DevFest’22 Algiers is the 11th edition of DevFest Algiers, the biggest event hosted by GDG Algiers. DevFest is short for “Developper’s Festival” and it is an event launched by GDG global every year to create a meeting point for developers in the different GDG communities all over the world from all backgrounds to learn and collaborate. 

 

This year, at GDG Algiers, the DevFest’22 Algiers Hackathon is the main track of the event. It takes place from Thursday the1st to Saturday the 3rd of December in the Higher Institute of Sciences HIS, Algiers.

 

Participants are asked to work on and provide innovative solutions under the theme of smart cities. They're gathered to work in teams and collaborate to offer creative and intelligent solutions that would drive life towards a new paradigm of smart cities.

Requirements

What to Build

Participants will build a solution related to the theme of the hackathon which is smart cities  during the event and present a functional software or/and hardware product in front of a jury by the end of the event.

What to Submit

Participants are required to submit the following items before the submission deadline :

  • The link of the Prototype for the application's UI
  • The link to the GitHub Repository hosting the solution
  • The link to the pitch presentation

And they can submit any other links related to their solution.

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Prizes

$5,825 in prizes
first place
1 winner

pack contains : mouse + clavier + gaming headset + mouse pad + smart watch

second place
1 winner

Gaming headset + smart watch

third place
1 winner

Gaming headset + mouse pad

first three
3 winners

all the three winners will have a paid plan of DZ-Hoster + vouchers from Nvidia

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Aberkane Karim

Aberkane Karim
Promoter and supervisor at the USTHB

GHOMARI ABDESSAMED REDA

GHOMARI ABDESSAMED REDA
Full Professor at ESI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique), Algiers.Team Head at the LMCS (Laboratory of Systems Design Methodologies). consultant on IT projects

Reda Lazri

Reda Lazri
Senior Product designer at YASSIR

Mohammed Elhaouari

Mohammed Elhaouari
Senior fullstack developer - JavaScript enthusiast, React lover

Judging Criteria

  • Idea
    - Innovation potential of the idea - Adherence to the selected topic - Use of proposed levers - Impact on the users - Its business relevance
  • Design
    - Usability (interaction, visual and emotional design) - Functional scope (design completion
  • Development
    Quality and Completeness of the prototype + demo
  • Presentation
    - Quality of the presentation - Clarity, Effectiveness, Completeness - The interest raised in the audience

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