WELCOME TO BEAVERHACKS WINTER 2024

Presented by Oregon State University's Hackathon Club, our quarterly hackathons ("Beaverhacks") gives the OSU community opportunities to learn new skills, build cool stuff, and compete for prizes. We’re beginner-friendly, inclusive of all backgrounds, and focused on fun!

You can build your project in any way and in the format you'd like, e.g. web app, mobile app, browser extension...the possibilities are endless! This quarter's theme is: Hobbies -- and you can build your project in any way that reflects that, however note that judges will rate your project according to its relevance to the theme (check out the other judging criteria below!).

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, March 1st - 6:00 PM PST (9:00 PM EST)

  • Opening Ceremony Kick-off / Hackathon starts!

Sunday, March 3rd - 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST)

  • Hacking ends / Project Submission Deadline

Tuesday, March 5th - 6:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST)

  • Project Demos / Q&A

Judges' results will be announced the following week.

REGISTRATION

We've streamlined our registration process to registering on DevPost AND Google Forms. :) Through DevPost and our Discord, you are also able to notify other participants that you are looking for a team or have formed a team. If you would like to build your project solo, you will still be asked for a team name upon project submission. (It's more fun!)

Also note that participants must be a member of the Oregon State University Hackathon Club in order to be eligible to participate. Sign up on IdeaLogic.

Requirements

A completed project submission will include:

  • Link to a video demonstration of the project (screen recording + audio) with a max-duration of 5 minutes. We recommend uploading your video to Youtube (make sure the privacy setting is public or unlisted). 
    • Feel free to use this template as a starting point for your video presentation. It's not required and no extra points will be given. We have found, however, that presentations with a solid structure do a better job communicating the project to the judges so please keep that in mind in coming up with your format.
  • Link to Github repository - the entire commit history must be present
  • Link to repl on Repl.it (only if submitting a console app)
  • Detailed description about your app - this information will help the judges assess and review your work!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$633 in prizes
Amazon Gift Card
3 winners

There will be 3 winning teams. Each member of the 3 winning teams will recieve a $50 amazon giftcard.

(Max 4 people per team)

Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
1 winner

Get a chance to win the book, Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions (6th edition)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Akshat Vora

Akshat Vora
Software Engineer at InterSystems

Nathan Clemans

Nathan Clemans
Lead Software Engineer at Micron Technology

Denis Kondratev

Denis Kondratev
Senior Software Engineer at Playrix

Arbaz Surti

Arbaz Surti
Software Development Engineer at Inspire Brands

Eric Ianni

Eric Ianni
Senior Instructor I at Oregon State University

Hemanth Swamy

Hemanth Swamy
Senior Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Difficulty
    How technically impressive is the project? (Based on project execution.)
  • User Experience
    How usable is the project? (Based on project execution.)
  • Creativity
    How creative is the project? (Based on the project concept.)
  • Adherence to Theme
    How well does the project fit with the hackathon theme? This should be based entirely on the project's concept.
  • Impact
    How impactful is this project in terms of utility or fun? Does it fill a necessity or provide entertainment?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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