NOTE: YOU MUST APPLY AND BE ACCEPTED BEFORE REGISTERING ON THIS DEVPOST.

Join us on February 18th - 19th in our tenth year of solving pressing social issues using your creativity and code!

Hackathons are a great way to develop your skills, build a product for social good, and potentially win cash prizes! All years and all majors are welcome! So even if you don't have technical experience, we highly encourage you to still participate. We'll be having mentors and resources to help you along the way. All you need to do is come with ideas and passion for solving a humanitarian problem!

For more information and to apply, visit hackforhumanity.io.

Get started

1. Signup on hackforhumanity.io by filling out the form.

2. Join the devpost

3. Join the slack

Requirements

What to Build

Create a project for social good! Make sure to read the judging criteria and prize guides.

What to Submit

Submission Requirements:

  • A link to your git repository
  • Everyone on your team added to your Devpost project
  • An opt-in to the side prizes you plan to compete in, if any
  • A comment mentioning which side prizes you plan to compete in, if any

 

Extra Submission Components Recommended to Include: 

  • A short video demo of your project
  • Your demo presentation slides
  • Screenshots/photos of your project
  • A project logo as the thumbnail

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Prizes

$6,350 in prizes

First Place

Grand Cash Prize: $2000

Second Place

Grand Cash Prize: $1500

Third Place

Grand Cash Prize: $1000

Best Application of Theory

Prize: $250
Sponsored by the Department of Math and Computer Science

Description:
Santa Clara University’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is committed to teaching the foundational theories that give people real power in Computer Science. This award will be earned by the team that best applies their theoretical knowledge and also communicates it best, through a short research style paper.

Requirements:
1. Opt-in the prize
2. Create a short research style paper

Most Interdisciplinary Award

Prize: $500
Sponsored by the Ciocca Center

Description:
This award will be earned by the team with the most interdisciplinary focus, or emphasis on collaboration from multiple disciplines across campus.

Requirements:
1. Include majors and disciplines in with your name in Devpost Submission.
2. Briefly describe how you used your discipline to contribute to the project in Devpost Submission.
3. Show any additional proof of cross collaboration in Devpost

Best Use of Gaming Technology

Prize: $500
Sponsored by Roblox

Description:
ACM and ACM-W are proud to announce a sponsored prize by Roblox for the “Best Use of Gaming Technologies” at Hack For Humanity. Showcase your creativity and technical skills by integrating gaming technologies into your project and you could walk away with $500.

Best Hack by Women In Tech Award

Prize: $600

Description:
This award will be earned by the team consisting of majority women members with the most innovative, functional and well-designed hack.

Requirements:
Team should consist of a majority of women members. Include majors and disciplines with your name in Devpost.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Yi Fang

Yi Fang
Faculty, Santa Clara University

Navid Shaghaghi

Navid Shaghaghi
Faculty, Santa Clara University

Sharon Hsiao

Sharon Hsiao
Faculty, Santa Clara University

Rachel He

Rachel He
Faculty, Santa Clara University

Aanchal Rai

Aanchal Rai

Ceora Ford

Ceora Ford
Developer Advocate, Auth0 by Okta

Emily Park

Emily Park
Faculty, Santa Clara University

Vincente Ciancio

Vincente Ciancio
Meta

Erik Le

Erik Le

Thomas Voet

Thomas Voet

KP

KP
Community Manager, Roblox

Carlos Mena

Carlos Mena
Roblox

Cerafin Castill

Cerafin Castill
SCU CIT STAFF, Santa Clara University

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Is it a scalable design/solution?
  • Polish
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be about how good the human-computer interaction is.
  • Innovation
    Does the hack show the team thought “outside of the box”? Does it have a certain “wow factor” to it? Is it different compared to previous solutions?
  • Social Impact
    How much good could this hack bring to others in the specific theme?
  • Project Completeness
    Is there a demo of the product’s functionality? Can major user action flows be completed without significant obstacles?

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