About the challenge

HackED is one of Alberta's largest student run hackathons hosted by the Computer Engineering Club at the University of Alberta. On the 6th and 7th of January, student participants from across world will join us for 24 straight hours of hybrid in-person/virtual, team-based coding. Their task is to create a fully-functioning software or hardware project within the time limit that will be presented to a panel of judges for a chance to win awesome prizes.

Get started

More information about the event can be found here: https://hacked.compeclub.com/

Requirements

What to Build

Any software or hardware project! All the code you use has to be written during the Hackathon!

What to Submit

All of your project files. Remember to attatch your GitHub repo to your submission! 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,000 in prizes
1st Place Overall
1 winner

2nd Place Overall
1 winner

3rd Place Overall
1 winner

1st Place Hardware Project
1 winner

1st Place DivE Project
1 winner

1st Place Telus Project
1 winner

1st Place MecSimCalc Project
1 winner

2nd Place MecSimCalc Project
1 winner

1st Place MecSimCalc Maps Project
1 winner

2nd Place MecSimCalc Maps Project
1 winner

1st Place Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Project
1 winner

1st Place Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Project
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

TBD

TBD

Judging Criteria

  • Execution
    How well does your project work?
  • Complexity
    How much skill was required in order to create this project?
  • Polish
    Are there significant bugs? Is it presentable?
  • Originality
    Have we seen this before?
  • Utility
    Can this address a need or improve someone's life?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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