About the challenge

This 24-hour event in Binghamton’s Innovative Technology Complex is set for March 7th and 8th, when university students will compete in teams of 1−4 to build the most impressive project within that time. Besides a chance to exercise your programming and project management skills, this is also a great chance to network with our sponsors and with other students. Our programming features crash-courses for newcomers, team-matching, and an award ceremony with prizes in multiple categories.

Schedule

Saturday, March 7th

11am:
- Check-in opens. If you did not register in advance, you will be allowed to do late registration.
- You will be provided with a map of the venue. Please do not go outside the indicated areas.
- You will also receive a paper bracelet, to indicate your meal group.
12pm:
- The Opening Ceremony begins in the Symposium Hall. We will review our policies, provide the complete schedule, and introduce our sponsors.
1pm:
- The competition begins: you can begin your project!
- We will hold a team-making event in the Symposium Hall
- Representatives from Visions FCU will give a workshop on Stride Threat Modelling.
- A catered lunch will be available. You will be called up by the color of your wristband.
5pm:
- Jack Fischer will provide a talk in the Symposium Hall: Startups and Building Your Own Adventure.
6pm:
- A catered dinner will be provided. You will be called up by the color of your wristband.

Sunday, March 8th

2am:
- Daylight savings enters into effect, meaning that it is actually 3am.
9:30am:
- A light breakfast will be available. This is the last meal that will be provided.
12pm:
- The competition will end. All your materials will need to be submitted by this time.
1pm:
- Members will begin demonstrating their projects to our team of judges.
4pm:
- The Closing Ceremony will begin, during which we will announce the winners.

Requirements

What to Submit

Project submissions will be made through DevPost, a common platform for administering hackathons. Instructions for submitting a project are available here. Consider that you will have to have your submission complete when the competition ends, not just your project.

You will be required to provide source code for your projects. This means that your source code must be available on a public server like Github/lab so that we can vet and verify your submission. In addition, we recommend making frequent Git commits, to demonstrate your progress throughout the weekend.

Hackathon Sponsors