Important info in regards to team formation:

Once signing up on DevPost, indicate that whether you have a team or not. When a team member submits the project on behalf of everyone on the team, there is an option to add your teammates on the submission which is how you will indicate you are a team. Dont stress about team specfics until you submit your project!

Discord Link

https://discord.gg/bCWDRNF9De

 About the challenge

Lynbrook Engineering Club presents NorCal Hacks, a beginner friendly online hackathon that invites all middle and High School students to submit a project tackling the issues on our world and to push the frontiers of technology. In a 3 and a half day period from 11/9 3pm to 11/14 8am Pacific time, contestants can create any project that aims tackles one of the 5 tracks: New Frontiers, Education, Human Health, Sustainability & environment, and Social Issues.

  Get started

1. Sign up on Devpost (this page!)

It is important that you sign up on here because devpost is the only platform we will be accepting submissions on.

2. Join the Discord! (https://discord.gg/bCWDRNF9De)

We will be giving announcements on Discord so be sure to check it often for workshop reminders and speaker event updates! You will also be able to find teammates and interact with the sponsors, as well as find important information such as the rubric and detailed schedule in the  #announcements channel

3. Form a team up to 4 or work solo and get started! Happy Hacking! 

 Workshops 

No prior experience is neccescary as we will have workshops & speaker events in a wide variety of topics throughout the weekend. Collaborating with Lynbrook High School's Computer Science, Machine Learning, Coding Art, and Web Devleopment Clubs. Be sure to join the discord attend the workshops! They will be happening in the voice channels. 

Workshop Dates (FINAL):

Saturday 11/11

2:00pm PDT - Automated Machine Learning - Presented by Lynbrook ML Club (@lhsmlclub)

4:00pm PDT - Fun with AI-Generated Artwork! - Presented by Lynbrook Coding Art Club (@lhscodingart)

6:00pm PDT - Software optimization - Presented by Lynbrook CS Club (@lynbrookcs)

7:00pm PDT - Intorduction to APIs - Presented by Lynbrook Wed Dev Club (@lynbrookwebdev)

 Tracks

New Frontiers: From exciting large language models to cryptocurrency, be creative, we’re excited to see how you will explore the frontier! This track is open ended so you can pretty much build anything, as long as it is related to current frontiers in technology. 

Education: The lack of education is still a global problem, however the digital age is changing this. Projects can either improve student’s learning experiences or widen accessibility to education. 

Human Health: “The greatest wealth is health” - Virgil. No matter what, advancing the medical frontier is always a noble cause. Projects aim to improve the quality of human life or incorporate exciting technologies into current medical procedures.

Sustainability & Environment: This little blue planet is our shared home. Projects in this category address the question: How can we take care of our planet better? 

Social Issues: How can we use technology to address or alleviate social issues prevalent in our society?

• Novelty
  How new is the idea introduced in the project?
• Impact
  How much real world impact does this project have?
• Presentation
  Overall quality of the pitch video
• Implementation
  How complete is the idea? How well is it implemented?