MadHacks 2023 is Wisconsin's Premier Hackathon
Requirements
What to Submit
You must submit a GitHub (or other Git hosting site) repository or Zip file if you must.
Prizes
First Place
4x 55" 4K TVs
Second Place
4x Apple Airpods 3rd Gen
Third Place
4x Keychron V1 Keyboards w/ Knob and Brown Switches
Hacker's Choice
This prize is awarded to the team with the most public votes on Devpost at the end of the public voting period (12:00 PM to 2:15 PM)
Most Innovative Networking Award by TDS
Prize: 4x Ryze Tech Tello Mini Drones
Create the most innovative networking solution with your project.
Two possible solutions for inspiration:
- A Networking Monitoring Application that tests the service reliability of a multi-path network or ISP and notifies a third-party in the event of an outage or degradation.
- A Network Scanner implementation that identifies open ports and corresponding services (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.) on a public network that can send or receive data. Acquire data received from active devices as well as highlight loopholes and/or analyze performance feedback.
Visionary Award Sponsored by Roblox
Prize: 4x Roblox blankets and 4x $100 Visa gift cards
At Roblox Our Vision is to reimagine the way people come together to create, play, explore, learn and connect with one another. The Visionary Award is given to the project that best encapsulates our vision to bring people together.
Award Criteria:
- Hackathon project is built using Roblox Studio and/or draws on the Roblox platform as part of their final project
- The project and problem space are complex, challenging, and requires team collaboration
- Final result offers a unique, novel, and innovative solution
Community Innovation Award by Associated Bank
Prize: 4x $70 Steam Gift Cards
Associated Bank is focused on engaging locals and giving back to the communities we live in and serve. Design and build a round-up feature for a banking application.
Using the funds collected, build a solution to bring together banking, personal interests, and the local community.
Healthcare Empowerment Award by Epic
Prize: 4x $50 Target Gift Cards
Here at Epic, we keep the patient at the heart in everything we do. Our patient-facing application, MyChart, was designed to give patients greater insight and an easier way to interact with their health. Our company award will be given to the project that best helps patients manage their own healthcare.
Award Criteria:
- Hackathon project helps empower patients to get and stay healthy
- The project and problem space are complex, challenging, and requires team collaboration
- Final result offers a unique, novel, and innovative take on our challenge
(MLH) Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Prize: Domain.com Branded Backpack
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!
(MLH) Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
Prize: M5GO IoT Starter Kit
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
(MLH) Most Creative Use of Twilio
Prize: Twilio Swag Box & GameGo Console
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 some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit! To get your free credit, find the code listed in the MLH slides posted on the MadHacks discord!
(MLH) Best Blockchain Project Using Hedera
Prize: Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboard
Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!
(MLH) Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade
Prize: Assorted Lego Sets
Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
John Balis
PhD Student - UW Madison
Gary Dahl
Faculty Associate - UW Madison
Deb Deppeler
Faculty Associate - UW Madison
Lance Hartung
PhD Student - UW Madison
Ming Liu
Assistant Professor - UW Madison
Kaiser Pister
Lecturer - UW Madison
Marc Renault
Faculty Associate - UW Madison
Matt Upstone
Director Digital Engineering - Associated Bank
Michael White
Senior Software Engineer - Roblox
Brian Hayward
Software Engineer - Meta
Trezy Who
Principal Software Engineer - Loophole Labs
Nick Heindl
Senior Technical Designer - ZeniMax
George Ashley
Software Engineer - Epic
Gerred Dillon
Head of ML Practice - Defense Unicorns
Andrew Geng
Software Engineer - IBM
Judging Criteria
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Completeness
Does the project have all the necessary parts to be functional? -
Creativity
Did the creators come up with an innovative idea or a unique approach to an existing idea? -
Presentation
Is the project aesthetically pleasing? Is the user interface easy to use? -
Technology
Did the creators challenge themselves by using sophisticated methods and/or technologies?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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