Welcome to Rose Hack 2023!
Rose Hack 2024 is UCR's women-centric hackathon where students from all backgrounds are celebrated. Hundreds of participants form teams and build a project over the event's 24 hour duration.
Rose Hack is beginner friendly and welcomes all participants to learn, develop, and hone their skills. Have you ever wanted to learn how to build something, but didn't know where to start? We will provide everything you need from swag, mentoring, and a diverse range of workshops to help you level up your hacking experience.
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Requirements
Please submit the following
- A description of your project, what it does, and if it solves any problem.
- Don't forget to submit your Github/Figma Link and Devpost Link to the hacker portal. If you do not submit a Github/Figma AND Devpost link to the hacker portal, we will not be able to consider your team for judging.
- Please check your hacker portal during judging to attend your assigned demo table.
Prizes
Anker Portable Charger
Hydroflask 21oz Water bottle
JBL Go 3: Portable Speaker
Strip Lights
Apple Airtag
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Hack from Home kit
Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger
Best Use of Flow
$200 USD in FLOW Token
Best Use of AI in Education
TickTime Pomodoro Timer
Amazon Fire Stick Lite
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Coco Chen
Co-Founder at Dream Voyage
Steve Zhong
Mentor at Techstars
Mariam Salloum
Associate Teaching Professor
Qian Zhang
Associate Professor
Westin Montano
Lecturer
Abhignan Telakapalli
Lead Firmware/Electrical Engineer at BoxBot
Roy Feng
Software Engineer @ Experian
Mika Shanela Carodan
Software Engineer @ Turion Space
Yosuke Inagaki
R&D Engineer at Applied Medical
Rohit Manimaran
Azure Solutions Architect @ MolinaHealthcare
Lisa Chen
PhD Candidate
Shirin Haji Amin Shirazi
PhD Candidate
Karan Bhogal
Graduate Student
Gwendolyn Kiler
Graduate Student
Mahitha Sannala
Graduate Student
Abinila Siva
Graduate Student
Lavanya Sharma
Coach at Major League Hacking
Rania Saber
DesignVerse Director
Mariam Golwalla
Previous Citrushack Director
Ashley Tsai
Design at UCR President
Alexander Hickerson
IEEE Chair
Daisy Rojas Garcia
Solar Car President
Paulian Le
Previous Citrus Hack Ops Lead
Aditi Behera
Former IEEE Robotics Coordinator
Andy Jarean
Gamespawn Project Coordinator
Falak Tulsi
ACM Events Chair
Judging Criteria
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Beginner
For your hack to qualify as a Beginner Hack, Rose Hack must be the first hackathon a majority of your team has attended. -
Social Impact
This project must focus on improving the world by addressing social issues and promoting positive change. -
Women Centric
Your project must empower, celebrate, and/or support women in some shape or form. -
UI/UX
The project has a clean and easy-to-use interface built with a user in mind. Bonus points for techno/futuristic design. -
Hardware
This project involves the best incorporation of hardware that meshes well with software. -
Data
This project involves the best use of data analysis and modeling practices. This includeds creating dashboards, classification, insights, etc. -
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport. -
Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
At Fidelity, DE&I are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! -
Best Use of Flow
Flow is a public, decentralized, layer-one blockchain designed for creating limitless Web3 apps for mainstream adoption. Jump in and start your hack using Flow this weekend for a chance to win $200 USD worth of FLOW token for each member of your team! -
Best Use of Kintone
Kintone is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. You'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team! -
Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications. We want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for your team! -
Best Use of AI in Education
Apply AI towards improving education to produce tools that support the quality, accessibility, and equitability of learning in today's classrooms. Design impactful and effective AI tools for education for a chance to win a TickTime Pomodoro Timer!
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