DEVPOST SUBMISSION DEADLINES

  • Saturday 10/12 @ 10:30 PM PDT - Initial submission deadline
    • Your Devpost submission should be created by this time
    • You may continue to edit your submission after this time until the final deadline.
  • Sunday 10/13 @ 10:30 AM PDT - Hacking ends!
    • Your Devpost submission must be complete by this time. You should not make any edits after this point.
    • Be sure to add your team members to your submission.
    • Make sure to include your PUBLIC github link with your submission.
    • If you are submitting for a sponsor prize, a two-minute demo video is highly encouraged.

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How Far We've Come, How Far We'll Go: For our 10th anniversary, we want to reflect on our journey and bring that reflection to you. Whether you are a seasoned hacker or a curious newcomer, together, let's rediscover our north stars and rekindle passions, old and new.

What forgotten dreams will you awaken and transform?

Requirements

To participate in DubHacks '24, you must be officially registered through our site and have RSVP'd (not just through Devpost)! Check your email for communication from our team.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$41,950 in prizes
T-Mobile & Nokia: 5G Challenge
2 winners

Make an impact in the future of 5G by leveraging **T-Mobile’s advanced network** capabilities using **Nokia’s exclusive Network-as-Code** development platform. Take advantage of real-time connectivity, ultra-low latency, and massive device handling to develop next-generation apps for smart industries, immersive experiences, or seamless automation.

Top 2 Teams: Up to $2,000 cash or equivalent gift card to each team ($500 per team member, up to 4 members)

**Be sure to attend the in-person workshop on Saturday** to get started with the Network as Code SDK and integrate it into your apps.

Intel: Best Use of AI
1 winner

Unleash your creativity and build cutting-edge AI applications with **Intel-optimized software** on the **latest Intel hardware**. Tackle real-world challenges using Intel technology in your hackathon project for a chance to win AI PCs!

Join the Best Use of Intel AI track and demonstrate the future of AI innovation!

First Prize: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and $2500 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members)
Second Prize: Sparkle Intel Arc A770 Titan OC Edition and $1000 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members)
Third Prize: Sparkle Intel Arc A750 ORC OC Edition and $500 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members)
Raffle Prize: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ($1500 value)

Interstellar Connection
1 winner

Join Sheepuff to embrace the nostalgia of human experiences and shared memories as we journey towards a more connected future! Explore innovative ways to strengthen bonds within communities, foster meaningful relationships, and address social issues through technology and collaboration.

Universal Wellness
1 winner

Embark on a journey with Angelfin and uncover the serene path to health and wellness, bridging the realms of the physical and spiritual worlds! Delve into solutions for cybersecurity, sustaining life in extraterrestrial environments, and nurturing emotional and physical health across the galaxies.

AWS: Amazon Generative AI & Amazon Cloud Computing
2 winners

The best use of AWS Generative AI tools: Welcome to the Amazon Generative AI Hackathon Track by AWS: a challenge for all developers to get hands-on experience creating products or services using AWS tools. These tools could include generative AI tools such as Amazon Q, PartyRock, Bedrock, and more. In this challenge, you’ll choose a tool, find a use case, and build your application while utilizing the AWS Generative AI tools.
First Prize: Win your own Smart Home hub with the Echo Show 11, a full HD 15.6" smart display with Alexa and Fire TV built-in, remote included.
Second Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card for each participant
Third Prize: $50 Amazon Gift Card for each participant

Snapchat: Build for Spectacles
1 winner

With Snapchat, create a Lens on Spectacles that pushes the boundaries of wearable AR. Whether it's leveraging AI, promoting health, building dream worlds, or solving everyday problems, showcase how Spectacles can enhance real-world experiences in innovative ways.

First Prize: Nintendo Switch for each team member, up to 4.

Perplexity: Amplifying Knowledge
1 winner

Embark on a journey to redefine how we access, interpret, and utilize information. Leverage **Perplexity's** LLM-powered technology to create groundbreaking applications that enhance learning, streamline research, or revolutionize decision-making processes.

Your challenge is to develop innovative solutions that make knowledge more accessible, trustworthy, and actionable for users across various domains.

The most creative and impactful project that pushes boundaries and solves real-world problems will win the track.

First Prize: Apple Watch, 2 Harry Potter Hogwarts Lego Set, Marshall/JBL Speaker, or an Air Fryer

Pittsburgh Health: Patient Safety Technology Challenge
1 winner

The **Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative** (PRHI) is one of the nation's first regional collaboratives of medical, business, and civic leaders organized to address healthcare safety and quality improvements founded in 1998.

One of the newest initiatives under PRHI is the Patient Safety Technology Challenge which is designed to fuel the engagement of innovators in creating solutions to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities from medical errors and harmful events and reimagine a vastly safer healthcare system.

The initiative injects patient safety awards into existing competitions, like DubHacks, to help increase awareness of this crisis and supports budding innovations.

First Prize: $1000 cash

Wolfram: Wolfram Research
4 winners

Wolfram is the company where computation meets knowledge. A leader in scientific and technical innovation, Wolfram continues to build toward a future where sophisticated computation and knowledge-based programming are universally accessible. More information about this track on the Hacker Guide.
Top 4 Teams Prize: A year of Wolfram | One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram | Alpha Pro. The value of each individual award is $375.00.

DubHacks Next: Most Viable Start-Up
1 winner

This track is designed to identify and reward the project with the highest potential to become a successful startup product. The project has to demonstrate an innovation that disrupts a market, displaying a clear path to commercial viability.

This is your opportunity to take your project to the next level, getting ahead of the hundreds of applicants to DubHacks Next every year!

