HackCUNY is a hackathon by CUNY students for CUNY students. We aim to encourage CUNY students to participate in hackathons and increase the presence of public hackathons in NYC. We encourage all skill levels to join HackCUNY, and believe teams can be balanced by coders, designers, marketers, and analysts alike. 

Our five tracks are:

  • UX/UI Design
  • Game Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science
  • Cybersecurity

Requirements

  • All submissions require a demo video no longer than 3 minutes. Judges have the right to ignore the extra time, or adjust your score for not following this rule. 
  • Fill out the Devpost page for your project as completely as you can. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,550 in prizes
First Place
1 winner

First place prize, determined by our judging panel.
(1) iPad 10th Generation per each team member.
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter

Second Place
1 winner

Second place prize, determined by our judging panel.
(1) AirPods Pro Second Generation per team member.
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter

Beginners
1 winner

A track dedicated purely for beginner participants.
(1) Year of Leetcode Premium per team member.

UI/UX
1 winner

Track winner for the UI/UX Track
(1) Wacom Drawing Tablet per team member
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter per team member

Artificial Inteligence
1 winner

Track winner for AI.
(1) Gaming Monitor per team member
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter per team member.

Cybersecurity
1 winner

Track winner for cybersecurity.
(1) Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Kit per team member.
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter per team member.

Data Science
1 winner

Track winner for data science.
(1) Blue Yeti Microphone per team member.
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter per team member.

Game Development
1 winner

Track winner for game development.
(1) $100 in video game gift cards(Xbox/PSN/Steam) of winner's choice per team member.
(1) Year Subscription to Headstarter per team member.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Cheng Wang

Hunter Johnson
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Zack Desario
CUNY Tech Prep

Chapin Bryce

Chapin Bryce

Devan Shah

Faizan Ahmed

Faizan Ahmed
Headstarter

Jennifer Guadarrama
New York City Office of Technology and Innovation

Chirag Ghelani
Cedar

Aaron Zollman

Aaron Zollman
Cedar

Isabel Abonitalla

Isabel Abonitalla

Ernie Gremillion
Cedar

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Ability
    How technically complex is the project? What cutting-edge technologies, frameworks, or tools did they use, that were still appropriate to the scale of the project?
  • Design
    How aesthetically pleasing is the interface of the project? How user-friendly is it to interact with? Can we tell that the design was thought through for the users?
  • Completion
    How fully realized is the team's idea? Is the project a mockup, or something that the users can test now? Did the team follow all the submission requirements?
  • Originality
    How unique and well-thought-out is the concept of the project? You can also consider commercial viability and creativity here.
  • Adherence to theme
    How well did this project exemplify the theme they chose? (Data, AI, Game Dev, Design, Security)

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