UB Hacking is a 2-day hackathon at the University at Buffalo on November 9th and 10th. We welcome participants of all experience levels and backgrounds to build cool projects, enjoy Red Bull, and connect with fellow hackers.

Attendees can also join workshops led by industry professionals and network with company recruiters throughout the weekend.

Requirements

You will be building a project that you believe in, fueled by your creativity and passion. This should be an idea you've thought up for this hackathon and has not been submitted to another hackathon previously. It can be software, hardware, robotics, and any other applicable category in the CS world. You will need to submit a GitHub repo, and a quick demo of your project.

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Prizes

15 non-cash prizes
1st Place (Best General Hack)
1 winner

2nd Place (Best General Hack)
1 winner

3rd Place (Best General Hack)
1 winner

Spirit of the Hackathon Award
1 winner

Best Freshman Hack
1 winner

Best Usability/UI/UX Hack
1 winner

Best Hardware Hack
1 winner

Failure to Launch
1 winner

Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Hack
1 winner

Best Crypto Hack
1 winner

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

Hack from Home Kit

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Best Use of Auth0
1 winner

Wireless Headphones

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today (https://mlh.link/auth0-signup) and use any of the Auth0 APIs (https://mlh.link/auth0-docs) for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones for you and each member of your team!

Best Use of Streamlit
1 winner

Arduino Tiny ML Kit

Want to take your Python skills to the next level? Streamlit (https://mlh.link/streamlit) is an open-source Python library that makes it easy to share and build custom web apps for machine learning, data science, and more. Instead of writing Python scripts without a UI, you can create a beautiful web app, complete with widgets and data visualizations, and deploy it for free to the Streamlit Community Cloud (https://mlh.link/streamlit-deploy). You can even build a fully functional LLM-powered app with just 25 lines of code! Hack with Streamlit this weekend for your chance to win an Arduino Tiny ML Kit for you and each member of your team.

Best Use of Terraform
1 winner

Hashicorp Mechanical Keyboard

HashiCorp Terraform is a source available infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that makes building, deploying, and managing your projects even easier! Whether you’re working in the cloud or using local resources, Terraform can make managing and configuring your application simple and organized. From deploying Machine Learning models to spinning up virtual containers for your web applications, Terraform supports a wide array of cloud providers and services, taking the guesswork out of your next hackathon project. Dive into the documentation (https://mlh.link/terraform-docs) and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition (https://mlh.link/hashicorp-signup) is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win wireless keyboards for you and each of your teammates!

Tech 4 Social Good
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Zaid Arshad

Zaid Arshad

Judging Criteria

  • X-Factor
    The project doesn’t stack up well to our grading system, but should be in the conversation for prizes. It gets an all-or-nothing score. Most projects will NOT get the X-Factor.
  • It Works
    Is the project functional? Was there an attempt to have it production-ready?
  • Usefulness
    Is this project useful to its target audience?
  • Technicality
    How technically difficult was this project while still being able to achieve the goals they set? A bit more nuanced than the other categories. You could have the most complex hackathon project, but they weren’t able to do any of it.
  • Effort
    How much effort was put into the project; did you try?
  • Freshness
    How new/fresh of an idea is this? This more-so relates to how common their project is for hackathons, but be conscious of the types of projects seen online.
  • Pitch
    How well did they sell you on their project? Keep in mind, many of these students are pitching for the first time ever.

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