Hack Upstate XIII
Advancing Upstate New York's Technology CommunityApr. 6th and 7th, 2019 // Syracuse, NY
What To Expect
Share Ideas
Bring an idea that you have and the skills you are looking for. You'll be able to pitch your idea to everyone at the event kickoff around 12:30 on Saturday
Form Teams
Teams tend to form organically around the pitched ideas. You can also go solo if you'd like. There is no limit to members on a team!
Build Projects
Hack away! Work on whatever you want for the duration of the hackathon. All types of projects are encouraged
Win Prizes
After 24 hours of hard work, you'll present your projects to everyone. Judges will then select some winners to take home some awesome prizes
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Prizes
Top Prize Winners
Themed Prize Winners
Best Use of Collectible Gaming Data
Project Lord Falcon
Best use of Stae's API using a Syracuse dataset
Parking Assistant
Best use of LLVM
American Py Language
Judges
Judging Criteria
20% - Originality & Creativity & Novelty
Is the project new and something that hasn't been attempted before? How does this approach a unique solution to a problem?
20% - Wow Factor
Subjective and buzz-wordy, huh? That's what makes it fun :) We know you have something up your sleeve that's going to knock our socks off!
20% - Polish / Design / Execution
Did your team successfully execute your project concept? Is it usable? Does it work? Is it well designed? Is the user experience smooth?
20% - Demo / Presentation
You'll have 2-3 minutes for a demo to tell the judges about your project, followed by a Q/A. We're interested in the problems you solved, API's you leveraged, technologies used, and lessons learned. We recommend a quick powerpoint.
20% - Multidisciplinary project
We encourage and applaud interdisciplinary projects fueled by eclectic teams with diverse backgrounds.