Hacktech is the West Coast's premier interdisciplinary hackathon! 500 of the nations best programmers, engineers, and scientists will collaborate to make innovative projects in 36-hours!
Prizes
Best Hardware Hack
Each member of the winning team will receive a unrestricted JetBrains license for a tool of their choice, a Google Cardboard, an Ardunio Uno Ultimate Starter Kit, and a Dell Venue 10 Tablet from MLH!
Best Sports/Entertainment Hack
Each member of the winning team will receive an unrestricted JetBrains license for a tool of their choice, and a Misfit Flash Fitness and Sleep Smartwatch.
Best Education Hack
Each member of the winning team will receive an unrestricted JetBrains license for a tool of their choice and a 8-GB WiFi Enabled Kindle Fire.
Best Medical Hack
Each member of the winning team will receive a Bitalino Medical Sensor Kit.
Best Use of Twilio API [Twilio]
Each member of the winning team will receive a Pebble Time Smartwatch.
Best Use of Postmates API
$500 in Postmates credits to be split amongst members of the winning team
Best Use of Wolfram Technology
Each member of the winning team will receive: 1 Raspberry Pi, $100, 1 year access to Wolfram Alpha Pro, and 1 year access to the Producer level of the Wollfram Development Platform.
Caltech Fund Social Good Prize [Caltech Fund]
Each member of the winning team will be given $125 in cash. Each member is also encouraged to donate a portion of their winnings to a charity of their choice!
Best Synaptics Hack - Fingerprint [Synaptics]
Winning team will be given $2,500 to be split amongst team members.
Best Synaptics Hack - Touch [Synaptics]
Winning team will be given $2,500 to be split amongst team members.
Best Hack on .TECH Domain
Each member of the winning team will receive a gift voucher for $30. The prize will go to the best hack hosted on a .TECH domain.
Best Overall Use of Microsoft Technology
Each member of the winning team will receive a Surface Pro 3.
Most Useful Prompt Command
The winning team will share a UDI 818A Quadcopter Drone with HD Camera.
Gamify Wallstreet by Quantiacs
The winning team will share a Boosted Board.
Best Use of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Each member of the winning team will receive a 1 TB Hard Drive, courtesy of MLH!
Coolest Developer Tool
Kick-ass trophy of Mona the Octocat by MLH!
Best Use of Big Data, Machine Learning, or Data Processing by Taboola
Each member of the winning team will receive a Skeye Mini Drone with HD Camera!
Best Use of Postmates API
$500 in Postmates credits to be split amongst members of the winning team
Best Use of Wolfram Technology
Each member of the winning team will receive: 1 Raspberry Pi, $100, 1 year access to Wolfram Alpha Pro, and 1 year access to the Producer level of the Wollfram Development Platform.
Judges
Yisong Yue
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences & Machine Learning Researcher at Caltech
Wen Hsieh
General Partner at KPCB
Anthony Chong
CEO of StatSketch & Director of Caltech Alumni Board
Max Horton
Targeting Team Engineer at Facebook
Archan Luhar
Account Access Team Engineer at Facebook
Tom McGovern
Managing Director at Idealab
Judging Criteria
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Usability
How usable is your hack in its current state? Strive to create a functioning project even if it doesn't have a ton of features! -
Interdisciplinary
Does your hack combine principles from across different fields? Live up to our theme and make a hack that explore the intersection of computer science with other fields! -
Creativity
How creative is your hack? Try to approach the problem you are trying to solve from a novel angle! -
Polish
Is your hack polished? Create a streamlined hack that looks as great as it functions!
Questions? Email the hackathon manager