SwampHacks is a 36 hour open coding event where students become creators. In the allotted time, students from around the country come together at the University of Florida to collaborate on projects, mingle in activities, and network with sponsors for a fully immersive experience.
Eligibility
Anyone can take part in this hackathon! No experience necessary!
Requirements
In addition to the Devpost, you need to submit a video demo of your project. You will be judged on this demo.
Prizes
1st Place Overall
SwampHacks VII 1st Place Winner. Winning team will be flown to California to compete in Pinnacle (Read more about Pinnacle at https://pinnacle.us.org/ )
2nd Place Overall
SwampHacks VII 2nd Place Winner
3rd Place Overall
SwampHack VII 3rd Place Winner
Organizers' Choice
We pick our favorite submission!
First Time Hacker Award
All hackathon newbies can be judged for this category! A majority of your team has to be a first time hacker to be eligible.
Best Retro Theme
Anything retro! We would love to see retro games, retro themes, retro looking sites or whatever else you can think of!
Accenture Challenge
Promote and describe your technically complex project to a non-technical audience including a CEO and a 5th grade
Best Use of Google Cloud
Use any Google Cloud product (Firebase counts) to qualify
InfoTech Challenge
Most innovative use of a public dataset for the public good
Citi Challenge
Best innovation project with Citi’s mission in mind
Capital One Challenge
Best Financial Hack
Major League Hacking Octocat Challenge
Doodle an Octocat in any format you like and tweet it to “@GitHubEducation @MLHacks using #MyOctocat and #SwampHacksVII”
Best Hardware Hack Sponsored By Digi-Key
Hardware emulator projects are eligible for the prize category!
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Have the best domain name and win a prize!
American Express Challenge
Submit a photo of your best virtual hacker space to qualify for this challenge
Best Use of CockroachDB
Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open source and indestructible SQL database. PostgreSQL compatible and easy to use. Utilize CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win a 3D printing pen for each team member. What's more, ALL projects submitted that use CockroachDB will receive a free t-shirt!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Sahar Azody
SwampHacks VII Co-Organizer
Anushri Marar
SwampHacks VII Co-Organizer
Jesus del Valle
Ilia Kniazev
Zachary Speaks
Chad Wishner
Koen Flores
Bernard Marger
Allison Wu
Komal Rajput
Lara Disuanco
Shafiq Mohammed
Mark Sullivan
Jing Low
Andrew Kerr
Gabe Torres
Surya
Judging Criteria
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Originality
Is the hack novel? Does it bring creative ideas to an existing solution? -
Usefulness
Did the hack fulfill a real world need? Is the hack practical? Would people use this? -
Presentation
Does everything work properly and smoothly? Is it designed well? -
Execution
Was the project well presented and thoroughly explained? -
Overall
Overall experience of the project
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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