Welcome to Rose Hack 2020!
Rose Hack 2020 is UCR's women-centric hackathon where students from all backgrounds are celebrated. Hundreds of participants form teams and build a project over the event's 24 hour duration.
Rose Hack is beginner friendly and welcomes all participants to learn, develop, and hone their skills. Have you ever wanted to learn how to build something, but didn't know where to start? We will provide everything you need from food, swag, mentoring, and a diverse range of workshops to help you level up your hacking experience.
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Eligibility
- Participants: High school or university students
- Teams: Team sizes are capped at 4 members, but any team with 1-4 members is welcome.
Requirements
- All submissions must be created from scratch and completed before the submission deadline.
- It is the participant's responsibility to enter a Devpost submission on time and opt in to judging criteria categories.
Prizes
$1,605 in prizes
1st Place
Insignia 22” LED-1080 HDTV
$250 Digital Ocean Credit
2nd Place
Ultimate Ear Wonder Boom
$125 Digital Ocean Credit
3rd Place
Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Polaroid Camera
Fujifilm Instax Mini Instant Film (6 pack)
$100 Digital Ocean Credit
Best Beginner Hack
AKASO EK7000 4K Waterproof Camcorder
Best Women Centric Hack
Zebra Mildliner Highlighter Pen Set
Mossery Sunshine Yellow Half-Year Planner and Noteboo
Assorted Micron/Brush/Gelly Roll Pens
Yellow Stationery Organizer
Best Hardware
Holy Stone Quadcopter Drone w/ HD Camera
Best UI/UX
Huion Drawing Tablet
Sketch License (1-year) (For mac computers only)
Best Game Hack
G332 Stero Gaming Headset
Best Use of Google Cloud
(2)
Google Home Mini
Cloud Patagonia Backpack
Cloud Pillow
Acrylic Trophy
Cloud Water Bottle
Cox Automotive Sponsor Prize
Apple Airpods
Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
A free domain name
Year of domain privacy from Domain.com
Domain.com Backpack
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Paea LePendu
Professor at University of California, Riverside
Jiasi Chen
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Evangelos Papalexakis
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Mariam Salloum
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Aaron Yeats
Hackathon Operations Lead for Google Cloud
Manu Sridharan
Associate Professor at University
Craig Schroeder
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Yihan Sun
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Samet Oymak
Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside
Judging Criteria
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Beginner Hack
For your hack to qualify as a Beginner Hack, Rose Hack must be the first hackathon a majority of your team has attended (ex. 3 of 4, or 2 of 3). -
Women Centric Hack
Your project must empower, celebrate, and/or support women in some shape or form. -
UI/UX
The project has a clean and easy-to-use interface built with a user in mind. Overall design and clarity will be considered. -
Hardware
Must utilize external hardware. -
Game Hack
The project must be a playable game. Projects will generally be judged based on overall game design and implementation. -
Best Use of Google Cloud
Use any Google Cloud product in your project. (Firebase counts!) -
Cox Automotive
Make an app/project that will positively impact/transform the future of automotive purchases and car buying. -
UiPath
Build an automation hack using UiPath. -
MongoDB Atlas
Create a hack using MongoDB Atlas to host a database in the cloud! Automate the provisioning and deployment process with ease, while focusing all your efforts on your hack. -
Best Domain.com Domain Name
Domain.com provides all the domain services you need from registration to hosting to SSL certificates and beyond. The best domain name registered for your project will win!
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