CloudHacks 2024

ELIGIBILITY

CloudHacks welcomes:

• Students currently enrolled in any educational institution in Singapore.

• Individuals awaiting entry into an educational institution (including National Servicemen and those awaiting graduate studies).

• Students from overseas institutions can participate, but we are unable to provide assistance with visas or accommodation for travel to Singapore.

TEAMS

• Teams can consist of 1 to 4 members.

• You may only form teams after your individual registration is accepted, as there is no guarantee that all members of your team will be accepted to CloudHacks due to capacity limitations.

• You may team up with friends or other accepted participants.

PROJECT

• The hackathon starts after the Opening Ceremony. Coding must cease with the project submitted to the CloudHacks 2024 Devpost by the end. Hackathon themes will be released during the Opening Ceremony.

• All project work must be done during the hackathon. You can develop an idea you had before, but you cannot reuse previously written code. 

• Frameworks, libraries, and open-source code can be used, with proper crediting of your sources in your submission.

• Adding features to an existing project is allowed, but you must clearly indicate what was accomplished during the hackathon. Failing to do so will result in disqualification from judging.

CHEATING

Cheating can and will lead to consequences such as prize forfeiture and bans from future events. Suspected teams must provide source code, version control history, and any relevant information for investigation. 

• We consider a valid project as something newly created: while using specific code components is allowed, submitting an entire recycled project submitted to another hackathon built before the event is not. 
• Given the 24-hour limit, some code reuse is expected, such as frameworks and libraries. You might use tools like React for web development or pre-trained models for AI/ML projects, for example. However, customizing the project before the hackathon begins is not (eg. setting it up to suit your project needs). 
• All libraries, frameworks, and dependencies must be disclosed in the DevPost submission AND during the presentation to help judges accurately evaluate your work. Teams building on previous projects must provide a link to the original project/template/framework used to demonstrate the work done during the hackathon.

The organizers have the final authority on what constitutes cheating. If you have any questions about any of the policies, please contact an organizer on Discord.