Hack the Burgh is a yearly hackathon hosted by University of Edinburgh students. It's open to all students, and is a great place to learn or practice programming, with a variety of challenges and talks from our sponsors.
This year, we'll finally be in-person again at the Hilton Carlton hotel, located at the heart of Edinburgh.
Requirements
You can submit to one or more sponsor categories, or you can build anything you want!
Like most hackathons, we prefer that you also make a short video showing off your project, so we can see it at it's best.
You can team up with up to three other people. To keep things fair, teams exceeding four people aren't eligible for prizes.
Prizes
1st Overall
2nd Overall
3rd Overall
[CompSoc] Most functionality for least code
The winner will be the program with the most functionality for the least amount of code. Bonus points for features that aren't implemented using an external library, and for uniqueness.
Prize is JBL Go 3 speaker (x4).
Marks & Spencer
Build something to exist within the M&S App that our customers would find exciting to encourage them to return to the App more often.
Each member of the winning team will get a guaranteed spot at our Insight Event on April 19th-20th in London (with travel & accommodation), as well as a £100 M&S giftcard.
Marshall Wace - Giving Back Challenge
It is part of Marshall Wace’s culture to be socially responsible. We are not simply comprised of individual good actors. Rather, we are the sum of our parts, collectively promoting sustainable improvements in the lives of the most disadvantaged in our society and attracting employees and clients who share the same values.
Our Giving Back Challenge focuses on how technology could help in contributing to society or promoting charitable initiatives. This could manifest as an app to increase people’s awareness of social good or a platform for people to share philanthropic ideas. Alternatively, we welcome projects based on data analysis, such as to optimize the efficient use of resources or forecasting events that serve the public interest, whether that be in the U.K. or in a foreign country.
Winners will receive Nintendo Switches
AND Digital
Assembly AI
Build the best project using the AssemblyAI API.
Each person on the winning team will receive a £50 Amazon gift card
[Hackathons UK] Hackiest Hack
Build something that's over-the-top, over-engineered, and held together with Sellotape and bits of string... use your imagination! Winners get a GIANT enter button!
[MLH] Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.
[MLH] Best Use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.
[MLH] Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key
Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board. Each winning team member will receive a prize!
Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!
Best Web Monetization Project
Coil is all about providing better ways to access and reward the creators, publishers and platforms that you love. Coil members get to view web monetized sites while streaming micropayments directly to the website owner, or in this case, you! In turn, you can react to payments in real time by displaying a thank-you message, unlocking bonus content, features and so much more! The possibilities are endless. Build a web monetized hack using Coil for a chance to win an Anker - PowerCore Quick Charge Portable Charger, exclusive Coil pin and a $60 coil credit redemption card! Bonus points for originality and creativity!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Lucia Garcia Velasco
Event Organiser
Hrishikesh Srinivasan
Event Organiser
Judging Criteria
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Technology
How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Completion
Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? -
Learning
Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? Exploration should be rewarded.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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