About the challenge
The challenges would be revealed in the opening ceremony.
Requirements
What to Build
An algorithm, Application, Software or whatever you want :)
What to Submit
GitHub Repository and a brief description of the project and the technologies utilised.
Prizes
Best Overall - HTB Sustainability Challenge
Most Creative Use of Machine Learning
Make a chatGPT competitor and you win (maybe)
Best Use of Mathematics
Most Efficient Code
Marshall Wace Challenge
Optibook challenge-Making Market
Optibook simulates real-life financial markets. We will teach you the basics of financial markets, and how market makers improve a market by using algorithms. To do so, you will write your own algorithms to improve these markets.
Sainsbury's Bank Challenge
Nectar is the largest customer loyalty programme in the UK, and at Sainsbury's Bank we use Nectar to reward customers for using our brands through accumulating Nectar points which can be redeemed later for discounts.
Your challenge is to create a customer loyalty program that rewards customers for their financial activity with Sainsbury's Bank and for making smart financial decisions, such as making payments on their credit card or saving money in a savings account.
Aleios Challenge
The best project that improves sustainability on campus
Bonus points if it uses AWS
University of Edinburgh Equality, Diversity, and Inclusive Challenge
Hackiest Hack
Build something over-the-top, over-engineered, or held together with bits of string. Use your imagination!
Most Creative Use of GitHub
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 Best 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!
Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Your Community
Prize: LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu. Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and an XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass.
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!
Best Use of Auth0
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Camelbak tumbler, Rubiks Cube, and sticker! 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? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn't take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!
Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console ! Get started with $50 in free credit
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Michael Herrmann
Lectureship in Robotics, UOE
Dr. Philip Wadler
Professor of Theoretical Computer Science, UOE
Dr. Mary Cryan
Lecturer, UOE
Major League Hacking
Judging Criteria
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Secret :)
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