Hoya Hacks is Georgetown's premier hackathon. We are gathering 300 talented students for 36-hours this winter to build and innovate in both software and hardware, as part of a larger technological revolution at Georgetown.
No experience necessary. We invite you to come learn something new!
Eligibility
Participant Eligibility
- You are a student over the age of 18 (Georgetown students are eligible regardless of age)
- You have received an invitation to Hoya Hacks
- You have confirmed your attendance to Hoya Hacks
Requirements
A link to a github is required.
Prizes
$8,783 in prizes
1st Place sponsored by Verizon
$1000 dollars check
2nd Place
For each member of the team:
Anker Portable Chargers
Swell Water Bottles
Godiva Chocolate
3rd Place
For each team member:
Amazon Fire Tablet
Godiva Chocolate
Best Hardware Hack
For each member of the team:
1TB External Hard Drive
Godiva Chocolate
Best Software Hack (AWS)
Amazon Echo and AWS Credit
Best Gender Equality Hack (HoyasForShe)
HoyasForShe and senior administrators in the University will follow up with your team to provide assistance in moving your idea forward, developing a business plan, and promoting your idea. Depending on the feasibility, tech resources may be available to help develop your winning idea.
Best Health Hack (American College of Cardiology)
1. A heart shaped trophy with a little placard indicating winning the track.
2. The ability to Intern in ACCs Data Analysis Lab over the Summer.
3. Donating a heart transplant to a child in India in the name of the winners.
4. Movie Tickets or Gift Card.
Best Social Innovation Hack (Beeck Center)
$500 giftcard
Best Education Hack (General Assembly)
One part-time course worth ~$4K to the winning team + $50 class credit to each member of the team
Best Political Hack (Fiscal Note)
1) Board games.
2) An Amazon Echo Dot
3) Hoodies
#HackHarassment
Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment. Build a software solution that can help reduce the frequency and/or severity of online harassment. Win a HackHarassment Swag Bag.
Watch Dogs® 2 Best Device Privacy Hack
Everything is part of the internet of things now - from your phone to your fitness band to your thermostat. Build a hack that utilizes private data being collected from your devices, and show how you can turn potential vulnerabilities into something constructive. Prize: Collector's Edition of Watch Dogs 2
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
1 TB Hard Drives
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Domain.com Swag Bags
Best App or Program using Internet Sourced Data (BookHolders)
1 million Dogecoins per winning team
Longest Stack Name (BookHolders)
Raspberry Pi or ESP8266
Best Entrepreneurship Hack (Startup Weekend)
T-shirts and meetings with venture capitalists.
Best Starter Hack (GUSA)
For each team member: Anker Portable Wireless Speakers, Godiva Chocolates
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Joshua Meredith
Michael Abel
Dell Services Federal Government
David Anderson
Repperio
Beth Ann Bergsmark
Georgetown University
Buddy Berhard
Local Motors
Buddy Berhard
Local Motors
Andrew Berkowitz
Tradeversity
Scott Durrant
LMI
Tyler Gray
Gray Street Solutions
Mark Greynolds
SAP America, Inc
Rosemary Kilkenny
Georgetown University
Rosemary Kilkenny
Georgetown University
Daniel Marshall
Beeck Center for Impact and Innovation
Judd Nicholson
Georgetown University
Nicholas Oki
General Assembly
Marcio Rosas
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Mikah Sellers
Grafik
Lisa Singh
Georgetown University
Jean Stanford
Georgetown University
Michael Stanford
Del Rey Analytics
Vincent Stanford
NIST/U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Art Taryan
First Data
Scott Thompson
Foresight CFO
Taylor Wan
FiscalNote
Maxim Wheatley
LifeFuels / Phoresis Medical
Conway Yao
FiscalNote
Judging Criteria
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Originality
How innovative is this project? -
Practicality
To what extent does this project solve a real problem? -
Polish
How well-built is the project? -
Technical Difficulty
How challenging was this project to build?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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