HackNYU is New York University's annual global hackathon held in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi. This year’s hackathon will place on March 6-8 2020.
At HackNYU, students are given the tools to create innovative solutions for challenges in our four tracks: Sustainability, Education, Health & Well-being, and Financial Empowerment.
Eligibility
All students and recent graduates of any school can participate
Prizes
1st Place Sustainability Project
$200 worth of prizes from Amazon and an MLH medal per team member
2nd Place Sustainability Project
$100 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
3rd Place Sustainability Project
$50 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
1st Place Education Project
$200 worth of prizes from Amazon and an MLH medal per team member
2nd Place Education Project
$100 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
3rd Place Education Project
$50 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
1st Place Health & Well-being Project
$200 worth of prizes from Amazon and an MLH medal per team member
2nd Place Health & Well-being Project
$100 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
3rd Place Health & Well-being Project
$50 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
1st Place Financial Empowerment Project
$200 worth of prizes from Amazon and an MLH medal per team member
2nd Place Financial Empowerment Project
$100 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
3rd Place Financial Empowerment Project
$50 worth of prizes from Amazon per team member
1st Place in Use of the Stellar Network - Stellar
2,500 Stellar Lumens, 1 Ledger Nano S, and a Stellar swag bag per team member
Bonus: Participate in the Stellar Community Fund
2nd Place in Use of the Stellar Network - Stellar
1,500 Stellar Lumens, 1 Ledger Nano S, and a Stellar swag bag per team member
Bonus: Participate in the Stellar Community Fund
3rd Place in Use of the Stellar Network - Stellar
A Stellar swag bag per team member
Bonus: Participate in the Stellar Community Fund
Best Use of NYU IT Data
$250 Amazon gift card
Best User Experience - Facebook
Oculus Go Headsets
Most Viable Startup - Contrary Capital
1-1 pitch to Contrary Capital CEO
Best Sports or Fitness Hack - RedBull
4 copies of FIFA 20 and 4 tickets to a New York Red Bulls game of the winner's choice
Best use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud.
Each winning team member will receive a Google Home Mini.
Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
Domain.com provides all the domain services you need from registration to hosting to SSL certificates and beyond. Each hacker will receive a FREE domain name and year of domain privacy from Domain.com for their project this weekend!
Each winning team member will receive a Domain.com backpack.
Best UiPath Automation Hack
Build an automation hack using UiPath!
Each winning team member will receive a UiPath/MLH Branded Backpack and an opportunity to interview for a UiPath Internship in 2020 with high recommendation!
Most Creative Radar.io Hack
Build the most creative hack using Radar, the location API that allows you to add location context, like Geofences, to your hacks with just a few lines of code. Create awesome projects like a Pokemon Go clone, or Foursquare with ease.
Each winning team member will be eligible to win a Tile Sticker Smart Tracker and a chance to be featured by Radar.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Giovanni Dicrescenzo
Technology Executive/Educator - NYU Tandon
Andy Moss
Technology Executive/Educator - NYU Tandon
Michael Driscoll
Technology Executive/Educator - NYU Tandon
Amy Battalones
Cyber Security Analyst - ConEdison
Frank Santoro
Cyber Security Analyst - ConEdison
Danny Jagoda
Systems Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - ConEdison
Cody Brown
Lecturer - Fordham University
Richard Shu
Aaron Yaegar
Executive Director - Know Personal Finance
Judging Criteria
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Technical Difficulty
Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount? -
Originality
Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem? -
Polish
Is the hack usable in its current state? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed? -
Usefulness
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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