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Join us virtually on February 12th - 13th in our ninth year of solving pressing social issues using your creativity and code!

Hackathons are a great way to develop your skills, build a product for social good, and potentially win cash prizes! All years and all majors are welcome! So even if you don't have technical experience, we highly encourage you to still participate. We'll be having mentors and resources to help you along the way. All you need to do is come with ideas and passion for solving a humanitarian problem!

For more information and to apply, visit hackforhumanity.io.

Requirements

Submission Requirements:

  • A link to your git repository
  • Everyone on your team added to your Devpost project
  • An opt-in to the side prizes you plan to compete in, if any
  • A comment mentioning which side prizes you plan to compete in, if any

 

Extra Submission Components Recommended to Include: 

  • A short video demo of your project
  • Your demo presentation slides
  • Screenshots/photos of your project
  • A project logo as the thumbnail

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Prizes

$5,000 in prizes

First Place

Grand Cash Prize: $1500
3x one year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
3x one year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
3x $250 credits on Digital Ocean

Second Place

Grand Cash Prize: $1200
3x one year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
3x one year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
3x $250 credits on Digital Ocean

Third Place

Grand Cash Prize: $800
3x one year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
3x one year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
2x $250 credits on Digital Ocean

Fourth Prize

Prize: 3x one year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
Sponsored by Wolfram

Fifth Prize

Prize: 3x one year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
Sponsored by Wolfram

Most Interdisciplinary Award

Prize: $500
Sponsored by the Ciocca Center

Xilinx Best Hack by Women In Tech Award

Prize: Four PYNQ Boards
Sponsored by Xilinx

Best Use of Blockchain

Prize: $500
Sponsored by C32-PEX Fintech Inc

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Anita Patnaik

Anita Patnaik
Alumni, Santa Clara University and Volunteer, Palo Alto Art Center

Behnam Dezfouli

Behnam Dezfouli
Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University

Chris Norris

Chris Norris
Executive Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University

Hugo A. Andrade

Hugo A. Andrade
Xilinx, Inc.

Megan Visaya

Megan Visaya
Xilinx, Inc.

Navid Shaghaghi

Navid Shaghaghi
Faculty, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University

Nicholas Tran

Nicholas Tran
Faculty, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University

Prabhu Moorty

Prabhu Moorty
C32-PEX

Romisaa

Romisaa
Xilinx, Inc.

Shiva Houshmand

Shiva Houshmand
Faculty, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University

Smita Ghosh
Faculty, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University

Yi Fang

Yi Fang
Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University

Shiv

Shiv
C32-PEX

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Is it a scalable design/solution?
  • Polish
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be about how good the human-computer interaction is.
  • Innovation
    Does the hack show the team thought “outside of the box”? Does it have a certain “wow factor” to it? Is it different compared to previous solutions?
  • Social Impact
    How much good could this hack bring to others in the specific theme?
  • Project Completeness
    Is there a demo of the product’s functionality? Can major user action flows be completed without significant obstacles?

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