We're excited to announce that the 4th annual Rice Datathon, presented by Bill.com, will occur on January 28-29, 2022, coming back in-person (with a hybrid format) in Duncan Hall! We're proud to also invite students from the Houston area, especially Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University, to compete in the Datathon this year!
We'll have interesting datasets and challenges for you to work on, recruiters and representatives from top companies (ex. Bill.com, Goldman Sachs, Google, etc.), tens of thousands of dollars in prizes and raffles, and amazing food and merch! There will also be various workshops available for you to participate in before the Datathon to prepare for the competition. See more information on our website!
Requirements
Include a description of your project, a 3-minute (max) video showcasing it, and a link to a github repository (remember to make it public!) of the project with all your code and files. If you're competing in the open challenge, remember to include your data sources as well.
Prizes
1st Place
$500 per person in the 1st place winning team (up to 4 people)
2nd Place
$300 per person in the 2nd place winning team (up to 4 people)
3rd Place
$200 per person in the 3rd place winning team (up to 4 people)
Honorable Mention
$50 per person in teams winning honorable mentions (up to 4 people)
Best Visualizations
$100 per person in the team with best visualizations in the project (up to 4 people)
Best Social Impact Project
$100 per person in the team with the best social impact project (up to 4 people)
Best Houston/Texas-focused Project
$100 per person in the team with the best Houston/Texas-focused project (up to 4 people)
Beginner's Track Winner
$100, $75, $50 per person in the top 3 teams participating in the beginner's track
Best Underclassmen Team
$100, $75, $50 per person in the top 3 underclassmen teams (made entirely of undergraduate freshmen or sophomores)
Bill.com Challenge
8th-gen iPad 64 GB w/ WiFi per person in the 1st place team
$50 Amazon gift card per person in the 2nd place team
Bill.com tumbler per person in the 3rd place team
Goldman Sachs Challenge
Apple Watch Series 7 per person in the Goldman Sachs Challenge Winner (up to 4 people)
Chevron Challenge
Apple Watch Series 3 per person in the 1st place team
$100 Amazon gift card per person in the 2nd place team
BakerRipley Challenge
Airpods 3rd generation per person in the BakerRipley Challenge Winner (up to 4 people)
Cognite Challenge
$100 Amazon gift cards per person in the Cognite Challenge Winner (up to 4 people)
Audience Choice Award
$50 per person in the team chosen for Audience Choice Award (determined through public voting in Devpost)
Best TSU Team
$125 per person in the best TSU team (up to 4 people)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Gazi Fuad
Rice Datathon Director
Caleb Huang
Rice Datathon Director
Michael Kelley
Rice Datathon Director
Dessy Akinfenwa
Chevron
Anna Cowan
Chevron
Andy Adams
Chevron
Carolina Osuna
Aimpoint Digital
Jamie Waugh
Medical Informatics
Chris Burbridge
BakerRipley
Tommy Holstien
BakerRipley
Erika Lyles
BakerRipley
Ishita Chakraborty
Cognite
Stefano Romano
Bill.com
Changlin Zhang
Bill.com
Michael Price
Bill.com
Amol Patil
Goldman Sachs
Jamie Chen
RDS
Anthony Yan
RDS
Davyd Fridman
RDS
Emily Wang
RDS
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
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Practical Impact
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Vision
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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