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.
Prizes
First Place
4x 4K 43" TVs
MLH Winners Pins
Second Place
4x Ryze Tech Tello Programmable Drones
MLH Winner Pins
Third Place
4 x JBL Clip 3
MLH Winner Pins
Hacker's Choice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SWE @ Roblox
Steve Perkins
Software Developer – Paychex
Jonas Klare
Software Developer - Esker
Brian Hayward
Meta - Reality Labs
Phoenix Kahlo
Esker
Karu Sankaralingam
Professor – UW-Madison
Marc Renault
Professor – UW-Madison
Patrick Buller
Software Application Developer – XES Engineering
Jennifer Scianna
UW-Madison
James Sorenson
UW-Madison
Julia Kroll
SWE – Deepgram
Mark Mansi
Professor – UW-Madison
Louis Oliphant
UW-Madison
Brandon Hawker
Software Engineering Leader – Fetch
Judging Criteria
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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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