Welcome to Rose Hack 2025!
Rose Hack 2025 is UCR's women-centric hackathon where students from all backgrounds are celebrated. Hundreds of participants form teams and build a project over the event's 24 hour duration.
Rose Hack is beginner friendly and welcomes all participants to learn, develop, and hone their skills. Have you ever wanted to learn how to build something, but didn't know where to start? We will provide everything you need from swag, mentoring, and a diverse range of workshops to help you level up your hacking experience.
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Requirements
Please submit the following
- A description of your project, what it does, and if it solves any problem.
- Don't forget to submit your Github/Figma Link and Devpost Link to the hacker portal. If you do not submit a Github/Figma AND Devpost link to the hacker portal, we will not be able to consider your team for judging.
- Please check your hacker portal during judging to attend your assigned demo table.
Prizes
Best Use of Gen AI
Generative AI is rapidly changing the landscape of software development. This category challenges you to build novel applications that leverage the power of Generative AI APIs. Think outside the box and integrate cutting-edge AI models to create innovative solutions with real-world impact.
To participate, utilize publicly available Generative AI APIs (like those from OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Llama, IBM Watson, or Google Gemini) to develop a unique and functional application. This could include:
AI-powered creative tools: Design an app that allows users to generate unique marketing copy, translate languages in real-time, or create personalized learning experiences.
Intelligent assistants and automation: Build a chatbot that can provide insightful customer support, or a system that automates complex tasks using natural language processing.
Next-generation content creation platforms: Develop a platform that empowers users to generate high-quality images, write different kinds of creative text formats, or compose original music with AI assistance.
This is your chance to get hands on with cutting edge tech, put your skills on display, and of course, win some awesome prizes!
1st place
MLH Winner Pins & Logitech K380 Wireless Multi-Device Keyboard- Rose
NordVPN Subscriptions - 1 year long subscriptions + 1GB of free data.
2nd Place
MLH Winner Pins & JLab JBuds Mini True Wireless Earbuds- Pink
PopSockets MagSafe PopGrip, Black
3rd Place
MLH Winner Pins & iHome PlayGlow Mini Rechargeable Bluetooth Speaker
PopSockets MagSafe PopGrip, Black
Best Beginner Track
UCR Donkey Plush
UCR Bear Keychain
Desmos swag pack
Best Sustainability Track
MLH Winner Pins &
Owala Water Bottle
Mushroom Planner
Botanic Gardens Plant
Garden Pens
Notebook flower Pouch
HoneyBee Flower Pouch
Best Women Centric Track
MLH Winner Pins &
Women Jigsaw Puzzle
Girl, Women, Other Book
Capybara Warmies
UCR Terrier
Essential Oils
Best Hardware Track
LEDs
Kate Spade book tote
UCR Towel
Logitech Mousepad
USB Flash
Best UI/UX Track
3 fruit vase
AXOLOTL Warmie
Kate Spade Tote
Moleskin Journel (3-pack)
Best Social Impact Track
Ladybug Warmies
Home Body Book
Badger Balm
Starry Night Puzzle
Moleskin Journel (3-pack)
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Sujith Katakam
Staff Software Engineer
Hariharan Ragothaman
Software Engineer @ AMD
Rishabh Thakur
Sr. Software Engineer at Nvidia
Ioana Munteanu
Full-stack software engineer at Sigma Computing
Shivali Naik
Solutions Consultant
Prachit Kurani
SAFe Practitioner
Vibhas Zanpure
Software Development Manager at Amazon
Allan Knight
Professor at UC Riverside
Sathyanarayanan Sayiram
System Test Senior Manager in IBM Cloud
Preksha Kothari
Digital Product Manager at The Edge Fitness
Rachit Prajapati
Graduate Student
Yogitha Shastri
Engineering Graduate Consultant
Raidah Farooz
Alumni
Aravind Ramanathan
Staff engineer at Stripe
Arun Singh
Senior Business Intelligence Engineer at Google (JLL)
Amber Zheng
Growth Product Manager at TikTok
Sourabh Madur
Machine Learning AI Engineer at Meta
Taher Poonawala
Solutions & Product Engineer @ happyrobot
Rishitha Kokku
Senior Software Engineer
Damodaran Chingleput Sathyakumar
Ebay
Chagari Vamsi Reddy
AI/ML lead
Venkat Nutalapati
Senior Software Engineer
Pavan Nutalapati
Lead Software Engineer
Judging Criteria
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1st Place
Best Hack Overall, beginners and veterans alike -
2nd Place
Most Impressive runner-up hack, beginners and veterans alike -
3rd Place
Second Most Impressive Hack, beginners and veterans alike -
Beginner Track
For your hack to qualify as a Beginner Hack, Rose Hack must be the first hackathon a majority of your team has attended. -
Sustainability Track
Your project must encourage, include, or teach sustainability in some shape or form. -
Women Centric Track
Your project must empower, celebrate, and/or support women in some shape or form. -
Hardware Track
This project involves the best incorporation of hardware that meshes well with software. -
UI/UX Track
The project has a clean and easy-to-use interface built with a user in mind. Bonus points for techno/futuristic design. -
Social Impact Track
This project must focus on improving the world by addressing social issues and promoting positive change. -
Best Female Hacker
This project will be awarded to the woman hacker that stands out the most with their project, impact, pitch, and positive interaction with fellow hackers! -
Best Use of Gen AI
This category challenges you to build novel applications that leverage the power of Generative AI APIs. Think outside the box and integrate cutting-edge AI models to create innovative solutions with real-world impact. -
Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! We want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services! -
Best Use of Sauce Labs
Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account! -
Best AI Project with Databricks Open Source
Build an AI powered project utilizing Databricks Open Source or Databricks friendly Open Source projects like LanceDB and Llama Index, for a chance to win some amazing prizes for you and your teammates!
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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