About the challenge

Our Hackathon aims to give college students from the North-East of the US (and beyond) a chance to collaborate with fellow students, some of whom can be friends or complete strangers, in the aim of creating a functioning and viable project in which they can be proud of. We will be accepting teams of 1-4 students only. Students of various backgrounds can pitch in with their own individual strengths and skills, contributing to the creation of a well-rounded final project. We hope to attract students from varying disciplines including computer science, business, finance and many more. Our hackathon will be run virtually, with all the proceedings taking place via a zoom, in the hopes that we can attract both local and more distant participants all over the US. If you are interested in doing any of the above, then this is the hackathon for you!

Get started

Create an account via the link on our page and simply register here to get started. You can register as an individual and find a team during our opening ceremony, or register with your team already chosen and begin your preparations. Upon registration you will receive an email with directions on how to move forward in the preceding week before we start. We suggest clearing your schedule for the weekend commencing 14th April to get the best experience out of this event. We look forward to receiving your registration and to an exciting weekend!

Hackathon Schedule

Friday: 

Opening Ceremony 6pm-7pm

All participants, hackathon team, judges, volunteers

Zoom

Welcome

Introduction- Reveal Topic, Explain Hackathon (What we expect, what to submit, judging criteria), Discord Chat, Availability of mentors

Saturday: 

Check-in: 4pm

Hackathon team, participants

Zoom

Each team meets with hackathon team to update

10 minute intervals

Sunday: 

Closing Ceremony and Presentations 6pm- 7pm

All participants, hackathon team, judges, volunteers

Zoom

NO SUBMISSIONS AFTER 6PM ON SUNDAY WILL BE ACCEPTED

Closing Remarks, Final Submission before

Take turns presenting to judges

Goodbye, thanks, update on how and when they will receive results

What to Build

Over the course of the weekend you and your team will be working towards building an application, website or any other relative medium to home your project. Displaying your viable project here will be a requirement.

What to Submit

You must submit a prototype and a presentation explaining your project, along with any relevant associated material, which will be presented in front of our judges. This can include any software, website or app used in your creation. Essentially, we are leaving it up to you to come up with the best format for your business, but we do require it to follow some sort of guideline

We do however have some necessities in order for your project to be considered for a prize. You must submit:

  • A presentation explaining your project- at the commencement of the hackathon.

  • A Viable prototype.

  • Application/ Website used to display projects.

  • Any software used in the creation of your project.

You should also submit:

  • A document explaining your project- word document, pdf etc.

  • Workflow of your hackathon from beginning to end.

  • Video presentation

1 winner

Apple Watch SE for each memeber of your team

1 winner

Apple Airpdos Pro 2nd Generation for each member of your team

1 winner

Fire Tablet for each member of your team

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Peter Divone

Peter Divone

Shamma Matasva

Shamma Matasva
AWS

Joanna Badara

Joanna Badara
University of Bridgeport

Jordan Lue

Jordan Lue
Connecticut Innovations

  • Functional Prototype
    Can the participant(s) create a functional prototype in the given time period of 48 hours?
  • Need
    Can the participant(s) identify the need for their creation and who will benefit from it?
  • Plan
    Can the participant(s) provide a plan that encompasses the scope of their creation?
  • Aid of AI
    Can the participant(s) use artificial intelligence (ChatbotGPT) to partially or fully build their prototype?
  • Presentation
    Can the participant(s) present their idea and prototype clearly and concisely?