Come join TribeHacks for 32 hours of fun the weekend of April 1st - 3rd! Teams will start hacking Friday evening after the Opening Ceremony and continue working until Sunday morning at 9 AM. All submissions MUST be made here on Devpost. Videos are optional.

We have 26 sponsors, $3000+ in prizes, drones, Raspberry PIs, Arduinos, and travel reimbursement! Our sponsor prizes include awards in geolocation and natural language processing.

Eligibility

Participants: College Students

Teams: Up to four students per team

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$3,500 in prizes
tribeHacks: 1st Place
1 winner

Team will win $1000, tablets, and medals.

tribeHacks: 2nd Place
1 winner

Team will win $500 and medals.

tribeHacks: Best Drone Project
1 winner

Team will win $500 for best use of drones.

The AidData “Skytruthiness” Challenge
1 winner

Team will win $500. Details for the challenge can be found at the following github repo: https://github.com/ACMWM/AidData-TribeHacks-Challenge-2016

Logapps: NLP Prize
1 winner

Team will win $500 and chance to connect with Logapps. Details for the challenge can be found at the following github repo: https://github.com/ACMWM/Logapps-TribeHacks-Challenge-2016

Domain.com: Best Domain Name
1 winner

Swag bags with Sparkfun Redbords.

Github: Best Developer Tool
1 winner

Winners receive Octocat Statue.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Karen Jackson

Karen Jackson
Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Wouter Deconinck

Wouter Deconinck
Hardware Expert, Assistant Professor of Physics

Kevin Barbour and Meade Nelsen

Kevin Barbour and Meade Nelsen
STR Software

Daniel Burke

Daniel Burke
Mobile Expert, Dominion Enterprises

TBD

TBD
Adobe

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Difficulty
  • Impressiveness
  • Usefulness/Practicality
  • Business Potential

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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