CUHacking is the first Major League Hacking membered hackathon in Ottawa, and expected to be the largest hackathon in Ottawa. CUHacking will bring students across several cities, and a wide range of disciplines and skillsets together to learn something new by working on creative software or hardware projects.
Eligibility
- All university and college students are eligible.
- Team sizes can be between 1-4 members.
- All participating members must physcially be at CUHacking.
Requirements
- Hackers can create anything they'd like
- You must include a description and images of your hack in your submission
- Submit any code or prototypes for judges to review
- If you choose to go for challenges, you must apply to each challenge you are going for
Prizes
$4,930 in prizes
Top 3 Winners
(3)
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
MLH will be awarding swag bags to each member of the team with the best domain name from Domain.com.
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
MLH will be awarding Amazon gift cards to each member of the team that makes the best use of AWS.
#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. Members of the winning team receive Hack Harassment Battery Packs!
Indico API
(2)
Indico will be awarding the following prizes to the top 3 teams that make the best use of Indico's machine learning API:
1st place - $1,000 in indico api credit to each member of winning team
2nd place - $500 in indico api credit to each member of winning team
3rd place - $250 in indico api credit to each member of winning team
The Coolest Visualization of a Simulated Home Network
(2)
Martello Technologies will be awarding prizes to the top two winners of their challenge:
Create a web application that continuously collects and visualizes all of the devices connected on the home network. To help simplify the challenge, all of the raw data collected will be provided to you. Consider what a useful dashboard might look like with the given data. Create at least one visualization that draws a representation of the home network. More details of the challenge will be on the CUHacking website.
.Tech Domain
.Tech Domain will be awarding Amazon vouchers to each member of the team with the best website/hack submitted on a .tech domain.
Global Cybersecurity Resource
Using a Content Management System (Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla) and HTML/CSS/PHP, the objective is to implement a simple resume processing system. Detailed instructions of the challenge will be on the CUHacking website. Winners will receive interviews for either part-time or potentially full-time jobs at the Global Cybersecurity Resource program.
RL Solutions
How might we encourage patients to maintain diet and nutrition plans given by their healthcare provider? Prizes will include TRNDlabs SKEYE Mini Drones with HD camera for each member of the winning team.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Doug Bellinger
VP of R&D - Martello Technologies
Steven Dwyer
Software Architect - Martello Technologies
Thomas Kunz
Professor - Carleton University Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Eric Karmouch
IEEE Ottawa Computer Society Chair
Nima Zaker
Software Engineer - March Networks
Daniel Morin
Software Engineer - March Networks
Wolfram Lunscher
IEEE Ottawa Conferences Chair
Diana Yuan
Chief Operations Officer & Co-Founder - Indico
Daniel Craigen
Global Cybersecurity Resource
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
How innovative or unique is the project? -
Usefulness
Does the project solve a problem? Does it benefit society in any way? -
Technical Complexity
How complex is the project? Were external APIs or libraries used? Were the algorithms designed by the team members themselves? Does it incorporate multiple concepts and tools? -
Polish
Does the project work as intended? How bug-free is it?
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