Rules

  • No usage of AI to generate code

  • Be respectful of others’ work and projects

  • No plagiarizing code or ideas

  • All projects must be created in the duration of the hackathon

  • This hackathon is encouraged for middle school and high school students but all ages are allowed

Dates

April 7-20: Brainstorming + Team Formation  
April 20 - April 27: Intro to Python Workshops

Sat, April 20: Opening Ceremony + Intro to Python 9:00 AM -10:30 AM PDT

Sun, April 21: Additional Python/WebDev/ML Help + Office Hours 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT

April 27 - May 4: Web Dev Workshops

Sat, April 27:  Intro to Web Dev (non-coding platforms) 9:00 AM -10:00 AM PDT

Sun, April 28:  Web Dev cont'd (coding) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

Sun, April 28: Additional Python/WebDev Help + Office Hours 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT

May 4 - May 11: Machine Learning Workshops

Sat, May 4: Intro to ML + Object Detection Workshop with YOLO 9:00 AM -10:00 AM PDT

Sun, May 5: Additional Python/WebDev/ML Help + Office Hours 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT

May 11 - May 18: Machine Learning Workshops

Sat, May 11: Guest Speaker: Prashant Gupta, Software Development Manager @ Amazon 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

Sun, May 12: Architecture of a Cryptocurrency Wallet Workshop w/ Speaker Viktoria Dolzhenko 8:00 AM-9:00 AM PDT

Sun, May 12: Additional Python/WebDev/ML Help + Office Hours 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT

May 18 - May 25:

Work Period

May 26:

5:00 PM PDT Submissions End

10:00 PM PDT Winners Announced

 

Eligibility

This Hackathon is open to any female and non-binary students in middle school and high school. 

Project and Submission Requirements

All submissions must fit into one of the 3 tracks: Beginner, Machine Learning/AI, Web Development. All projects must be created in the submission time frame, open from April 7th to May 26th 5:00 PM PDT. Beginner projects can be simple coding projects that someone with only a couple weeks of experience can do or a prototype using design softwares like Figma. Machine Learning/AI projects must incorporate ML/AI into their program. Web Development projects must make a website that is coded. If you build a website using a website builder that project should go under the beginner project category. You must create a 2-3 minute video that explains the project with how useful, unique, and usable it is, and shows a demo of the project. The video should appeal to the judging criteria. Along with the video, the link to the program or website should be attached. You may only enter your project in one category. All projects must work to fix a problem in society

Prizes

All prizes will be subject to change based on the number of participants and sponsor changes. Prizes will be updated as the Hackathon continues.

Either a team or individual participant can be a winner under the Popular Vote, Overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Best in ML, Best in WebDev, and Best in Beginner Categories. 

Teams can be up to 4 people and will have the prize split.