Where Ideas Meet Innovation
EurekaHACKS is an annual 12-hour hackathon hosted at Abbey Park High School in Oakville, Canada. It is one of the largest high school hackathons in Halton. Last year, our exciting event featured workshops, fun activities, and over $5,000 worth of prizes! We're committed to inspiring students of all skill levels to put their creativity and knowledge into practice by building something awesome.
NOTE: Registering on Devpost does not give you access to the event, you must have registered though our website https://eurekahacks.ca in order to attend.
Prizes
Best Overall Project: Food
Awarded to the top project from the "Food" theme!
$400 in Amazon Gift Cards
4x Wolfram Subscriptions
4x Interview Cake Subscriptions
4x XYZ Domains
Best Overall Project: Education
Awarded to the top project from "Education" themes!
$400 in Amazon Gift Cards
4x Wolfram Subscriptions
4x Interview Cake Subscriptions
4x XYZ Domains
Runner Up Award
Awarded to an impressive honourable mention.
$200 in Amazon Gift Cards
4x Wolfram Subscriptions
4x Interview Cake Subscriptions
Creativity Award sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart
Awarded to the most conceptually creative submission. This award is largely directed to beginner hackers.
$100 in Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Cards
2x Spider X Rocker Gaming Chairs
4x Wolfram Subscriptions
Best Hardware Hack sponsored by Ontario Tech University
The top hardware submission (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc).
4x ELEGOO UNO Project Super Starter Kit
Women in CS Award
Awarded to the best project built by an all female team.
$100 in Amazon Gift Cards
4x Interview Cake Subscriptions
Best Use of AI
Awarded to the project with the best use of AI (OpenAI, TensorFlow, etc).
$200 in Amazon Gift Cards
4x Wolfram Subscriptions
Best XYZ Domain Name sponsored by .XYZ
The most creative use of a .XYZ domain.
2x XYZ Domains
Devpost Achievements
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Judges
Mo Selim
Senior UX Staff Manager @ Google
Alex Xing
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student @ UWaterloo
John Moore
CEO @ iSTORM New Media
Er. Chirag Bansal
Data Scientist (Full-Stack AI/ML developer), AI & ML Graduate Student @ Lambton College
Adam Rivard
OCT, Computer Studies and Computer Technology Teacher @ Abbey Park High School
David Maranto
Junior Systems Engineer at MDA Space
Dan Lee
Sr. Operations Manager @ Synopsys
Gerald Mak
Community Advisor
Mohammad Sadegh Moradi
PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Ontario Tech University
Ashley Zhao
Software Engineering Undergraduate Student @ UWaterloo
Sanjiv Sirpal
Designer + Near-Futurist, Founder of Thinkable
Tongguang Zhang
Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate Student @ UWaterloo
Vagish Vaibhav
Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering Undergrad at Queen’s
Mehul Bhardwaj
Supply Chain PM Intern @AMD | Engineering Science Student @ University of Toronto | Specializing in Machine Intelligence
Daniel Zhao
Computer Science Undergraduate @ UWaterloo
Jason Zhou
Robotics Engineering Undergraduate Student @ University of Toronto
Shashibhushan Yenkanchi
Machine Learning Engineer
Vivek Dhande
UofT Quantum Computing Club President | B.A.Sc student @ UofT Engineering Science, Engineering Physics
Saksham Mirchandani
Commerce Undergraduate Student @ Queen's
Syeda Mahdia
Engineering Science Undergraduate Student @ UofT
Jaiman Sharma
Computer Science Undergraduate Student @ Queen's
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Is the idea original and unique? Does it effectively integrate our theme? Does it stand out among others? -
Technology
Is the project idea technically complex? Does the project display engineering ability? -
Design
Is the user experience intuitive? Does it consider aesthetics (does it look nice, not cluttered, easy to read fonts, etc)? -
Impact
Could we see the project being beneficial for our society? Could we imagine people using the project? Could we see this project become a successful business? -
Completeness
How complete is the project by the deadline? Does it fully function as intended? Was the project appropriately planned for the time given?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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