About
Reinvent:YU is Yeshiva University's 200+ person hackathon. For 24 Hours students team up and turn their ideas into tangible products. Build anything from Apps, Websites, Robots, to the bounds of your imagination and win prizes.
Our goal is to facilitate a community of Jewish technological innovation and activism. We encourage participants to use technology and creativity to innovate, inspire, and make the world a better place. Open to all skill levels. It's going to be amazing. Built upon our 2015 hackathon, YUHack and brought to you by YU Hackers.
Our Mission
Enable anyone with an idea the skills needed to make it reality. To bring together a community passionate about building things and making the world a better place.
Schedule Overview - Reinvent:YU 2016
Saturday May 7:
10:00pm-10:30pm
Registration, Networking and Team Building
Sign-in at the Heights Lounge (515 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033). On arrival you will get your name badge, a team sign-up sheet, and some free swag!
10:30pm-11:00pm
Kickoff and Team Registration
Hackathon officials will be going over how the competition will run including project submission, rules and guidelines and of course the prizes! Mentors will be introduced and then the floor will be open for networking, team registration and getting ready to begin!
11:00pm
Hacking begins!!
Let the hacking and innovating commence! Get started on your project, mentors and Hackathon officials will be walking around to help you get started!
12:00pm - Tech Talk: Rapid prototyping
1:30am - Midnight snack
3:00am- Super Smash Bros Tournament
6:00am- Drone Racing Tournament
Sunday May 8:
8:00am
Breakfast
A light Jewish style breakfast with bagels and creamcheese
11:00am - Tech Talk: Design Workshop with Adobe
12:30pm
Lunchtime
Getting hungry? Free pizza is being provided courtesy of YSU, YCSA & SCWSC.
3:00pm - Tech Talk: (topic TBA)
6:00pm-6:30pm
Wrap-up and Submissions
Wrap up the last lines of code you are working on and make sure to submit before the 7pm deadline.
6:30pm
Commencement Speech and Dinner
Dr. Scott Goldberg, Vice Provost at Yeshiva University will speak. The judges will be introduced, and their role will be explained. Gourmet Chinese supper from Chop Chop Restaurant will be served.
7:30pm
Presentations and Judging
Teams will present their projects and will be judged accordingly. Public voting will be open during this time. Good luck teams!!
9:00pm
Closing Session and Awards
The officials will make Final remarks and prizes will be awarded to the teams with the best projects.
Check YUZmanim for minyan hours
Location Details
Heights Lounge,
515 West 185th Street
New York, NY 10033
Eligibility
- You have to register @ reinventyu.com
- You have to attend the hackathon in person to be eligible
- Participants must be 18+ years old
- Projects have to be started at the hackathon
- Maximum of 6 persons per tea.
Requirements
- Submissions involving software can include source code (if you'd like to share it) with instructions for running the project. Screenshots or images are required. Additional documentation and materials are welcome but not necessary.
- If your project is artistic or hardware based, a photograph of your project for judging is appreciated as well as any documentation or materials.
Prizes
Entrepreneurship Product Design
Students and recent graduates of design or business are invited to enter inventions that improve home living, designed with technology in mind. Submitted projects should have a significant and practical purpose, and have the potential to be commercially viable.
Hoverboards
TBA
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
TBA
Judging Criteria
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Quality of Implementation (25%)
How complex is your project / code? How functional is your project? Did you integrate multiple devices / API’s? -
Creativity / Originality (30%)
How original is this idea? -
Practical Application (20%)
How useful is the hack? -
Design and user experience (15%)
How awesome does it look and how natural does using it feel? -
Final Pitch (10%)
How well do you convince the judges that your hack is the best?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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