We present the first edition of LauzHack - EPFL's official student run hackathon - in Lausanne, Switzerland. Come and join us and 200 like-minded student-hackers hacking together for 24 hours to make something amazing!
Eligibility
- Participants: Students (over 18 years in age) and people who have graduated from university withing the last one year. All participants must have agreed to the MLH Code of Conduct and Data Sharing Agreement.
Requirements
Hacks must be awesome, creative, and built on site at the event. All hacks must adhere to the MLH Code of Conduct to be eligible for presentation.
Your submission must include all team members and a link to the repository. Video submissions showing a demo of your project are optional.
Please include the hash of your last commit.
Prizes
LauzHack Grand Winner
Withings Activité Steel: Activity tracking watches + swiss chocolates
LauzHack Runner-Up
Kobo Aura 2: E-Readers + swiss chocolates
LauzHack Second Runner-Up
Sony SRS-XB2: Wireless portable speakers + swiss chocolates
Organizer's Favourite Hack
FujiFilm Instax Mini with photo paper (Instant printing cameras)
Logitech Challenge Winner
Complete Logitech gaming peripheral sets
AXA Challenge Winner
Hubsan X4 Plus: Drones
Axa Challenge Runner Up
Hubsan X4 Plus: Drones
Axa Challenge 3rd Place
Hubsan X4 Plus: Drones
Gamaya Challenge Winner
Horizon Zugo: Drones
IBM Challenge Winner
Microsoft Challenge Winner
Microsoft Azure backpacks + Raspberry Pi kits
Openfood Challenge Winner
Complete developper Raspberry Pi kits
SBB CFF FFS Challenge Winner
Raspberry Pi + accessories
Skyscanner Challenge Winner
"The effective engineer": Books + 100€ RyanAir vouchers
Swisscom Challenge Winner
Lego Mindstorms: Programmable robots
#HackHarassment
HackHarassment Swag Bags
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
1 TB Hard Drives
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Domain.com Swag Bags
Bloomberg's Favourite Hack
Portable speakers
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
James Larus
Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL
Michele Catasta
Distributed Information Systems Laboratory, EPFL
Paolo Lenne
Processor Architecture Laboratory, EPFL
René Beuchat
Processor Architecture Laboratory, EPFL
Remy Zimmermann
Logitech
Daniel Kiss
Bloomberg
Ludmila Marian
CERN, EPFL Alumni
Vojin Jovanovic
Oracle Labs, EPFL Alumni
Jordi Montserrat
Venture Kick
Etienne Kneuss
Immomig, EPFL Alumni
Judging Criteria
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Technical Impressiveness (30%)
How impressive is your hack from a technical perspective? What were the challenges you had to surmount, and were they difficult given just 24 hours? “Wow” factor is also a criteria -
Innovation (30%)
How innovative, original and unexpected is your hack? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem? -
Completion and Polish (20%)
Is your hack usable and polished? Does everything work? Is it well designed? -
Usefulness and Practicality (20%)
How practical is your hack? Is it something people would actually use? How useful is your hack? -
Disclaimer
These criteria will guide judges but ultimately judges are free to make decisions based on their gut feeling of which projects are the most impressive and most deserving.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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