About the challenge

The annual .Hack Enrichment Application Programme (HEAP) is a software development experience program taking place in the upcoming summer 2025. Participants get to build a software application of their own design addressing any topic/problem of their choice in teams of 4 - 5 members.

Participants can look forward to mentorship opportunities from SMU seniors and alumni from reputable companies, as well as weekly technical workshops conducted by the latter to aid in the participants’ personal growth as aspiring software engineers.

Get started

Please refer to the slides for our Welcome Session held on 9th May 2025 (SMU Login Required)

Do note that only submissions from pre-registered undergraduate students from Singapore Management University will be judged and be considered for the prizes. All other submissions from unrecognised teams will not be entertained.

Requirements

You are required to submit:

  • Link of the GitHub repository of your completed project 
    • The repository must be made public
    • A README.md must be in your repository containing clear instructions how to run the project both locally as well as deploying it onto the cloud
    • Failure either one of the above requirements or both requirements may result a penalty imposed on the submission
  • Link to the hosted project
    • If the project is not hosted on the cloud, a penalty may be imposed on the submission

You may choose upload any additional supporting materials as necessary in the file upload portion during your project submission

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Prizes

$1,650 in prizes
1st Place Team - $250 per team member
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

2nd Place Team - $100 per team member
$400 in cash
1 winner

3rd Place Team - $50 per team member
$250 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Sae-Tiew Kanin

Sae-Tiew Kanin
Developer Technical Support Engineer, Huawei Cloud

Lee Yeow Leong

Lee Yeow Leong
Principal Lecturer of Computer Science, SMU

Kyong Jin Shim

Kyong Jin Shim
Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice), SMU

Terris Tan
Director (Technology), SMU .Hack

Dong Kiat

Dong Kiat
Executive (Technology), SMU .Hack

Minn Ong

Minn Ong
Executive (Technology), SMU .Hack

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Competency (50%)
    The completed project must function properly and meet all stated requirements as proposed. It should be both intuitive and easy to navigate. Both innovation and creativity in the solution are highly valued.
  • Deployment (30%)
    The completed project should be deployed on the cloud with minimal bugs. At a minimum, implementation of authentication and/or authorization is expected to demonstrate technical maturity of the team. Usage of Huawei Cloud Services would be advantageous
  • Presentation (20%)
    The complete project should improve upon or create alternatives to existing solutions. The demonstration should be smooth and show how the application solves the problem both functionally and technically.

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