HackBU brings together around 350 collegiate students from across the Northeast to collaborate on innovative projects, discover new technologies, network with recruiters, and compete for prizes.
Requirements
Video submissions have a soft time limit of 5 minutes- it's fine if you go a few minutes over, but 10-15 minutes will likely get you eliminated.
Prizes
#1 Best Hack
$300 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max)
#2 Best Hack
$200 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max)
#3 Best Hack
$150 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Valentine's Day Hack
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we want to see your best love-themed hacks! This prize will go to the hack that spreads the love better than any other.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Most Technical Hack
Show us your skills! This prize will go to the hack that impresses our judges the most with its scale, complexity, or sophistication.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Newbie Hack
New to hackathons? This is a great place to start! Your team is eligible for this prize if every member has never been to a hackathon before.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Civic Engagement Hack Sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase
It’s time to make the world a better place, hackers! The hack with the potential to make the biggest positive impact on your (or any) community will receive this prize.
$125 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Building a Better Future Hack
This prize is for the hack that most effectively identifies and solves a problem facing the world today.
$125 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Design (UI) Sponsored by RubyLaw
If you’ve got an eye for making beautiful, creative user interfaces, we want to see them! This prize will go to the hack with the most visually and mechanically impressive UI.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Security Hack
This hack goes to the most cybersecurity-conscious hack -- whether you developed your program to be secure by design, or developed a security tool, this category is for you!
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Funniest Hack
This one’s not too complicated, just make us laugh! The hack that best leaves us chuckling, giggling, or even in tears from laughter will take home this hilarious prize.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Financial Hack
With many financial companies moving towards tech-focused structures, finance is one of the fastest-growing tech subfields. Show us your best financial-based hack!
$200 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Best Machine Learning Hack Sponsored by The Raymond Corporation
Machine Learning is one of the fastest growing fields in tech, and we can’t wait to see how our hackers use it! Build and train your own ML model for any purpose and you could win this prize.
$100 Amazon gift card for every team member (4 members per team max).
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Patrick Madden
Associate Professor in CS
George Weinschenk
Lecturer in CS
Steven Moore
Lecturer in CS
Kenneth Chiu
Associate Professor in CS
Jaron Rubeinstein
RubyLaw, Founder and President
Melissa Schmitz
The Raymond Corporation
Jason Cheng
VP at J.P. Morgan Chase
Mike Kennedy
VP at J.P. Morgan Chase
David Katz
AIS
Judging Criteria
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TBA
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