RowdyHacks VIII

Is a free, weekend-long, overnight hackathon hosted at UTSA! Students can join us to network, code, collaborate, and compete. We welcome hackers from all disciplines, backgrounds, & technical levels!

JUDGING

YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR PROJECT DURING THE JUDGING PERIOD

WHAT TO SUBMIT TO DEVPOST

Submissions should include a github repository including the sourcecode for the project (used for validation), and any links to deployed versions of your project.

DATES

Hacking Saturday 12pm to Sunday 12pm
Judging Sunday 1:30pm to Sunday 3:30pm
Closing Ceremonies 4pm to 5pm

Requirements

What to Build

A project around any of RowdyHacks VIII's Tracks or Challenges!

What to Submit

  • Your projects code (submitted to something like GitHub)
  • A description of your project
  • Add your team members to the submission

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,168 in prizes

General Track: 1st Place

Hackers with some technical experience should submit projects to this track!

Samsung 34-Inch Ultrawide Monitor
MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interview + MLH Winner Pins

General Track: 2nd Place

Hackers with some technical experience should submit projects to this track!

NuPhy Keyboard
MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interview + MLH Winner Pins

Learners Track: 1st Place

First-time coders with no technical experience have the opportunity to learn coding basics and be able to compete against other first-time hackers for prizes. This track is specifically for hackers with little or no coding experience!

Sennheiser Momentum 4 Noise-Cancelling Headphones
MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interview + MLH Winner Pins

Learners Track: 2nd Place

First-time coders with no technical experience have the opportunity to learn coding basics and be able to compete against other first-time hackers for prizes. This track is specifically for hackers with little or no coding experience!

Asus Tuff Gaming 23.8" 165Hz Monitor
MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interview + MLH Winner Pins

Best Hardware Hack

Does your project have both software and hardware components? This challenge is for you!

Tello Drone

Best Cybersecurity Hack

For our hackers who create projects that mainly focus on the topics of cyber security!

SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab A7

Best Data Exploration Hack

This challenge is for projects with utilizing Data Science or AI using the ‘Into the Unknown’ space,biomes. Maybe an AI that is related to space or anything else you can dream up!

Travel Backpack

[MLH] Best use of Google Cloud

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!

[MLH] Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!

[MLH] Most Creative Use of Twilio

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!

[MLH] Best Blockchain Project Using Hedera

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Glorious Modular Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!

[MLH] Most Creative Use of GitHub

GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Turgay Korkmaz

Turgay Korkmaz
UTSA CS Department

Kevin Desai

Kevin Desai
UTSA CS Department

John Heaps

John Heaps
UTSA CS Department

Sam Silvestro

Sam Silvestro
UTSA CS Department

Juan Valadez

Juan Valadez
UTSA CS Department

Garrett Hall

Garrett Hall
Southwest Research Institute

Darean Wilde

Darean Wilde
Southwest Research Institute

Matt Moore

Matt Moore
H-E-B

Anna Arroyo

Anna Arroyo
H-E-B

Shane Becker

Shane Becker
Senior Engineering Manager

Trey D'Amico

Trey D'Amico
RH Alumni

Jada Ebong

Jada Ebong
RH Alumni

Seekie

Seekie
Mascot

Judging Criteria

  • Business Value
    Your contribution to business. What problems is it solving or what are you supplying to eventually arrive at a solution to potential problems?
  • Impact
    Should wow both the judges and other hackers, and while it may be unrealistic to strictly expect a brand new, never-heard-before masterpiece idea (although that happens), you should at least be seeing a fresh approach to an old problem.
  • Realistic
    Your project should be practical and should have a real world application. Wether that be a personal or a enterprise level solution!
  • Innovation
    Factor in all of your resources and determine how you used your skills. Did you create something new? Did you learn something new and add to it? This is where new ideas come to light and move our industry forward!

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