DandyHacks the University of Rochester's annual, student hackathon.
DandyHacks is University of Rochester’s annual 36-hour long hackathon. The event brings together not only college students from different campuses but also tech companies from across the nation. Our event is a free, open event to students and a great way to strengthen the computer science community. We will have prize categories for specific topics as well as the use of technologies, and a general category.
Prizes
$2,115 in prizes
First Place
Cash Sponsored by the University of Rochester Career Center
Second Place
$100 Amazon Gift Card
Third Place
$75 Amazon Giftcard
1010Data Best Use of Data
Parrot AR Drone 2.0
FactSet Most Create Data Visualization
$50 Amazon gift card
Wolfram Tech Award (2)
Best use of Wolfram API
Amazon Web Services
Best Use of Amazon Web Services gets $250 of AWS Credit
Funniest Domain Name
Best Domain Name Registered on Domain.com
Best Hack Against Online Harassment
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!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Robert St. Jacques
1010Data
FactSet
Judging Criteria
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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? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Creativity/Innovation
Is the project fun? Did you have a good reaction? Is it something interesting that you haven't seen before?