top-tier web and mobile apps quickly and efficiently. Their unified platform makes automated testing and error monitoring easy to do, enabling you to save time building your hackathon project! Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account!
To spice things up even more, we're running the Sauce Labs Hot Sauce naming raffle and selecting up to 4 individual winners at this event. To qualify come up with a cool hot sauce name and submit it to the Sauce Labs raffle form for a chance to win a cool prize. (https://mlh.link/SauceRaffle)
Best Use of Terraform - MLH
Prize: Hashicorp Swag bag (for each team member)
Description: HashiCorp Terraform is an infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that makes building, deploying, and managing your projects even easier! Whether you’re working in the cloud or using local resources, Terraform can make managing and configuring your application simple and organized. From deploying Machine Learning models to spinning up virtual containers for your web applications, Terraform supports a wide array of cloud providers and services, taking the guesswork out of your next hackathon project. Dive into the documentation and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!
Terraform’s community edition is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win a packed swag bag for you and each of your teammates!
Best Use of GenAI - MLH
Prize: Wacom Drawing Tablet + Keyboard or Raspberry Pi(for each team member)
Description: Calling all Hackers! It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with Gen AI. It's like having a teammate with superpowers that can help you create amazing things. Do you want to build AI-powered apps to make your friends say, "Whoa, how'd you do that?" This weekend, we want you to build projects that bring Gen AI APIs to your end users. Each member of our winning team will take home a Wacom Drawing tablet and either a keyboard or Raspberry Pi.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Judges
Hack@Davidson
Judging Criteria
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Completion
The judges will assess the extent to which the project achieves its intended goals and objectives. They will consider the depth of exploration of the problem and the completeness of the solution provided, taking into account all relevant use cases. -
Innovation
The judges will assess how innovative the project is, and whether it offers a novel solution to a real-world problem. The project should be creative, original, and demonstrate a high degree of problem-solving skills. -
Presentation
The judges will evaluate how well the project is presented and demonstrated to the audience. This includes the quality of the live demo, the visual design, the clarity of the pitch, and the overall professionalism of the presentation.
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