Welcome to SCE Hacks 1.0

At this hackathon, we encourage you to explore bold ideas, try new tech, and step outside your comfort zone. Collaborate, learn, connect with mentors and sponsors, and most importantly, have fun!

Requirements

What to Submit

  • Your code must be available publicly (ideally in a git repository)
  • Your code must remain public post-event to be eligible for prizes. If your repo is not public, new winners may be selected.
  • You must have completed all registration steps for the hackathon.
  • You cannot submit projects that include prior work
  • YOU MUST SUBMIT A 30 SECOND TO 1 MINUTE DEMO VIDEO
    • It is just a video to see how your project works so that we don't have to clone and run

 

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Prizes

$2,500 in prizes
Best Overall
$800 in cash
1 winner

Most Likely to Become a Startup
$500 in cash
1 winner

Best UI/UX
$500 in cash
1 winner

Most Useless Project
$200 in cash
1 winner

Best Cyber Security Project
$300 in cash
1 winner

Cyber Security Survey Raffle
$100 in cash
2 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Hahnbee Lee

Hahnbee Lee
CTO @ Mintlify

Mizan Tompkins

Mizan Tompkins
CEO @ Stratus

Hunter Nguyen

Hunter Nguyen
CTO @ Stratus

Mauricio Curiel

Mauricio Curiel
SWE @ Google

Raymond Lin

Raymond Lin
SWE @ Google

Khalil Estell

Khalil Estell
ISO C++ Committee Member

Ynha Nguyen

Ynha Nguyen
SWE Intern @ Zymo

Pablo Nava Barrera

Pablo Nava Barrera
SWE Intern @ Google, NVIDIA

Gurshan Warya

Gurshan Warya
SWE @ Faze

Ysabella Dela Cruz

Ysabella Dela Cruz
SWE Intern @ Atlassian

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    The project's originality and innovative problem-solving approach in addressing a challenge.
  • Functionality
    The project's functional prototype, live demonstration effectiveness, and stability, ensuring meaningful integration of tech stack.
  • Presentation
    Clear, engaging, and well-structured presentation that effectively communicates the project's core use case, technical depth, and business impact to diverse audiences.
  • Technical Depth
    How well do you know your project? What technologies, APIs, and architectures did you use?

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