About the challenge

JourneyHacks is a 12-hour hackathon where beginners are encouraged to utilize skills learned in our JourneyHacks workshops as well as existing skills to create a project. Teams and individual participants are encouraged to collaborate, create meaningful impact, and challenge other teams.

Requirements

What to Build

Feel free to build whatever you like! We will be providing workshops throughout the day for you to learn and apply to your projects :D

What to Submit

  • You MUST submit a GitHub link
  • To showcase your project you must do a live presentation (max 3 mins) for 2-3 pairs of judges in SUB Cafeteria (2nd Floor), and answer a live QnA (max 2 mins) from the judges
  • Only at least 1 member is needed to present the project, the entire team does not need to present for the project to qualify

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

5 non-cash prizes
Best Use of Gemini API
1 winner

Each winner receives a Google Swag Kit

Best Pitch Using Alpha Foundry
1 winner

Each member receives a $25 gift card

Best UI by Huion
1 winner

Each member receives a Huion Tablet

Surge Choice Award
1 winner

Each member receives a $25 gift card

Lone Wanderer Reward
1 winner

The winner will win a $40 Rain or Shine gift card

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Vincent Chu

Vincent Chu
VP of Engineering / Visier Inc.

Kemo Sonko

Kemo Sonko
Software Engineer / Infoblox

Tarush Chintala

Tarush Chintala

Harjot Singh

Harjot Singh
Software Engineer I / Aether Automation Inc.

Zachary Chan

Zachary Chan
Jr. SDE II / Amazon

Sukhraj Purewal

Sukhraj Purewal

Justin Ang

Justin Ang
Cloud Platform Engineer / Samsung

Maskeen Kaur

Maskeen Kaur
Data Scientist Co-op / RBC

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Complexity
  • Creativity
  • Design
  • Pitch
  • Scalability

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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