Open to beginners! Current college students are invited for Syracuse University's 24 hour hackathon with check-in starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 15th. Create anything from applications to websites. Work with a team or solo, and present your project the next day for the chance to win cool prizes!

SCHEDULE

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Saturday, February 15th:

10:00 am - 11:00 am Check-in/Registration - LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING ATRIUM

11:00 am - 11:45 am Opening Ceremonies - LSB 001

11:45 am Team Formation - LSB 001

12:00 pm HACKING BEGINS - ATRIUM

12:00 pm Lunch - ATRIUM

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm IBM Cloud Tools Workshop - LSB 105

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Build and Deploy a Website - CST 1-019

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm TCGplayer: Where Play is Encouraged and Development is Key - LSB 105

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Intro to Git by IEEE@SU - CST 1-019

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm IBM Drone Workshop - LSB 105

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Building Node.js Apps - CST 1-019

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Google Tech Talk - CST 1-019

6:00 pm Dinner - ATRIUM

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Computer Vision Workshop - LSB 105

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm JP Morgan Chase Workshop - CST 1-019

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Build Apps for Slack - LSB 105

10:30 pm Smash Tournament - LSB 105

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Sunday, February 16th:

12:00 am Midnight Surprise - ATRIUM

1:00 am Cup Stacking Competition - ATRIUM

2:00 am Giant Jenga - ATRIUM

6:00 am Yoga - ATRIUM

7:30 am Breakfast - ATRIUM

(8:30 am - 12:00 pm) CUSEHACKS JR(POSTPONED)

11:30 am Lunch - ATRIUM

12:00 pm PROJECT SUBMISSION DUE

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Expo + Judging Begins - ATRIUM

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Judge Deliberation - ATRIUM

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Closing Ceremonies - LSB 001

Eligibility

Go to our website here to apply!
Open to all current college students.
No previous coding experience is required.
Teams can be up to 3-4 members, or you can work alone.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,530 in prizes

1st Place

Choice of Keyboard, Terabyte of External Hard Drive, or UE Megaboom Speaker

2nd Place

Choice of Keyboard, Terabyte of External Hard Drive, or UE Megaboom Speaker (Whichever are left after 1st)

3rd Place

Choice of Keyboard, Terabyte of External Hard Drive, or UE Megaboom Speaker (Whichever is left)

Best Rookie Hack

Portable Chargers

Best Education, Diversity, or Inclusion Hack

Google Home Minis

Best Hardware Hack

Kasa Smart Multicolor Light Bulbs

Best Presentation

Chromecasts

Best "Failed" Hack

Tile Mates (Tracker/Keychain)

Best Use of Google API(s)

Use one (or more) Google APIs or Google Cloud Platform's services and compete for a Google Nest Mini!

IBM Code and Response 1st Place

Best use of IBM Cloud to build a natural disaster preparedness solution. Submissions must use one or more IBM Cloud services or IBM systems. Cash prizes (1st: $1000, 2nd: $500, 3rd: $250). One member of the winning team will be invited to join IBM at Clinton Global Initiative University Leadership Summit being held in Scotland April 15-19.

IBM Code and Response 2nd Place

IBM Code and Response 3rd Place

Judges

Garrett Katz
EECS Assistant Professor | General Category Judge

Jae Oh
EECS Department Chair | General Category Judge

Jeff Passetti
iSchool Adjunct Faculty | General Category Judge

Kristopher Micinski
EECS Assistant Professor | Best Rookie Hack Judge

Geethu Joseph
EECS | Best Rookie Hack Judge

Booz Allen Hamilton Representatives
Best Rookie Hack Judges

Daniel Smith
iSchool Adjunct Faculty | Best Education, Inclusion, or Diversity Hack Judge

Craig Stanton
Administrative Vice President, Retail and Contact Center Technologies at M&T Bank | Best Education, Inclusion, or Diversity Hack Judge