MadHacks Fall 2023 is Wisconsin's Premier Hackathon

 

Requirements

What to Submit

You must submit a GitHub (or other Git hosting site) repository or Zip file if you must.

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$4,040 in prizes
First Place
1 winner

4x 4K 43" TVs
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Second Place
1 winner

4x Ryze Tech Tello Programmable Drones
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Third Place
1 winner

4 x JBL Clip 3
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Hacker's Choice
1 winner

This prize is awarded to the team with the most public votes on Devpost at the end of the public voting period (12:00 PM to 2:00 PM)

Fun and Savings Award Sponsored by Fetch Rewards
3 winners

1st - 4x Fetch Merch Packs & 100,000 Fetch Points (~$100)
2nd - 4x Fetch Water Bottles & 50,000 Fetch Points (~$50)
3rd - 4x 25,000 Fetch Points ($25)

The award goes to the project that best exemplifies a key tenet of Fetch - Have Fun, Save Money!

[MLH] Best use of Google Cloud
1 winner

Google Cloud Backpack

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. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - goo.gle/student-innovators. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!

Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form!

[MLH] Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

M5GO IoT Starter Kit

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

[MLH] Most Creative Use of GitHub
1 winner

GitHub Swag
GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

[MLH] Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Exclusive Auth0 Swag made for MLH

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including an Auth0 branded Rocketbook and Rubik's Cube!

[MLH] Best Use of Hedera
1 winner

Compact Mechanical Keyboard

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!

- Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.

- Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.

- Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.

[MLH] Best Use of Circle
1 winner

Circle Branded Hardware Wallet

Building an application that accepts nearly instantaneous and low-cost global payments just became a reality! Circle is a payments infrastructure company that leverages public blockchains to frictionlessly move dollars across the internet with its digital currency USDC. If you're building a project that services users from all over the world and want to do so at the speed of the internet, then Circle has you covered. Circle’s APIs give you the tools to facilitate payments from digital storefronts to payroll transactions to remittances and other novel use cases that don't bottleneck your money the way traditional payment services can. Sign up for a developer account and start using their JavaScript, Java or Python SDKs for a chance to win a Circle Branded Hardware Wallet or you and each of your teammates!

[MLH] Best .Tech Domain Name
1 winner

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for Life!

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Nick Winians

Nick Winians
SWE @ Roblox

Steve Perkins

Steve Perkins
Software Developer – Paychex

Jonas Klare

Jonas Klare
Software Developer - Esker

Brian Hayward

Brian Hayward
Meta - Reality Labs

Phoenix Kahlo

Phoenix Kahlo
Esker

Karu Sankaralingam

Karu Sankaralingam
Professor – UW-Madison

Marc Renault

Marc Renault
Professor – UW-Madison

Patrick Buller

Patrick Buller
Software Application Developer – XES Engineering

Jennifer Scianna

Jennifer Scianna
UW-Madison

James Sorenson

James Sorenson
UW-Madison

Julia Kroll

Julia Kroll
SWE – Deepgram

Mark Mansi

Mark Mansi
Professor – UW-Madison

Louis Oliphant

Louis Oliphant
UW-Madison

Brandon Hawker

Brandon Hawker
Software Engineering Leader – Fetch

Judging Criteria

  • Completeness
    Does the project have all the necessary parts to be functional?
  • Creativity
    Did the creators come up with an innovative idea or a unique approach to an existing idea?
  • Presentation
    Is the project aesthetically pleasing? Is the user interface easy to use?
  • Technology
    Did the creators challenge themselves by using sophisticated methods and/or technologies?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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