First Prize: $$$ and expedited interview for DubHacks Next

DubHacks: Best Freshmen Beginner's Project
1 winner

Many aspiring developers are starting their college journeys as well as their coding journeys, brimming with creative ideas, but are still working towards bring their projects to life. The Best Freshman Beginner’s Project awarded by **DubHacks** is designed to recognize and celebrate exceptional projects created by newcomers to the field. This prize honors a standout project that exemplifies creativity and innovation showcasing the impressive potential of those who are just starting their journey in development.

***This track can be entered by teams that consist of Freshmen **ONLY.**

First Prize: 4 Pack of Apple Airtags

MLH - Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

M5GO IoT Starter Kit

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students (https://mlh.link/mongodb) or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier, no credit card required (https://mlh.link/mongodb-free). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University (https://mlh.link/mongodb-university)! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

MLH - Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Wireless Headphones

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today (https://mlh.link/auth0-signup) and use any of the Auth0 APIs (https://mlh.link/auth0-docs) for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones for you and each member of your team!

MLH - Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
1 winner

Arduino Kit

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc.) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!

MLH - Best AI Project with Databricks Open Source
1 winner

Assorted Lego Sets

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 (https://mlh.link/databricks-mosaicai), storing data with Databricks Data Lakes (https://mlh.link/databricks-datalakes), or deploying GenAI powered applications using MLflow (https://mlh.link/databricks-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, or Databricks friendly Open Source projects like LanceDB and Llama Index, for a chance to win some amazing prizes for you and your teammates! Check out the following link to see all qualifying Databricks' Open Source technologies (https://mlh.link/databricks).

MLH - Best Use of Terraform
1 winner

Hashicorp Swag Bag

HashiCorp Terraform is a source available 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 (https://mlh.link/terraform-docs) and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition (https://mlh.link/hashicorp-signup) is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win wireless keyboards for you and each of your teammates!

MLH - Best Use of Midnight
1 winner

JBL Tune 510BT Wireless Headphones

Midnight is a data protection blockchain that offers programmable data protection capabilities powered by zero-knowledge technology to address the delicate balance between data protection, ownership, and utilization. This ensures that developers can leverage blockchain technology without exposing confidential information or losing control over their data.

To build on Midnight, all you need is familiarity with TypeScript or a similar JavaScript based library. The service is free to use and their developer documentation has all the information you need to get started. Build a DApp using Midnight this weekend for a chance to win wireless headphones for you and each of your team mates!

DubCoins
500 winners

Complete activities at DubHacks 2024 to earn DubCoins, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of prizes. To see what's available, visit your hacker profile at profile.dubhacks.co.

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Judges

Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor
MLH

Anshul Shah

Anshul Shah
DubHacks Next

Varun Vijayababu

Varun Vijayababu
DubHacks Next

Farhan Khan

Farhan Khan
DubHacks Next

Ryan Hsu

Ryan Hsu
DubHacks Next

Jeongwoo Choi

Jeongwoo Choi

Raghavendran Ramakrishnan

Raghavendran Ramakrishnan

Deepak Pise

Deepak Pise

Preetish Kakkar

Preetish Kakkar

Aditi Godbole

Aditi Godbole

Anirudth Nambirajan

Anirudth Nambirajan

Ares Zhang

Ares Zhang

Arpit Chaudhary

Arpit Chaudhary

Jigar Soni

Jigar Soni

Jiawen Zhu

Jiawen Zhu

Rasik Parikh

Rasik Parikh

Sankalp Kumar

Sankalp Kumar

Siddharth Gupta

Siddharth Gupta

Arun Krishnakumar

Arun Krishnakumar

Mingyue Shao

Mingyue Shao

Renjun Cai

Renjun Cai

Ritesh Tekriwal

Ritesh Tekriwal

Tanush Sharanarthi

Tanush Sharanarthi

Xukang Wang

Xukang Wang

Yuanjun Chai

Yuanjun Chai

Birks Sachdev

Birks Sachdev

Layla Airola

Layla Airola

Pavan Kumar Komateedi

Pavan Kumar Komateedi

Vlad Joanovic

Vlad Joanovic

Kunal Srivastava

Kunal Srivastava
Perplexity

Meera Patel

Meera Patel
Perplexity

Steven Xu

Steven Xu
SnapChat

David Sun

David Sun
SnapChat

Jesse McCulloch

Jesse McCulloch
SnapChat

Ugonna Chikezie

Ugonna Chikezie
Intel

Inaara Walji

Inaara Walji
Intel

Ben Odom

Ben Odom
Intel

Rex Johnson

Rex Johnson
Pittsburgh Health

Yanling Yu

Yanling Yu
Pittsburgh Health

Suheel Farooq

Suheel Farooq
AWS

Vishnu Theja Reddy Madavaram Janaki

Vishnu Theja Reddy Madavaram Janaki
AWS

Manaswini Maddu

Manaswini Maddu
AWS

Les Williams

Les Williams
AWS

Atmadeep Sen

Atmadeep Sen
AWS

Dheer Toprani

Dheer Toprani
AWS

Philip Garabandic

Philip Garabandic
AWS

Judging Criteria

  • FUNCTIONALITY
    Code Functionality and Quality of Execution (8 Points) (30%). Refer to rubric on the Hacker Guide for further clarification on point breakdowns.
  • DESIGN
    User Interface/Aesthetics(8 Points) (10%). Refer to rubric on the Hacker Guide for further clarification on point breakdowns.
  • CREATIVITY
    Unique/New Solution to a Problem with Little Weaknesses(8 Points) (20%). Refer to rubric on the Hacker Guide for further clarification on point breakdowns.
  • TRACK APPLICABILITY
    Relates or does not relate to chosen track(8 Points)(20%). Refer to rubric on the Hacker Guide for further clarification on point breakdowns.

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