ABout us

We are a group of high school students dedicated to spreading the knowledge of programming to people of all ages. Founded in the summer of 2013 at a local Starbucks, ACE Coding began with the goal of giving as many people as possible the skills for and interest in programming as a hobby or career. Since its inaugural four student class, ACE Coding has expanded to each of the local middle schools and has now reached hundreds of students in our community through its weekly lessons, as well as several hundred more across the Bay Area through its annual ACE Code Day. In fact, several of its former students have now joined the team to teach programming to others just as they were taught a few years earlier.

ELIGIBILITY

If you are a current middle/high school student in the Bay Area or can attend virtually, feel free to sign up for DinoHacks!

REGISTRATION

Step 1: Fill out the DinoHacks Participation Form (if you are looking for a team, please select the correct option on the form).

Step 2: Press the "Join Hackathon" button on this Devpost page under the "DinoHacks" title.

Step 3: Join the DinoHacks Discord Server to participate and stay connected with events going on during the hackathon (additional info about the event is posted on the announcements channel in the server), as well as to take part of workshops/meetings taking place before/during/after the event.

Requirements

Submissions will be through a video in which all the teams will present their projects and their project code to the judges. If possible, participants should link their project's Github code or a link to their project's website. 

The video should be around 2-3 minutes, and should also answer the following questions:

  • What is the purpose of your project and how does it address the prompt?
  • Who is the audience of your project and who would it be useful for?
  • What challenges did you encounter/overcome in making your project?

The prompt is Social-Good, join the DinoHacks Discord Server for more info! :)

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$600 in prizes
Winners
1 winner

- JDoodle $100 Cash Prize
- Taskade Unlimited Upgrade to their Unlimited Plan
- 1-month FREE access to echo3D’s Premium Plan
- DinoHacks Winner Certificate

All Participants
50 winners

- Taskade 5-Year Upgrade to their Unlimited Plan
- 1-month FREE access to echo3D’s Premium Plan
- DinoHacks Participant Certificate

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Argo Saakyan

Argo Saakyan
Computer Vision Researcher at Diagnocat

Danylo Tolmachov
Head of Software Engineering at Techstack Ltd

Valentine Shkulov

Valentine Shkulov
Staff Data Scientist at Meson Capital Partners

Ainur Gainetdinov

Ainur Gainetdinov
Senior Deep Learning Engineer at VicMan LLC

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity/Conceptuality
    Is the project a new idea? Does the project provide a new experience or simplify an existing workflow? Is the project related to the prompt (Social-Good)?
  • Implementation/Practicality
    Could this idea actually be implemented in real life? Would people be motivated to use it? Is it a functioning solution that can scale in the real world?
  • Presentation
    Is the project pitched in a convincing and engaging manner? Is the idea presented clearly and in a way that's easy to approach?
  • Overall Project
    Do the different parts of the code work well together? Does the project stand as an end-to-end project? Is the code well documented? Does the project create a comfortable user experience?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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